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The D word? Do you mean the

barefooted — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 15:14:34 +0000

In reply to BLM was a hashtag and a few

The D word? Do you mean the Indivisible campaign?

BLM was a hashtag and a few

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:42:17 +0000

In reply to Black Lives Matter played a

BLM was a hashtag and a few protests, as a good idea that got butchered by never organizing and the right's successful slandering of them and playing them as unpatriotic. The protests came out amateurish and counterproductive, like "who are these kids and do we want such unserious people jamming up the works?", and that was on the left. Then there was Sean King, who kinda wasnt BLM but flagged the association for whatever cause and tweet and TV appearance he could muster. So we've had #OWS and #BLM as 2 large tries at protest that disintegrated, and that was with a Democratic administration. Hopefully the women's march tied to the D word roots organizing is going somewhere (but the fact that I can't even remember their name doesn't intuit promise)

Black Lives Matter played a

rmrd0000 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:52:57 +0000

In reply to What Happened To Black Lives Matter?

Black Lives Matter played a role in the DOJ investigating questionable deaths in Baltimore and Ferguson. The DOJ reviews noted racial bias in both departments. The Eric Holder DOJ initiated a review of the St Anthony PD.We see if the DOJ review still happens in this era of Trump.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-review-st-anthony-police-department-philand...

Jeff Sessions has said he will reverse the DOJ trend of police department oversight.

Here is the recording of the 4-year old girl in the car when Castile was shot. She pleads with her mom not the get "shooted"

Obviously, no reason to protest this tragedy.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-video-diamond-reynolds-daughter-2017...

The PD will pay out a settlement and things will go back to the status quo.

We saw change with protests.

Edit to add:

Having no top down leadership was always going to be a problem for BLM. The organization did push Democrats to address issues of police abuse. BLM was obviously not perfect. If people are giddy about the organization losing clout, people may conclude that the giddy were not allies anyway.

just thanks for posting this!

artappraiser — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:48:30 +0000

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just thanks for posting this!

Edit to add two cross-links to stories I've posted on related threads here, in case any outside readers should find their way to this post. On other organizations attempting to address the problem or related problems:

on the Center for Policing Equity

on the Art for Justice foundation