The protest organizer disputed that interpretation, saying "What we are promoting is that if black people who kill police officers are going to fry, then we want police officers to face the same treatment that we face as civilians for killing officers. Black Lives Matter Comes to the Classroom Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. Have fun coloring! Globally, they threaten America's longstanding, if uneven, role as the world's leading champion of universal human rights. [170][171] Later that month a march was organized to honor Jamar Clark, from the 4th Precinct to downtown Minneapolis. [26], In his 2018 book The Once and Future Liberal, Mark Lilla criticizes Black Lives Matter as part of his broader left-wing critique of identity politics. 13 Principles - School of Education & Human Development [386], A group called Mothers of the Movement, which includes the mothers of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, and other mothers whose "unarmed African-American children have been killed by law enforcement or due to gun violence,"[387] addressed the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 26. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a social movement dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially police brutality. He also said "that is a legitimate issue that we've got to address. Magazine picked #BlackLivesMatter as one of the twelve hashtags that changed the world in 2014. Many protesters use the slogan "Black Lives Matter." (A slogan is a phrase or, in this case, a hashtag when it is used on social media: #BlackLivesMatter.) In September, BLM protested the shooting deaths by police officers of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina. Published books, novels, and TV shows have increased in popularity in 2020. Towler, C., Crawford, N., & Bennett, R. (2020). "[427] Another disinformation campaign, originating in June 2020 on 4chan, had the "goal of getting the hashtags #AllWhitesAreNazis (#AWAN) trending on Twitter. Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History Facebook has suspended the offending page.