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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Urges Black Communities to ‘Rise Up’ Against Trump
 [OBSERVER] One of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement urged black immigrants colonists and African-Americans to "rise up" and "defend each other" against the "pretty dire" situation President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
has presented with his executive order.
Trump has signed executive orders expanding former President Barack Obama
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’s deportation priorities, calling for for federal authorities to expel undocumented immigrants colonists not just when they are convicted of a violent crime, but when they have been charged with any offense. He also signed three executive orders earlier this month that he says support law enforcement and instruct his new Attorney General Jeff Sessions to form task forces that examine how crime can be reduced and look at how to destabilize transnational criminal organizations and narco mobs--seen by some as an affront to advocates fighting police brutality against people of color.
Opal Tometi, who founded Black Lives Matter in 2012 with two other activists after the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, said that black immigrants colonists and African-Americans are dealing with the same issues.
"Black immigrants colonists and African-Americans share diverse, rich cultures and a lot of beautiful things, but we also share the global fight against a system that operates on racism," Tometi said during BAJI’s President’s Day telephone town hall Monday night on the impact of the executive orders on the two groups. "And so right now, this moment, it’s very, very critical that we rise up and we defend each other. We have to fight to ensure that all black lives matter and there are some practical ways we can engage in this work."
Posted by: Fred 2017-02-22 |
