In July 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin 17 months earlier in February 2012. The movement became nationally recognized for street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans, that of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in New York City. An estimated 15 million to 26 million people participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, making it one of the largest movements in U.S. history. A June 2020 Pew Research Center poll found that 67% of adult Americans, across all racial and ethnic groups, expressed some support for the Black Lives Lives Matter movement. In September 2020
About Black Lives Matter in brief
Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality. In July 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin 17 months earlier in February 2012. The movement became nationally recognized for street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans, that of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in New York City. An estimated 15 million to 26 million people participated in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, making it one of the largest movements in U.S. history. A June 2020 Pew Research Center poll found that 67% of adult Americans, across all racial and ethnic groups, expressed some support for the Black Lives Lives Matter movement. In September 2020, 55% of adults expressed someSupport for Black lives Matter, indicating thatSupport for the movement decreased in the coming years. The movement has advocated to defund the police and invest directly into black communities and alternative emergency response models. In 2015, John Elzie, Elzie Mckesson, Brittany Packnett, Samuel Sinyangwe, and Samuel. Sinyan initiated Campaign Zero, aimed at promoting policy reforms to end police brutality and end the end of racial inequality. The campaign released a ten-point plan for reforms to policing, with recommendations including ending broken windows, increasing community oversight of police departments, increasing oversight of community policing, and creating stricter guidelines for use of force.
In the summer of 2015, Black Livesmatter activists became involved in the 2016 United States presidential election. The originators of the movement and call to action, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, expanded their project into a national network of over 30 local chapters between 2014 and 2016. As a movement, Black lives matter is grassroots and decentralized, and leaders have emphasized the importance of local organizing over national leadership. Garza has commented that the movement \”encompasses all who publicly declare that black lives matter and devote their time and energy accordingly.’’ The movement returned to national headlines and gained further international attention during the global George Floyd protests in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The phrase ‘Black lives matter’ can refer to a Twitter hashtag, a slogan, a social movement, a political action committee, or a loose confederation of groups advocating for racial justice. It could be the fuzzily applied label used to describe a wide range of protests focused on racial inequality and racial inequality, as well as several other organizations under the banner of “Black lives Matter’s” banner. The slogan ‘black lives matter’ itself remains untrademarked by any group and is not a political rallying cry or referring to the activist organization. It has been used as a rallying cry by many activists, including DeRay McKesson.
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