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Not to be confused with Black Lives Matter. Blue Lives Matter Thin blue line flag, commonly associated with the Blue Lives Matter movement Formation 2014 ; 11 years ago (2014) New York City, U.S. Founders Active and retired law enforcement officers Type Social movement Location United States Blue Lives Matter (also known as Police Lives Matter) is a countermovement in the United States that ...
Home Depot’s viral 12-foot skeleton lives up to the hype. Its oversized design makes for an eye-catching Halloween display, and once assembled, it’s surprisingly stable considering its size. Pros
On 30 July 2020, Blue Lives Matter flags were removed from Hingham, Massachusetts fire trucks after days of controversy over whether the flags simply salute police officers or have a more divisive political message. Some townspeople had confused the flag with the genuine "Thin Blue Line" flag. [58] [59]
An armed supporter of the Blue Lives Matter countermovement during the George Floyd protests Unlike recent racial protests in the United States before it, the 2020 protests frequently included the slogan " defund the police ", representing a call for divestment in policing. [ 198 ]
Home Depot violated U.S. labor law by barring a retail worker from wearing an apron that said "BLM" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, a federal labor board ruled on Wednesday. The ...
"I can't breathe" is a slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the last words of Eric Garner, an unarmed man who was killed in 2014 after being put in a chokehold by a New York City police officer.
There’s the LGBTQ, BLM [Black Lives Matter], all sorts of flags. We don’t want that anymore. We want it to be the Florida and American flags unless there’s a specific lesson plan.”
The Washington, D.C. Black Lives Matter mural painted in June 2020. On June 5, 2020, during the George Floyd protests, the DC Public Works Department painted the words "Black Lives Matter" in 35-foot-tall (11 m) yellow capital letters on 16th Street NW on the north of Lafayette Square, part of President's Park near the White House, with the assistance of the MuralsDC program of the DC ...