Pro-BLM
The Washington Post
The Washington Post gives an account of the history of the Black lives Matter movement starting with the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012. The article attributes that event to bringing awareness to the unfair treatment of African-Americans by police. It gives quotes from Barack Obama and other important figures discussing the discrimination.
“Since that rainy night three years ago, we have watched one horrific encounter after another involving unarmed African Americans on the losing end of a gun or a confrontation with police”
Obama on BET
BET interviewed Barak Obama in 2014 discussing the growing racial tensions in the United States. Obama explains how he personally relates to the unfair treatment faced by African-Americans as he himself had undergone similar discrimination.
“It gives us an opportunity I think to finally have the kind of conversation that's been a long time coming.”
“I think as long as they’re peaceful, I think they’re necessary”
Globe and Mail
This article discusses the stopping of the 2016 Toronto Pride Parade to protest the inclusion of police floats and stands at the event. It explains how the LGBT community has long faced similar discrimination by police as the African-American community and so the organizers of pride were sympathetic to this protest and are in discussions about banning celebrations of police at future pride events.
“Pride has always been political”
“Many leaders of BLM-TO are queer or trans, and both Pride and BLM were created to fight for civil rights and to push back against police violence.”
New York Times
This article discusses the unfair portrayal of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement by members of the Republican Party and right wing news sources, explaining how they are making the movement about being anti-white instead of being about the treatment of minorities. The article gives parallels between the current ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and and the historical Civil Rights movement.
“Demonstrators who chant the phrase are making the same declaration that voting rights and civil rights activists made a half-century ago”
Sources
Information
Capehart, Jonathan. "From Trayvon Martin to ‘black Lives Matter’." The Washington Post. WP Company, 27 Feb. 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2017.
Giese, Rachel. "Pride Has Always Been Political." The Globe and Mail. Special to The Globe and Mail, 24 Jan. 2017. Web. 18 Feb. 2017.
"The Truth of 'Black Lives Matter'." The New York Times. The New York Times, 03 Sept. 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2017.
"Transcript: BET's Exclusive Interview With President Obama." BET.com. N.p., 12 Dec. 2014. Web. 20 Mar. 2017.
Images
Capehart, Jonathan. "From Trayvon Martin to ‘black Lives Matter’." The Washington Post. WP Company, 27 Feb. 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2017.
Fleck, Micah J. "#BlackLivesMatter Is NOT a Hate Group: A Rebuttal." The Libertarian Republic. The Libertarian Republic, 24 Sept. 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
Gillman, Ollie. "That'll Show 'em! 'Black Lives Matter' Protesters Chanting 'hands Up, Don't Shoot' Head to East London - and Barricade a WAITROSE Lorry ." Daily Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 11 Aug. 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
Jamieson, Mark. "Shame on Pride and Black Lives Matter." Thestar.com. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., 11 July 2016. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.
Kay, Barbara. "Barbara Kay: In BLM's View to Be White Is to Be Racist and to Be Black Is to Be a Victim. "National Post. National Post, 5 July 2015. Web. 18 Feb. 2017.