Trev gowdy and black lives matter mission statement

Among those to have shown support are members of the England football team - whose players have been booed by some fans for taking the knee. Black Lives Matter is a phrase, and notably a hashtag, used to highlight racism, discrimination and inequality experienced by black people. Its use grew in the US after high-profile killings by police, but it has also been used in the UK and elsewhere.

Supporters point to the fact that black people are much more likely to be shot by police in the US. They say that in the US and many other countries, they also suffer many other forms of discrimination. They want action to address unequal treatment and oppression that goes all the way back to the era of slavery, but which continues today. The slogan was widely used after the death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, in The unarmed black year-old was shot by neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

Support grew following other police killings, including Eric Garner, who died in a chokehold, and Michael Brown , who was killed by an officer who said he acted in self-defence. In the summer of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was murdered by a police officer who knelt on his neck.

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Protests using the BLM slogan took place worldwide and the hashtag BlackLivesMatter was used tens of millions of times. In the UK, anti-racism demonstrations were attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Some people argue that using the term Black Lives Matter demonstrates support for an organisation of the same name. Among its main goals are stopping police brutality and fighting for courts to treat black people equally.

Its demands for equality also include mental health, the LGBT community and voting rights. However, former US secretary of housing and developments Ben Carson, said people with noble aims had been taken advantage of by a "Marxist-driven organisation" that supports "taking down the model of Western family structures".