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Tavis Smiley Calls Out Sheriff David Clarke For “Scapegoating” Black Lives Matter

During his speech at the Republican National Convention Monday night, Sheriff David Clarke said the Black Lives Matter movement was anarchy.

Talk show host Tavis Smiley was asked by reporters how he felt about Clarke’s statements, to which he said “if the Black Lives Matters movement is anarchy, as Clarke said in his speech, then the Boston Tea Party was too, reports MSNBC.

“But we wouldn’t be here without it,” he added. Also noting that, “It is always easy to find these sort of political sycophants who are willing to stand up and advance these sort of simple slogans and rosy rhetoric but can’t get to a real conversation about what’s at stake here. What’s at stake here is not just the lives of cops. And there’s no one in the country who doesn’t believe that blue lives matter, indeed they do. The question is when do we get around to appreciating, to valuing the sanctity, the humanity, and the dignity of black life? That’s what’s at the stake.”

Smiley went on to say that is the reason as to why Black Lives Matter is protesting and that ultimately Clarke is “scapegoating” because he does not want to address the issue at hand.

“Again, I repeat, it’s about the humanity, and the dignity, and the sanctity of black life,” Smiley said.

via Tavis Smiley Calls Out Sheriff David Clarke For “Scapegoating” Black Lives Matter — Atlanta Daily World

LA Police Commission to Decide If Fatal Shooting Of Woman In Alley Was Justified

The Los Angeles Police Commission is expected to decide Tuesday whether an officer followed the department’s policies for using deadly force last summer when he shot and killed a woman in a South L.A. alley.

Redel Jones, 30, was fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer in August 2015 after she allegedly moved toward officers with a knife.

As hundreds of demonstrators descended on downtown Los Angeles, the city’s Police Commission on Tuesday faulted two LAPD officers for their tactics leading up to the killing of a black woman in South L.A. last year, but found that the fatal shooting did not violate the department’s deadly force policy.

The board’s decision touched off protests outside the LAPD’s downtown headquarters that quickly moved across the street to City Hall, where activists pounded on the glass doors and decried how police officers use force, particularly against African Americans. In the year after Redel Jones’ death, her name has been chanted at meetings, written on signs carried at protests and spread on Twitter as a hashtag.

Jones, 30, was killed after Los Angeles police say she moved toward an officer while holding a knife. The LAPD has said Jones matched the description of a woman who robbed a nearby pharmacy about 20 minutes earlier, prompting officers to pursue her into the alley.

But a woman who said she saw the August 2015 shooting from her car questioned why police opened fire, telling the Los Angeles Times that Jones was running away from the officers and never turned toward them.

Exclusive Interview With Ieshia Evans: The Queen In The Sundress

Ieshia Evans is being deemed everything from ‘super (s)he-ro’ to ‘the queen in a sundress.’

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The 28 year old mother is the woman behind one of the most iconic photos surrounding the Baton Rouge protests last week.

Ieshia, along with other protestors, were arrested for obstruction of a highway after refusing to move during the Alton Sterling protests in which demonstrators attempted to shut down city streets & highways in protest of police killings of black men. Her silent defiance and courage has become a beacon of light & strength for us all.

Check out this interview with the beautiful & soft spoken mother of a 5 year old little boy as she explains her reasons for facing armed guards and their machine guns with such grace. She said she did it for not only her son & brothers, but for black people as a race.

She points to her arm, referencing her skin color: