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#BlackLivesMatter Condemns NYPD Cop Killings: 'Not Our Vision Of Justice'
#BlackLivesMatter, a social movement founded in opposition to the violence and oppression black people in the U.S. face at the hands of law enforcement, officially condemned the "senseless" killing of two NYPD officers Saturday.
“An eye for an eye is not our vision of justice,” the group said in a statement obtained by The Huffington Post. “We who have taken to the streets seeking justice and liberation know that we need deep transformation to correct the larger institutional problems of racial profiling, abuse, and violence.”
Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend in Maryland on Saturday morning before heading to New York, according to the Baltimore Sun. At around 3 p.m., he fatally shot NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos “execution style” in Brooklyn. Brinsley opened fire on the men while they sat in their patrol car, then fled into the subway where he turned the gun on himself.
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Hours before the Brooklyn shooting, an Instagram user police believe was Brinsley posted that he would be “putting wings on pigs today,” according to the New York Daily News. The post, which included a photo of a handgun, also stated “They take 1 of ours … let’s take 2 of theirs” and referenced the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/21/nypd-cop-killings-blacklivesmatter_n_6362400.html
This is not the way to promote #BlackLivesMatter. We need to seek unity for the change that is desperately needed. What we do not need is more death. Two more families torn apart by senseless violence. My heart goes out to the loved ones of Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
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#BlackLivesMatters is excellent. Thank you, 
Too many idiots. 
#blacklivesmatter is a hashtag no one actually "owns or represents it". It's a means of communicating on social media by linking together disparate posts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BlackLivesMatter&src=tyah
There is a www.blacklivesmatter.com web site, but I don't see any of the OP referenced statement on that site or http://www.blacklivesmatter.net
There is a group called http://fergusonaction.com/ they are the ones who organized the "day of resistance"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_Action
This #blacklivesmatter movement has no identified leadership and is organized through social media on a local level with input from various national groups of which http://fergusonaction.com/ seems to be at the forefront.
They issued a different statement.
For Immediate Release: 9pm ET, Saturday, December 20th, 2014
Contacts:
Andy Stepanian, 631.291.3010, moc.aidemnobbigztif@ydna
Mervyn Marcano, 917.553.1001, moc.noitcanosugref@sserp
FERGUSON ACTION COALITION ISSUES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TODAY’S MURDER OF TWO NYPD OFFICERS
New York, NY — Ferguson Action, the wide coalition first conceived in Ferguson, MO and recently responsible for the series of highly organized responses to police killings and abuses nation-wide has issued the following statement in response to the murder of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn earlier today:
“We are shocked and saddened by the news of two NYPD officers killed today in Brooklyn. We mourned with the families of Eric Garner and Mike Brown who experienced unspeakable loss, and similarly our hearts go out to the families of these officers who are now experiencing that same grief. They deserve all of our prayers.
“Unfortunately, there have been attempts to draw misleading connections between this movement and today’s tragic events. Millions have stood together in acts of non-violent civil disobedience, one of the cornerstones of our democracy. It is irresponsible to draw connections between this movement and the actions of a troubled man who took the lives of these officers and attempted to take the life of his ex-partner, before ultimately taking his own. Today’s events are a tragedy in their own right. To conflate them with the brave activism of millions of people across the country is nothing short of cheap political punditry.
“Elected officials and law enforcement leaders must not allow this narrative to continue, as it only serves to heighten tensions at a time when the families of those killed are in mourning.
“We stand with the families in mourning, we stand united against senseless killings, and we stand for a justice system that works for all.”
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Ferguson Action, is a broad coalition of groups working against police violence.
Contacts:
Andy Stepanian, 631.291.3010, moc.aidemnobbigztif@ydna
Mervyn Marcano, 917.553.1001, moc.noitcanosugref@sserp
FERGUSON ACTION COALITION ISSUES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TODAY’S MURDER OF TWO NYPD OFFICERS
New York, NY — Ferguson Action, the wide coalition first conceived in Ferguson, MO and recently responsible for the series of highly organized responses to police killings and abuses nation-wide has issued the following statement in response to the murder of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn earlier today:
“We are shocked and saddened by the news of two NYPD officers killed today in Brooklyn. We mourned with the families of Eric Garner and Mike Brown who experienced unspeakable loss, and similarly our hearts go out to the families of these officers who are now experiencing that same grief. They deserve all of our prayers.
“Unfortunately, there have been attempts to draw misleading connections between this movement and today’s tragic events. Millions have stood together in acts of non-violent civil disobedience, one of the cornerstones of our democracy. It is irresponsible to draw connections between this movement and the actions of a troubled man who took the lives of these officers and attempted to take the life of his ex-partner, before ultimately taking his own. Today’s events are a tragedy in their own right. To conflate them with the brave activism of millions of people across the country is nothing short of cheap political punditry.
“Elected officials and law enforcement leaders must not allow this narrative to continue, as it only serves to heighten tensions at a time when the families of those killed are in mourning.
“We stand with the families in mourning, we stand united against senseless killings, and we stand for a justice system that works for all.”
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Ferguson Action, is a broad coalition of groups working against police violence.
This phenomena is best thought of in the mode of anonymous of which anyone can take part and has no central leadership.
