The Black Lives Matter Political Action Committee ( Black Lives Matter PAC) is a political action committee affiliated with the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. The Black Lives Matter Movement’s collection of groups has come to take a variety of forms and political shapes, from groups that favor protest and have no intention of supporting candidates, to others that have begun lobbying candidates and elected officials on legislative issues, to others “hoping to use money to make a difference in elections.” 31 Where the BLM Network is structured and has 34 chapters, 27 the BLM movement is decentralized and relies “almost solely on local, rather than national, leadership.” 28 The movement “eschews hierarchy and centralized leadership.” 29 According to one of the BLM originating activists, Patrisse Cullors, the movement’s “organizing is often spontaneous and not directed by one person or group of people.” 30 Then there’s the BLM Movement, a more amorphous collection of racial justice groups.” 26 There’s the BLM network founded by the three black female activists who created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag. 25 “There are at least two versions of BLM.
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23 As a result, the growth of the movement offline was directly linked with the online conversation.” 24Ĭurrently there is a “contentious distinction” over what Black Lives Matter is. 19 After Brown’s death, “Dream Defenders, an organization co-founded by Working Families Party activist and Occupy Wall Street organizer Nelini Stamp, popularized the phrase “Hands Up – Don’t Shoot!” (referring to the apparently false claim that Brown had his hands up as if to surrender peacefully when he was shot 20) which has since become BLM’s widely recognized slogan.” 21 22 Organizational Overviewįrom the outset the originators of the BLM movement “made social media – and specifically the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter – a centerpiece of their strategy. 18 Controversies surrounding Brown’s death and the authorities’ handling of the case are seen as “the national tipping point” that brought BLM to public consciousness. In 2014, “the movement gained significant traction after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown” by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Activist and art college instructor Patrisse Cullors and Black Alliance for Just Immigration executive director Opal Tometi helped popularize the phrase as the social media hashtag “#BlackLivesMatter.” 16 17 Contesting the controversial verdict, left-wing author and labor organizer Alicia Garza coined the term “Black Lives Matter” 15 in protest.
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14 Foundingīlack Lives Matter originated in 2013, following the trial of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder on grounds of self-defense for killing Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American youth. Liberal funders such as George Soros, Rob McKay, and other Democracy Alliance donors have given millions of dollars to groups associated with the movement, which have in total raked in over $133 million. 10 This was most on display surrounding the 2016 murder of five Dallas police officers by a terrorist who claimed to support BLM. While the movement’s lack of structure makes it extremely difficult to attribute bad acts to specific BLM groups, there are numerous incidents of BLM-associated persons 9 committing acts of violence and lawlessness, particularly violence against police. 7 In 2016, the “Movement for Black Lives,” a BLM umbrella organization, released a political platform which consisted of numerous far-left policy proposals, including socialized medicine, the immediate legalization of prostitution, the immediate pardon of all drug offenses with reparations paid to those convicted of drug offenses, and the restructuring of tax policy to create a “radical and sustainable redistribution of wealth.” 8īLM has been criticized for taking a see-no-evil approach to violence and extremism within and surrounding its ranks.
In 2014, “the movement gained significant traction after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown,” 5 becoming a “diverse and loosely-connected coalition” 6 of groups rooted in the rejection of police violence but each seeking to rectify their own perceived injustices. 3 Other critics say BLM pushes a left-wing extremist agenda under the false appearance of a moderate reformist movement. The movement has been criticized for appearing to tolerate violent demonstrations in its name, 1 for stoking racial tensions, 2 and for creating an unsafe environment for police. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a movement ostensibly seeking to reform police conduct especially as it involves use of force against African-American suspects and civilians.
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