Sunday, July 31, 2016

Martin O'Malley: "Black Lives Matter. White lives matter. All lives matter."



Black Lives Matter
Protests
At the Netroots Nation Conference in July 2015, dozens of Black Lives Matter activists took over the stage at an event featuring Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders. Activists, including Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, asked both candidates for specific policy proposals to address deaths in police custody.[165] The protesters chanted several slogans, including "if I die in police custody, burn everything down". After conference organizers pleaded with the protesters for several minutes, O'Malley responded by pledging to release a wide-ranging plan for criminal justice reform. Protesters later booed O'Malley when he stated "Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter."[166] O'Malley later apologized for his remarks, saying that he didn't mean to disrespect the black community.[166]

On August 8, 2015, a speech by Democratic presidential candidate and civil rights activist Bernie Sanders was disrupted by a group from the Seattle Chapter of Black Lives Matter including chapter co-founder Marissa Johnson[167] who walked onstage, seized the microphone from him and called his supporters racists and white supremacists.[168][169][170] Sanders issued a platform in response.[171]

Nikki Stephens, the operator of a Facebook page called "Black Lives Matter: Seattle" issued an apology to Sanders' supporters, claiming these actions did not represent her understanding of BLM. She was then sent messages by members of the Seattle Chapter which she described as threatening, and was forced to change the name of her group to "Black in Seattle". The founders of Black Lives Matter stated that they had not issued an apology.[172]

In August, activists chanting "Black Lives Matter" interrupted the Las Vegas rally of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush.[173] As Bush exited early, some of his supporters started responding to the protesters by chanting "white lives matter" or "all lives matter".[174]

In October, a speech by Hillary Clinton on criminal justice reform and race at Atlanta University Center was interrupted by BLM activists.[175]

In November, a BLM protester was physically assaulted at a Donald Trump rally in Birmingham, Alabama. In response, Trump said, "maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing."[176] Trump had previously threatened to fight any Black Lives Matter protesters if they attempted to speak at one of his events.[177]

In March 2016, Black Lives Matter helped organize the 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest that forced Trump to cancel the event.[178][179] Four individuals were arrested and charged in the incident. Two were "charged with felony aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest", one was "charged with two misdemeanor counts of resisting and obstructing a peace officer", and the fourth "was charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing a peace officer".[180] A CBS reporter was one of those arrested outside the rally. He was charged with resisting arrest.

Law enforcement
Many individuals in law enforcement have been critical of BLM.[citation needed] The hashtag #BlueLivesMatter, Blue Lives Matter, was created by supporters of the police.[200] Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County has been critical of Black Lives Matter, stating that there is no police brutality problem in America and that "there is no racism in the hearts of police officers".[201] Marchers using a BLM banner were recorded in a video chanting, "Pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon" at the Minnesota State Fair. Law enforcement groups said that the chant promotes death to police. The protest organizer disputed that interpretation, saying "What we are promoting is that if black people who kill police officers are going to fry, then we want police officers to face the same treatment that we face as civilians for killing officers."[202] A North Carolina police chief retired after calling BLM a terrorist group.[203] A police officer in Oregon was removed from street duty following a social media post in which he said he would have to "babysit these fools", in reference to a planned BLM event.

List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States

Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley was the Baltimore (MD) mayor, the Maryland state government governor, a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election, and is married to District Court of Baltimore City associate judge Catherine Curran O'Malley.

Note: Freddie Gray officers suing prosecutor Marilyn Mosby
By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Steve Almasy, CNN
Updated 11:52 AM ET, Thu July 28, 2016
(CNN)Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is going from prosecutor to civil defendant in connection with the case of the death of Freddie Gray.
On Wednesday, Mosby announced that charges against three officers still facing trial were being dropped. Mosby gave only a statement, but had to leave without taking questions because five of the officers in the case have filed lawsuits against her.
Officers Garrett Miller, Edward Nero and William Porter as well as Sgt. Alicia White and Lt. Brian Rice are suing Mosby and Maj. Samuel Cogen of the Baltimore Sheriff's Office. Cogen was the law enforcement officer who filed charging documents against the officers.
The lawsuits allege false arrest, false imprisonment, defamation or false light, and other assertions. They were filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland in 2015 in late April and early May around the time the officers were arrested.
Catherine Curran O'Malley is an associate judge for the District Court of Baltimore City, and married to Martin O'Malley.
Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president for the Fraternal Order of Police.
Raymond W. Kelly was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, an honorary president for the Police Athletic League of New York City, and a commissioner for the New York City Police Department.
Donald Trump is a director at the Police Athletic League of New York City, and the candidate for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign.
William J. Bratton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, a commissioner for the New York City Police Department, was a Boston (MA) police commissioner, a Boston Metropolitan Police superintendent, a Los Angeles (CA) Police Department chief, and the chairman for Kroll Inc.
Michael G. Cherkasky was a court-appointed monitor for the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department, and the president & CEO for Kroll Inc.
Rodney King sued the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department for brutality, and John L. Burris was his attorney.
John L. Burris was Rodney King’s attorney, and was a fundraiser for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Lee H. Hamilton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, a director at BAE Systems Inc., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Michael Chertoff is the chairman for BAE Systems Inc., a senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, and was an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for BAE Systems Inc.
Eric H. Holder Jr. is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, was an attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, a board member for the American Constitution Society, and an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Debo P. Adegbile is a director at the American Constitution Society, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, was an acting president & director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, an assistant attorney general nominee for the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Fraternal Order of Police opposed his nomination as assistant attorney general.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.    
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).  
Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother, and an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
John F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother, the secretary at the
U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to John F. Kerry, the chair for the Heinz Endowments, an emeritus life trustee at the Carnegie Mellon University, a trustee emeritus at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).  
Jared L. Cohon is a director at the Heinz Endowments, was the president of Carnegie Mellon University, a trustee at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Andrew Carnegie was the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University, the founder of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
John R. Allen is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Annise Parker is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Manny Diaz is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Jane Lakes Harman is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Martin O'Malley was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Baltimore (MD) mayor, the Maryland state government governor, a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election, and is married to District Court of Baltimore City associate judge Catherine Curran O'Malley.
Catherine Curran O'Malley is married to Martin O'Malley, and an associate judge for the District Court of Baltimore City.
Freddie Gray officers suing prosecutor Marilyn Mosby
By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Steve Almasy, CNN
Updated 11:52 AM ET, Thu July 28, 2016
(CNN)Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is going from prosecutor to civil defendant in connection with the case of the death of Freddie Gray.
On Wednesday, Mosby announced that charges against three officers still facing trial were being dropped. Mosby gave only a statement, but had to leave without taking questions because five of the officers in the case have filed lawsuits against her.
Officers Garrett Miller, Edward Nero and William Porter as well as Sgt. Alicia White and Lt. Brian Rice are suing Mosby and Maj. Samuel Cogen of the Baltimore Sheriff's Office. Cogen was the law enforcement officer who filed charging documents against the officers.
The lawsuits allege false arrest, false imprisonment, defamation or false light, and other assertions. They were filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland in 2015 in late April and early May around the time the officers were arrested.

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