Protestors would hold “blackouts” where they dressed in all black and either stood or laid in the streets. They would chant “Black lives matter,” “hands up don’t shoot,” and other phrases to express how they stand in solidarity with the black men and women harmed due to police brutality. Unfortunately many of these initially peaceful protests would end in, sometimes fatal, conflicts with protesters and the police force. (Sebastian 2015) This has led to many referring to the BLM organization as a hate group and forming White Lives Matter (WLM) as a response, who dedicated themselves to the, “preservation of the white race,” and to stand against, “integration and preservation.” (Stack 2016) Ironically, WLM was declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (Stack 2016), but that doesn’t stop them from protesting against
Protestors would hold “blackouts” where they dressed in all black and either stood or laid in the streets. They would chant “Black lives matter,” “hands up don’t shoot,” and other phrases to express how they stand in solidarity with the black men and women harmed due to police brutality. Unfortunately many of these initially peaceful protests would end in, sometimes fatal, conflicts with protesters and the police force. (Sebastian 2015) This has led to many referring to the BLM organization as a hate group and forming White Lives Matter (WLM) as a response, who dedicated themselves to the, “preservation of the white race,” and to stand against, “integration and preservation.” (Stack 2016) Ironically, WLM was declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (Stack 2016), but that doesn’t stop them from protesting against