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Ridgewood NJ, recent Ridgewood protests have brought into focus the group “Black Lives Matter” and what its all about . While it’s a catchy phrase and few would argue with it ,the Ridgewood blog is a bit confused with the message . When an unarmed black man is murdered by a white Police officer , “Black Lives Matter”.
But where they lose a lot of people is with the messages inconsistency. Most American have heard of George Floyd, the African American man who was the victim of egregious use of lethal force by police in Minneapolis , but we do not know the name of even one of 87 African Americans who were shot in Chicago on the July 4th weekend ? By the way 13 were children and 17 died. So did those “Black Lives Matter” as well ? Or should they change the name of the movement to , “Only Certain Black Lives Matter”, or “Black Lives Matter Only When it’s Convenient “.
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