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In reply to the discussion: I'm starting a countdown on how long it takes for the DOJ and Admin to do something on Tamir Rice. [View all]brush
(53,771 posts)I'm advocating for the president to go public from his "bully pulpit", as only the president can do, to rally the people to get behind proactive moves to help solve this issue that is literally killing innocent, unarmed black people.
Just a nod from the president towards the Black Lives Matter movement could a generate a tremendous spur of positive public opinion towards the movement, which in turn can get more and more people involved on all fronts from legal help to funding help to more people in the streets to more media coverage to louder and louder appeals for Congress to bring forward bills to address/fix SCOTUS's gutting of civil rights laws to DA's complicit in allowing killer cops to walk I mean help build a movement. And being aware that movements happen over time long term commitment for long term results.
Martin and Malcolm certainly weren't expecting over night results.