into a powerful slogan. >> black lives matter! rms of how you operate you've said that we are just a hashtag. so you're not an organization. perhaps you're a platform? >> so black lives matter is an organization as well as a platform. we are decentralized. there are chapters across the country using the black lives matter umbrella. >> i see. so as long as you put in a hashtag you can be part of that movement? >> the movement is larger than just black lives matter and the network and even a chapter-based organization. >> now, i was surprised that the big yellow letters, bold letters, you know, black lives matter, in d.c. or new york, that did not come about as a result of your approaching them to do so. >> yeah. what's been so inspiring is that people around the country are taking initiative and have really adopted the black lives matter message and ethos and they're doing what they want to do with black lives matter as a message. so even seeing that black lives matter has been written on many streets from washington, d.c. to new yo

had not been reached, would you see things like the national basketball association printing black lives matterhe hardwood floor of the nba championship game, when you see other corporations at the same time adopting black lives tter as a slogan, do you have any concerns about thepossible co-optation of capitalist america of this movement that only a few years ago was regarded by most of the establishment as a fringe movement? >> i think it is important for us to remembe that change is not linear. one of the things that i have been privy to ov this last year is that there are real reckonings happening in every sector across this nation and throughout the globe. of course when this movement breaks into the mainstream, it absolutely has the potential to be symbolized and in some ways co-opted by corporations who want to use the language of black lives matter but don't ask and want to make black lives matter. i think we have also seen ways in which peoplhave pushed it a lot further. in the case of the nba in the wnba, these players use their platform to educate millions and millions of people who

between the se and development or the evolution of the occupy wall street movement and of the black lives matterment. yosay that occupy wall street was a decentralized, leaderless movement whereas black lives maer sawtself a decentralized leader-full movement. could you talk about that? >> first and foremost, i talk a lot in the book about how it is hard to compare movement but yet every time we talk about black lives matter, think occupy wall street tends to be a reference point that people use. they will say things like, black lives matter is centralized. i think that is not necessarily a term that we've used to describe ourselves but what i do here is an talk about the importance and the role of leadership. i talked about the fact it is important that leadership is happening everywhere -- important we recognize leadership is happening everywhere. leadership can be predatory and corrosive. leadership in anof itself does those tendencies. what we try to interrogate in this chapter, what does leadership look like and what are the functions and roles that we need to play in movements for them to

what's interesting about black lives matter and i'm sure you've seen this for whatever reason black livester look remarkably white. now they are saying doj is -- doj is cracking down. this movement we are seeing sparks this push and it has nothing to do with black people. progressive policies leads to progressive results for black america and black americans see that. one of my favorite things to see and i don't know if you've seen it on the internet there are tons of times were black lives matter protesters show up and they get chased out of the neighborhoods. they are old and they are saying we don't care of don't care for so-and-so gets shot but you want to show up with your narrative and that's the truth. this is about the undoing of society making sure there is no law enforcement and when there's no law enforcement to protect the people and launching this war rising up and destroying the fabric of our nation. >> host: you've you said white people wearing black lives matter teachers and antifa might he have office well in summary or push back of your point of view might be hey there p

was interesting with all the torments going on around the country even in small towns with black lives matter i was surprised that 54 percent black voters generally support the cops. this is a weird thing where most white people worldview the dynamic force the black lives matter and the number one policy goal of six or eight or ten but the first is to find the cops but then polling shows paper of color and black americans are worried if the cops walk away does this surprise you? >> not at all then the university understands what it means that it creates a vacuum and that somebody else could be gangster or thug and why you see with that in 200 percent in terms of shooting from the radical left so also with black lives matter sure you seen it they are markedly the white last week they said it was antifa now they talk black lives matter and then black america and then one of my favorite things to see have seen on the internet the protesters who show up and they are bold and staying out of the neighborhoods because you want to show up the political narrative and that's the truth this is about the

here's abc's steve osunsamosuns. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> reporter: it's a hot summer day in one of the whitest communities in america, and activists waving flags that read "black lives matter" have come to this small town, and for the most part they're not welcome. >> white power, white people! >> white power! >> black lives matter! >> reporter: this is boone county, arkansas, where the klan has its headquarters and where the racists have already installed their snipers on the rooftops in downtown harrison. and just around the corner from the sign that tells you where to tune in to white pride radio for the family, the sign says. >> i do this in good faith. >> reporter: aaron clark is worried it might get violent. >> if i can get all guns to be put up -- >> we got death threat after death threat after death threat. they said, i got a rifle for you down here, monkey. all sorts of things. >> reporter: clark says he's here to meet white people who he says don't understand the protests they see and the far-away culture that's beamed into thei

black lives matter protests existed before trump but the trump presidency has energized the movement before the election films by in about black people films that look at themes of racism and police violence have taken center stage. after the killing of george floyd director spike lee the film editing real life footage with a similar chokehold death of americana in 2014 and scenes from his own 1909 film do the right thing the right thing was based upon the real live show murder. michael and then. you know not just by. strangulation. shadegg. in the heat you give maids 2 years into the trunk presidency and then some black man is shot dead playing go back to. the result of violence and a fight for justice about black people poor people everybody at the bottom ringback ringback. in the documentary time a woman struggles to get her husband released from a 60 year prison sentence for robbery. my name. is awaiting on a ruling regarding my husband's. wishes one even might have any information like a date on it. thank you so much. that films like this go beyond protest rhetoric to show the fa

do, just crying and saying i worked my entire life and was destroyed in one night they were black lives matter activists. i am black why are you doing this to my store. it isn't about a black lives it's wanting to make sure america burns until he could they get power. >> would you characterize yourself as pro-life or pro-choice? >> i'm pro-life but there is a space for pro-life to open up the conversation on people that are pro-choice in a more meaningful dialogue and realize the majority were brainwashed. i used to be pro-choice. you learn when you are in school it's the responsible thing to do. >> and that was in public school is what you are saying? >> in health classes you learn the responsible thing, all this dogma, go out, use a condom and if you get pregnant, the responsible thing is to kill your child. a lot of kids believe it's a group of cells and if you kill it early and if it's gone. we know later they suffer from posttraumatic stress. i see young women outside screaming for the right or making fun of or mocking, i hear a bunch of young women that are hurt and we have to be able to

the movies have helped shine a new light on the black lives matter movement. but tweens of the 18 year olds might. give us a warning no wag the living room is to have a father son black father. and i think that it has given people a different lens with which to evaluate that movement and i think that there were some people who make quietly been more dismissive of that movement as radical or violent one for october porter's response to black lives matter was to look back at the obama presidency to the lens of official white house photographer pete sosa just like yours president obama bent over and what their kid touches her head with his hand that the image stands for how kids will see themselves differently for ever seen those photos again but they tell a story. not only about president obama but really about the office and how important institution was. and i realized it was. i think like a lot of people i kind of took for granted the stability of the the prior administration. i saw who is a smash how does it deal with crisis leadership character and empathy.

and that was my first glimpse of black lives matter. thought it was a terrible thing. >> i think this is dangerous, because first of all, all of us have now marched and rallied under the banner black lives matter, and i can honestly say i have never heard anything that you or your co-founders identified with or others that have officially been connected to you all say anything like that about hurting policemen or calling them out their name. but if this perception is given by the president of the united states, it is dangerous for black leaders like yourself or me or others that stand behind a slogan and that you helped to create. when the president mischaracterizes the black lives matter movement, which some groups -- i'm not saying there might not have been some saying that, but they certainly were not part of what you and your two in my opinion brilliant colleagues put into the world mentality. >> that's right. i mean, that's right, reverend al. and honestly, i watched that debate too, and i watched exactly that moment. and it continu

black lives matter activist to tour a heroin once. briana she accuses the police of getting away with murder thanks to the structural racism in the u.s. . brianna taylor is her hero and the symbol of a movement that will no longer be silenced personally and emotionally briana taylor's name for me it gives me strength she gives me hope and she gives me a reason to wake up every day and fight for justice i mean. i'm 40 years old in we have seen the injustices of black people in this nation in you know the black woman is the most disrespected one man in america 'd and so for me you know she she just gives me that string to keep fighting. briana taylor lived here on the outskirts of louisville in march police entered her apartment using a no knock warrant this type of search warrant authorizes officers to enter private premises without announcing their presence and forcibly opened doors the police were searching for drugs. an exchange of gunfire and sued and briana taylor died in a hail of bullets he you can see from out here that when po

that's super exciting. >> pauley: black lives matter, those words describe a movement. a woman. contributor mark whitaker introduces us to alicia garza. [yelling] >> reporter: this summer the black lives matter mvement took center stage, from global protests to protests in washington, d.c., to murals adorning neighborhoods throughout the country. and last month the movement's founders, patrisse cullors and alicia garza, found themselves on the cover of tim"time magazine." >> my hope in helping to put this forward wasn't to start a movement. >> reporter: alicia garza coined the phrase black lives matter. >> my hope was to actually change people's minds, to change the way we see ourselves so we can stand in a stronger footing. to be able to change the things we don't like that are happening around us. >> reporter: we met the oakland-based activists at marcus books to discuss garza's soon to be released book. >> i wanted to make sure we were in a place that really represents the legacy and the enduring traditions of black organizing and black resistance. >> reporter: the p

this is what he said about black lives matter. >> okay. >> the first time i ever heard of black lives matter, i said that's such a terrible term, because it's such a racist term. it's a term that sows division between blacks, whites and everybody else. for blacks, but they were very

in black lives matter and this is happening at the time when black lives matter is now the largest movement in global history come on now you don't come in and come to my house and not know what it was and so it's really important that we you know one absolutely say that it's more than a hoax so the caller absolutely has some responsibility but police departments who are using it as an excuse to further terrorize harass and really place in jeopardy but lives of activists you know also bear some responsibility and i think that we need to remember that law enforcement units are not neutral they have their own agendas that they're trying to advance the reviewer's i would hate to. i was going to say so to that point look clearly i listen to many many swatting calls and you know again people who are calling in a swat team they want to get a police response so they're going to play inherent bias and clearly race is part of that but you know you can't ignore the fact that like i said the c.e.o. of instagram has been swatted in my case it was actually the former head of v.h.s. . that was actually s

also co-founder of black lives matter well santa listen one of the original members of black lives matter and i am a single mom of 3 kids who was recently swatted about a month ago and happy to talk more about that and what that meant for me and for my children. thank you for being with us today molina we're going to get into your story in just a minute and what a story it is doing by alito from dallas hi i'm the lead to buckner in if i am a professor of law and senior associate dean at s.m.u. deadman school of law in dallas much of my research is in critical race theory and most recently i have taken up the topic of swatting and also something that's been described as white collar crime that is to say where black people become the victims of false police calls who were joined by divied in seattle hey josh and if you jim ali i me at are a large newsweek but i'm also a fellow for the anti-defamation league looking at swatting as well as the co-chair of seattle police department's efforts to combat swatting and sadly enough i too am also a victim. well swatting. so let's begin with the lena

>> well, i think very simply it means that black lives don't matter. tainment or culture, but when it comes to black people being able to access the things that we need to live well, there are several barriers, actually, that are involved in keeping us from those things, and a lot of it has to do with white supremacy. trevor, before i got one w you tonight, i was visited at my home by the f.b.i. someone was arrested on a weapons charge affiliated with white nationalistest groups and they had my name alongside others on a list. this was because we push so hard to make sure that black people are treated just like everybody else. >> trevor: wow. >> we're not organizing for a world in which black people are more powerful than anybody else, it's literally about equalizing the playing field, and so much of that has to do with power. movements are made to put more power into the hands of more people, but when you activate movements, it is threatening to the current status quo. there are people in this country and around the world who do not want to esee power

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when again we're not here for black lives matter. and they're all here for white supremacy so there's a clear. you know there's a clear difference of opinion and their opinion is not welcome here it's actually not welcome anywhere. dios insists his group doesn't stand for light supremacy yet it doesn't take long for a fight to break out if you accuse the protester of taking drugs she's not on drugs that's my friend don't start that she's far from drunk so i don't get how you would bet that that's you go by the job say about black people own drug me to jump start they don't start they don't start it when they say don't start there already everything is data that can stand in my opinion when it gets to this type. of mob mentality it should be dispersed that's where i stand with it. police back i understand that they're worried about the numbers growing but i would handle the situation differently if i had the manpower and equipment. here. on this night the police keep hanging back eventually peter dios and his men are forced to retreat

and his men soon find themselves surrounded by black lives matter activists. look at it this man he. the militia man with physical violence you know. why despite the crush of people nano theosis men are wearing masks the mood grows increasingly tense. they were walking around as a group of people into a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic like world wearing masks and i believe like some of it has to do with our present any fears let that kind of behavior and that ideology just orange and i think that now they think that they have power. when they get. here for black lives matter and they're all here for white supremacy so there's a clear. you know there's a clear difference of opinion and their opinion is not welcome here it's actually not welcome anywhere. d.s. insists his group doesn't stand for light supremacy yet it doesn't take long for a fight to break out he accuses the protester of taking drugs she's not on drugs that'

no schools have been back, no black lives matter campus, no black lives matter tower, company or structuret we could take a look at. so this is also, i mean, a remarkably interesting situation in terms of the fact that they've raised so much money, and the money is not going to black americans. so what i always say is these corporations, we're really seeing they use black americans, and we don't know to further what cause. in my personal opinion, this is about gaining political power by any means necessary, and race has always been an issue in america that they feel they can manipulate to the best of their a ability and garner that power. lou: black lives matter, it was stunning to hear the vice president -- a very disturbed and, well, i think misplaced fbi director saying that black lives matter is not an organization when clearly it is. and it is a national organization, in part it's international. not much of an international presence, but enough to make it international. i think the damning thing here is that this vice president saying that and christopher wray in saying that means we'

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accuses white sympathizers of the black lives matter a movement of hypotheses. like . well. that we don't know the ultimate goal is to be treated as an equal human being in every aspect that there is but the way that we get there is we need some space to heal we need some space to recover from 400 years of enslavement we. need someplace to go back to remember 25 dynasties of our culture has been taken away from us we need someplace to go and get over post-traumatic slave disorder we need somewhere to go and learn to feel proud about our sales and a lot we need that so we need some space to do that as the united states of america is unwilling or hasn't been given the opportunity. to give us that space we've got to create it on our own if inside of the confines of the law if that works but if not then i guess we just have to do it at the barrel of a gun at the end of a c. trains its members how to use weapons to pursue the militia stream of creating its own all black state and it says to defend itself against the attacks by white police officers its leader rejects criticism of

and his men soon find themselves surrounded by black lives matter activists. look at it this man even threatens the militia men with physical violence you know that's not why despite the crush of people nano theosis men are wearing masks the mood grows increasingly tense. they were walking around as a group of people into a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic like world where i believe like some of it has to do with our president feels let that kind of behavior and that ideology just orosz and i think that now they think that they have power. when they get. here for black lives matter. and they're all here for white supremacy so there's a clear. there's a clear difference of opinion and their opinion is not welcome here it's actually not welcome anywhere. if d.s. insists his group doesn't stand for light supremacy yet it doesn't take long for a fight to break out he accuses. protestor of taking drugs she's not on drugs that's

d the nation )s attention during the "black lives matter" rallies earlier this year, is once agai >>> it's like the old days of the pony express. look at this. today a woman who captured the nation's attention during the black lives matter rallies earlier this year is once again riding through oakland. she says this is her way to inspire people to vote. nbc bay area's melissa colorado joins us now in oakland. melissa, we love seeing those horses. >> reporter: absolutely, raj. and that message of hers, get out and vote, it was heard loud and clear. i want to show you where exactly she dropped off that ballot, and these election workers, they're used to picking up ballots from drivers who pull up in their cars. but today it wasn't a car that pulled up. it was a horse named dapper dan. you'll recognize who is in the saddle, a woman named brianna noble, who is calling on people to get out and vote. ♪ you might recognize the east bay equestrian from the xfinity commercial. back in late may, noble made headlines when she rode her horse to a protest in downtown oakland condemning the killing

we begin with a woman who is teaching about the black lives matter movement, while living far from herin the united states. the woman, who is teaching english at schools in japan, was motivated to use her classroom to address the issue of racism. >> i keep thinking, what can i do to make the difference? what change can i do being so far away from america? >> reporter: mahogany wilson is from missouri, and started teaching english in japan last april. but she considered a timelier lesson to offer at school. she wondered if she could speak up about racism? >> i don't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable. i care about the way they feel, so even if i don't feel okay, i don't want to make my problem their problem. >> reporter: wilson asked her colleagues at the middle school to help her design programs that could help students think about racism. in response, the school decided to hold a special class for seventh graders. >> so we are going to talk about black lives matter too. he was recently killed. >> reporter: first, she introduced the story of george floyd and had the students think

that's why, even when they are talking about black lives matter meaning something, and at the same timeof her own officers — metropolitan police officers — had taken in one of the early marches, the decision to actually respond to the crowd who had asked them to take the knee by taking the knee, several officers chose to kneel and take the knee. she then declared, i think within 2a hours, no officer shall do that again. how did you feel about that? if you had been in uniform at the time of this march and black lives matter, would you have taken the knee? if i felt that desire for solidarity with the community, yes, i would. would you have ignored the order of your senior officer? do you know, sometimes you have to. really, tell officers... i had to do it many times in the black police association. what you are doing is actually creating barriers, and at times, just doing that gesture of solidarity with the community can break down those barriers and actually help you to be more efficient and effective in serving the needs of the community. what works, in your view, you have had a long c

that's why, even when they are talking about black lives matter meaning something, and at the same time some of her own officers — metropolitan police officers — had taken in one of the early marches, the decision to actually respond to the crowd who had asked them to take the knee by taking the knee, several officers chose to kneel and take the knee. she then declared, i think within 2a hours, no officer shall do that again. how did you feel about that? if you had been in uniform at the time of this march and black lives matter, would you have taken the knee? if i felt that desire for solidarity with the community, yes, i would. would you have ignored the order of your senior officer? do you know, sometimes you have to. really, tell officers... i had to do it many times in the black police association. what you are doing is actually creating barriers, and at times, just doing that gesture of solidarity with the community can break down those barriers and actually help you to be more efficient and effective in serving the needs of the community. what works, in your view, you have had a

she did say they will announce details of the soon to be installed black lives matter banner at city hall later this month. >>> now the street in front of the county courthouse in martinez has been repaved which means that large black lives matter mural is gone. the mayor says the process for a new mural is under way. you may recall this, that couple caught on camera trying to paint over the blm mural, they were charged with a hate crime and vandalism. >>> a santa ana man is recovering before being bitten by a shark. it happened yesterday while he was vacationing in miami. he says it wasn't until he was actually in the ambulance that he found out about a warning sign that really should have tipped him off about the shark. >> so i wasn't aware of the flags. i was never warned it wasn't a good time to go in the water, it wasn't feeding season. i'm just a tourist from california, and later in the ambulance i heard my paramedics saying i won't go in the water when there's a lot of fish. >> he'll be back in california tomorrow. his advice for people heading into the water, if you see the s

and whilst dealing with lockdown, black lives matter protests broke out across the uk in the summer, e us. black lives matter! my mental health is not in the best shape. i'm sure every black person in cambridge has a story to share about some sort of covert racism or ignorance that we've experienced and it's nice, in times like this, when black lives are up for discussion, having people around you who have had the same experiences as you. it's kind of hard, being away from cambridge and not having that support system. so, yeah, it makes me miss cambridge a lot. uni's almost done, i have literally one assessment left to do and then i'm finished first year. today is saturday the 6th ofjune and we're on our way to our second protest for black lives matter. it wasjust, like, the best thing, the level of solidarity, the level of unity. it's been really amazing, despite whatever the media's trying to say, like, they were trying to make it out as being really violent, it was not, it was really peaceful. 0k, i've just come off the phone. i've just had my director of studies meeting, which is

she is one of the cofounders of the black lives matter and she is a leading voice on contemporary race issues, civil-rights, and police reform. she also launched the black futures lab, an organization that works with advocacy groups to promote policies that support black communities. her first book, "the purpose of power," was released today. alicia, thank you so much for joining me and congratulations on your book. alicia: thank you so much for having me, it is great to join you today. robin: i wanted to start with a point that you make in your book which is the importance of controlling the narrative and not allowing your story to be lost to cultural amnesia. with those things in mind, what was it that sparked the idea for you to sit down and write what is really a memoir at your ripe young age? [laughter] alicia: you know, i was skeptical of trying to write a memoir. and i think you are right that there is still a lot of life left. to me, part of why i was inspired to write this book is i've been organizing in black communities for 20 years. i never really took a break to step back

and his men soon find themselves surrounded by black lives matter activists. look at it this man even threatens the militia men with physical violence i don't know why despite the crush of people nono theosis men are wearing masks the mood grows increasingly tense. they were walking around as a group of people into a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic like world wearing masks and i believe like some of it has to do with i our president feels let that kind of behavior and that ideology just orosz and i think that now they think that they have power. when they get. here for black lives matter. and they're all here for white supremacy so there's a clear. you know there's a clear difference of opinion and their opinion is not welcome here it's actually not welcome anywhere. d.s. insists his group doesn't stand for like supremacy yet it doesn't take long for a fight to break out he accuses the protester of taking drugs she's not o

. >> so talk about the urgency and millennial activism for black lives matter and also daca and kids have been using social media to organize. >> they understand how to use it as a tool so there is a lot of critiques of #activism i belong a proponent of twitter to create a dialogue that is better for this that back and forth as something that was uncomfortable to talk about in person we have seen this with women and black lives matter so one of the things that is part important about the #is at intersection reality to understand identity matters and that you should respect people's identity and understand have different backgrounds to be treated the same and in a different way may be that her parents on my generation and because they have grown up with income inequality with the wars in iraq and afghanistan and with the systemic issues and have the ability to go on to talk about they are learning about it all in this moment was important to highlight and i will do part of that because joe biden has an army. so all he needs to do is engage them where they are. i read a couple things r

. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! on turned its attention to race, so did he. these scraps of paper turned into another new song. "american reckoning" ♪ another mother is crying >> reporter: words matters and he knew it. ♪ i can't breathe >> if i'm not the poster boy for what could be described as white privilege, then who is? i'm an older white affluent celebrity, you know. i got it. so i had to be very careful. and i ran it by friends, and people i didn't know who could opine. >> reporter: did they? >> and they did. i wrote and rewrote and rewrote. ♪ when did a judge and a jury become a badge and a knee ♪ >> reporter: i wanted to make sure that i was adding something to the conversation, but made sure i did my homework. >> reporter: you're very care to feel say it's not a political record. >> because i'm not taking sides. i don't care your politics. i care about you just realizing that in a world in which we live, we're breathing the same air. ♪ ♪ ooh she's a little runaway >> reporter: being socially conscious isn't

black lives matter, apparently all black lives do not matter. to me i'm bigger and bolder and think most republicans, most americans say all black lives matter including police officers. secondly joe biden talked about he wants to send a psychologist, said this in the last debate with police officers on domestic calls. every person in law enforcement those domestic calls are the most dangerous to go on. i talked to the us attorney ryan patrick tonight to file two charges and he told me in the last 5 officers killed since last december, in his district alone, the southern district of texas four have been on domestic shootings and if you look at all shootings, the mystic shooting, 40% happen before officers get to the house, they are ambushed so joe biden, wants to put a psychologist in the car with the police officer to the most dangerous call that they can respond to. this officer was just the best of the best of the best, he went there. a woman was being beaten by this cowardly person then kilby officer. jillian: there are allegations about ever

i said, mom, i'm going to protest. >> black lives matter! riving forces to get people to the polls to vote? >> absolutely. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> i definitely have friends who are like, "well, why should i go to go vote because it doesn't matter, he's going to win anyway." i'm like, "no, that's not a thing." >> in 2016 the black voter turnout fell for the first time in 20 years country wide. in terms of changing the outcome of the 2020 election here in florida, what does that say to you? >> i'm more concerned with the issues or the constraints that may be put in place to impact their participation. >> we want peace! we want peace! >> i'm not concerned about their willingness to vote or their drive to vote. >> the people united will never be divided! >> my concern is for our republican, but i have hope in the youth and what they are capable of achieving. >>> the following is a cnn "special report." >>> president donald j. trump. the unconventional, unpredictable businessman was no different in his first term. >> proud of the extraordin

black lives matter, apparently all black lives do not matter. 'm actually bigger and bolder and i think most republicans and most americans, white, black prompt, and brown say all black lives matter. joe biden has talked about he wants to send a psychologist. he says these was his last debate with police officers on domestic calls, every person in law enforcement knows that domestic calls are the most dangerous to go on. in fact, i talked to the u.s. attorney brian patrick tonight who filed two charges and he told me in the last five officers killed since last december in his district alone, the southern district of texas, four have been on domestic shooting straight if you look a all shootings in domestic shootings, 40 percent of them happen before the officers get to the house bird there ambushed . joe biden wants to put a psychologist in the car with a police officer to the most dangerous call that they can respond to. this officer was just the best of the best of the best. he went there because a woman was being beaten by this cowardly person

the organizers say the intent was to create a conversation in the community about black lives matter and social injustice and justice in general but recently this created another conversation that has stirred some emotions. >> some of them expressed support for black lives matter and some of them are specific , a lot of them are specific to black trans lives. >> reporter: but it was this sign that is marked sparked emotion. she's the wife of a livermore police sergeant. >> when signs like that go up it makes their job more dangerous. i don't know if officers feel comfortable openly talking about this and spouses often don't feel couple talking about that, when they do, people don't hear the human side of this. i decided that wasn't okay. >> reporter: a friend took the sign down but she says it doesn't take away the raw emotion she feels. >> i think that this sign was interpreted a certain way that it may not have been intended to. >> reporter: sierra bailey helped organize the sign garden. >> it literally just said blue lives matter with a lien against it and when i see a sign like th