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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter","crawl_time":1774218471,"first_indexed_time":1450900247,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Blue Lives Matter - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nBlue Lives Matter\nThin blue line\nflag, commonly associated with the Blue Lives Matter movement\nFormation\n2014\n; 12 years ago\nFounders\nActive and retired\nlaw enforcement officers\nFounded at\nNew York City\n, New York, U.S.\nType\nSocial movement\nLocation\nUnited States\nBlue Lives Matter\n(also known as\nPolice Lives Matter\n) is a\ncountermovement\nin the United States that aims to show solidarity with\nlaw enforcement\n. It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the\nBlack Lives Matter\nmovement\n[\n1\n]\nand gained traction following the high-profile\nhomicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu\nin Brooklyn, New York.\n[\n2\n]\n[\n3\n]\n[\n4\n]\n[\n5\n]\nSupporters of Blue Lives Matter have called for crimes committed against police officers to be classified as\nhate crimes\n.\n[\n6\n]\nCritics have said that, while being Black is an inherent characteristic, being a police officer is a choice, and that police officers are already respected in most communities. They add that attacking or killing a police officer already carries a higher penalty than attacking a non-police officer in most states.\n[\n6\n]\nBrutality against police officers during the\nJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack\nby Blue Lives Matter supporters has fueled further accusations of hypocrisy, especially following\nDonald Trump\n's\npardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants\non the first day of\nhis second presidency\n.\nHistory\nA golf cart participating in a Blue Lives Matter rally held in\nThe Villages, Florida\nin June 2020\nOn December 20, 2014, in the wake of the\nkillings of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu\n, a group of\nlaw enforcement officers\nformed Blue Lives Matter to counter media reports that they perceived to be anti-police.\n[\n7\n]\n[\n8\n]\nBlue Lives Matter is made up of active and retired law enforcement officers. The current national spokesman for Blue Lives Matter is retired\nLas Vegas Metropolitan Police Department\nLieutenant Randy Sutton.\n[\n9\n]\nIn September 2015, over 100\nLos Angeles police officers\ntook part in a Blue Lives Matter rally in\nHollywood\nto \"show support for the department at a time when [...] the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege.\"\n[\n10\n]\nLegislation\nLouisiana\nThe Blue Lives Matter movement led to a state law in Louisiana (HB953) which made it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel.\n[\n11\n]\n[\n12\n]\n[\n6\n]\nThe\nLouisiana\nlaw, passed in May 2016, makes it a hate crime to target police officers or firefighters. The legislation, authored by state Representative\nLance Harris\n, was signed into law by Governor\nJohn Bel Edwards\n. The law allows for hate crime felonies to carry an additional $5,000 fine or five years in prison, while hate crime misdemeanors to carry an additional $500 fine or six months in prison.\n[\n6\n]\nThe\nACLU\nand others, including supporters of enhanced penalties for crimes against police officers, have opposed the bill.\n[\n13\n]\nThe law has also been criticized for weakening the impact of the Hate Crimes Act by adding categories of people who are already better protected under other laws and characterized by their career choice instead of people persecuted for lifelong personal characteristics they cannot choose such as race, sexual orientation, and\ngender identity\n.\n[\n14\n]\n[\n15\n]\nThat police deaths are decreasing overall has also led some to question the need for such laws.\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\n[\n18\n]\nCriticism\nA sign criticizing Blue Lives Matter at a\nBlack Lives Matter protest\nCritics of Blue Lives Matter state that one's job does not have the deep identity significance and source of solidarity that one's racial identity can,\n[\n19\n]\nand that Black identity and history is constantly under threat of erasure while police officers do not face this threat.\n[\n19\n]\n[\n20\n]\nAnother source of criticism is the belief that African Americans in urban areas are unfairly suspected of being thieves and freeloaders, while police officers are typically respected and honored in communities.\n[\n19\n]\n[\n21\n]\n[\n22\n]\nSome state that supporters of Blue Lives Matter are intentionally or unintentionally supporting a system of discriminatory policing and\nracial profiling\n.\n[\n14\n]\nSome critics of Blue Lives Matter laws state the laws are redundant as attacking or killing a police officer would already result in a harsher punishment than attacking a non-police officer.\n[\n23\n]\n[\n24\n]\n[\n25\n]\nOthers, such as\nSt. Martinville\nPolice Chief, Calder Hebert, say these laws will make\nresisting arrest\na hate crime,\n[\n12\n]\nwhich has drawn criticism as hate crimes are crimes in which victims are targeted because of identity-based characteristics such as\nrace\n,\nsexual orientation\n, or\ngender\n.\n[\n14\n]\n[\n26\n]\nAccording to\nFBI\ndata, violence against police officers, as well as crime in general has decreased without these laws; calling into question their necessity.\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\n[\n27\n]\nFrank Rudy Cooper, an expert on the intersectionality of identities and policing, wrote that the Blue Lives Matter movement is essentially an extension of the\nblue wall of silence\n, and the newest manifestation of police resistance to criticism.\n[\n28\n]\n[\n29\n]\n[\n30\n]\nFollowing the\nJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack\n, many have called the Blue Lives Matter movement hypocritical, as many rioters showed support for Blue Lives Matter despite assaulting\nUnited States Capitol Police\n(USCP) and\nMetropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia\nofficers.\nHarry Dunn\n, an African-American USCP officer, spoke of officers being beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags.\n[\n31\n]\nThis has led some to argue that Blue Lives Matter is more about suppressing minorities than supporting law enforcement. In an opinion piece for\nThe New York Times\n, Charles M. Blow opined that Blue Lives Matter \"was never really about the protection of officers, generally speaking, but about allowing officers to treat with more impunity the people who protested the maltreatment of Black people\".\n[\n32\n]\nIn her opinion piece for\nThe Washington Post\n, Karen Attiah referred to Blue Lives Matter as \"a bald-faced, hypocritical lie\", noting that Capitol rioters brutally attacked African-American police officers such as\nEugene Goodman\n.\n[\n33\n]\nWriting for\nMother Jones\nmagazine, Nathalie Baptiste concluded that \"Blue Lives Matter has never actually been about supporting law enforcement. It's been about trafficking in this implicitly racist message: What really matters is supporting police brutality against Black people and BLM protesters.\"\n[\n34\n]\nTrump's\npardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants\n—who collectively assaulted at least 174 police officers\n[\n35\n]\n—on the first day of\nhis second presidency\nled to further speculation about the sincerity of his and other Republicans' support for Blue Lives Matter.\n[\n36\n]\n[\n37\n]\nSee also\nACAB\nAll Lives Matter\nBlue wall of silence\nReferences\n^\nLynch, Sarah N. (October 16, 2017).\n\"U.S. police deaths on duty spiked in 2016: FBI\"\n.\nReuters\n. Retrieved\nMarch 31,\n2024\n.\n{{\ncite news\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\nSmith, Christopher.\n\"BLUE LIVES MATTER VERSUS BLACK LIVES MATTER: BENEFICIAL SOCIAL POLICIES AS THE PATH AWAY FROM PUNITIVE RHETORIC AND HARM\"\n(PDF)\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 8,\n2023\n.\n^\nLongazel, Jamie (July 1, 2021).\n\"\n'Blue Lives Matter' and the legacy of blackface minstrelsy\"\n.\nRace & Class\n.\n63\n(1):\n91–\n106.\ndoi\n:\n10.1177\/03063968211012276\n.\nS2CID\n \n235716239\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 23,\n2023\n.\nBlue Lives Matter countermovement, which emerged in 2014 as a rebuttal to Black Lives Matter and gained traction following high-profile\n^\nJohn S. Dempsey; Linda S. Forst; Steven B. Carter (January 1, 2018).\nAn Introduction to Policing\n. Cengage Learning. p. 34.\nISBN\n \n978-1-337-55875-4\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 24,\n2019\n.\nA pro-police movement called Blue Lives Matter was established in response to Black Lives matter and to the increasing attacks on law enforcement, which resulted in 63 officer line-of-duty deaths by gunfire in 2016.\n^\nValencia, Milton J.\n\"How 'Blue Lives Matter' trend has emerged as the identity politics of the right - The Boston Globe\"\n.\nBostonGlobe.com\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 23,\n2023\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\nIzadi, Elahe (May 26, 2016).\n\"Louisiana is the first state to offer hate crime protections to police officers\"\n.\nWashington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 30, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJuly 30,\n2016\n.\n^\n\"Blue Lives Matter\"\n.\nBlue Lives Matter\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 8,\n2016\n.\n^\n\"Blue Lives Matter Facebook\"\n.\nBlue Lives Matter\nFacebook\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 8,\n2016\n.\n^\nNewsome, John (May 20, 2016).\n\"\n'Blue lives matter' bill set for Louisiana governor's signature\"\n.\nCNN\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 11, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJune 8,\n2016\n.\n^\n\"Police, Supporters Hold 'Blue Lives Matter' Rally in Hollywood\"\n.\nKTLA.com\n. September 27, 2015.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 29, 2020\n. Retrieved\nNovember 30,\n2015\n.\n^\n\"HB95\"\n.\nlegis.la.gov\n. Louisiana State Legislature. Archived from\nthe original\non August 3, 2023\n. Retrieved\nAugust 3,\n2023\n.\n^\na\nb\nCraven, Julia (January 23, 2017).\n\"Louisiana Police Chief Shows Why The State's 'Blue Lives Matter' Law Is So Dangerous\"\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on February 10, 2019\n. Retrieved\nApril 9,\n2017\n– via Huff Post.\n^\n\"Louisiana governor signs 'Blue Lives Matter' bill\"\n. May 26, 2016.\n^\na\nb\nc\nLindsey, Treva B. (September 6, 2016).\n\"Why Blue Lives Matter Is Just as Dangerous as White Lives Matter\"\n.\nComplex\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Methodology\"\n.\nFBI\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 19, 2016\n. Retrieved\nMay 26,\n2017\n.\n^\na\nb\nLartey, Jamiles (May 16, 2016).\n\"FBI data showing drop in police deaths undermines 'war on cops' theory\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMay 26,\n2017\n.\n^\na\nb\nKaste, Martin (September 17, 2015).\n\"Is There A 'War On Police'? The Statistics Say No\"\n.\nNPR.org\n. Archived from\nthe original\non April 9, 2018\n. Retrieved\nApril 5,\n2018\n.\n^\nWalker, Savannah (Spring 2018).\n\"Policing Hate: The Problematic Expansion of Louisiana's Hate Crime Statute to Include Police Officers\"\n.\nLouisiana Law Review\n.\n78\n(4)\n. Retrieved\nOctober 12,\n2023\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nRussell, Jonathan (July 9, 2016).\n\"Here's What's Wrong With #BlueLivesMatter\"\n.\nHuffington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 2, 2020\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nRiddell, Kelly (July 29, 2016).\n\"Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter at odds\"\n.\nThe Washington Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nMay 26,\n2017\n.\n^\nLennard, Natahsa (July 8, 2016).\n\"After Dallas, We Don't Need to Say 'Blue Lives Matter'\n\"\n.\nRolling Stone\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 18, 2020\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nSmith, Jamil (May 26, 2016).\n\"The 'Blue Lives Matter' Bill Is Bullshit\"\n.\nMTV News\n. MTV. Archived from\nthe original\non November 30, 2018\n. Retrieved\nApril 9,\n2017\n.\n^\nCraven, Julia (May 25, 2016).\n\"Louisiana's New 'Blue Lives Matter' Law On Cop Killers Is Actually Pretty Redundant (UPDATE)\"\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 5, 2018\n. Retrieved\nApril 9,\n2017\n– via Huff Post.\n^\nPyke, Alan (April 18, 2017).\n\"Arizona conservatives finalize redundant, disingenuous 'Blue Lives Matter' law\"\n.\nthinkprogress.org\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 13, 2021\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nCushing, Tim (March 30, 2016).\n\"Congressman Wants To Make Attacking A Cop A Federal 'Hate' Crime\"\n.\nTechDirt\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 9, 2018\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nAnderson, Michelle D. (March 24, 2017).\n\"Kentucky Governor Signs Redundant 'Blue Lives Matter' Law\"\n.\nRewire.News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 8, 2018\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2017\n.\n^\nBedillion, Caleb (January 26, 2017).\n\"\n'Blue Lives Matter' criticized by ACLU\"\n.\nDaily Journal\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 11, 2020\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2020\n.\n^\nCooper, Frank Rudy (2020).\n\"Cop Fragility and Blue Lives Matter\"\n.\nScholarly Commons at UNLV Boyd Law\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 14,\n2023\n.\n^\nParks, Gregory S.; Cooper, Frank Rudy (February 3, 2022).\nFight the Power: Law and Policy through Hip-Hop Songs\n. Cambridge University Press.\nISBN\n \n978-1-009-02236-1\n.\n^\n\"Frank Rudy Cooper\"\n.\nUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas\n. June 16, 2020\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 14,\n2023\n.\n^\nBoggs, Justin (February 22, 2021).\n\"Capitol Officer: They beat law enforcement with 'Blue Lives Matter' flags\"\n.\nThe Denver Channel\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 25, 2021\n. Retrieved\nApril 25,\n2021\n.\n^\nBlow, Charles (February 14, 2021).\n\"Blue Lives Matter is Over\"\n.\nNew York Times\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 25, 2021\n. Retrieved\nApril 25,\n2021\n.\n^\nAttiah, Karen (February 11, 2021).\n\"Opinion: The impeachment videos put the hypocrisy of Blue Lives Matter on full display\"\n.\nWashington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 19, 2021\n. Retrieved\nApril 25,\n2021\n.\n^\nBaptiste, Nathalie (January 8, 2021).\n\"The Mob at the Capitol Proves That Blue Lives Have Never Mattered to Trump Supporters\"\n.\nMother Jones\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 9,\n2026\n.\n^\nGooding, Mike (July 25, 2023).\n\"Jan. 6 Capitol riot: Law enforcement didn't share critical information, report says\"\n.\n13newsnow.com\n.\nWVEC\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 9,\n2026\n.\n^\nFisher, Anthony L. (January 25, 2025).\n\"Trump made a mockery of 'Back the Blue' by pardoning Jan. 6 rioters\"\n.\nNBC News\n. Retrieved\nApril 22,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"The first days of President Trump's second term (Your Letters)\"\n.\nSyracuse.com\n. January 21, 2025\n. Retrieved\nMay 9,\n2025\n.\nExternal links\nMedia related to\nBlue Lives Matter\nat Wikimedia Commons","attrs_markdown":"[Jump to content](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#bodyContent)\n\nMain menu\n\nMain menu\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nNavigation\n\n- [Main page](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page \"Visit the main page [z]\")\n- [Contents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contents \"Guides to browsing Wikipedia\")\n- [Current events](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Current_events \"Articles related to current events\")\n- [Random article](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Random \"Visit a randomly selected article [x]\")\n- [About Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:About \"Learn about Wikipedia and how it works\")\n- [Contact us](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contact_us \"How to contact Wikipedia\")\n\nContribute\n\n- [Help](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Contents \"Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia\")\n- [Learn to edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Introduction \"Learn how to edit Wikipedia\")\n- [Community portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Community_portal \"The hub for editors\")\n- [Recent changes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:RecentChanges \"A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]\")\n- [Upload file](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard \"Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia\")\n- [Special pages](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:SpecialPages \"A list of all special pages [q]\")\n\n[![](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/icons\/enwiki-25.svg) ![Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-wordmark-en-25.svg) ![The Free Encyclopedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-tagline-en-25.svg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search \"Search Wikipedia [f]\")\n\nAppearance\n\n- [Donate](https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en)\n- [Create account](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Blue+Lives+Matter \"You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory\")\n- [Log in](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Blue+Lives+Matter \"You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. 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[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c0\/Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_%28United_States%29.svg\/250px-Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_%28United_States%29.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_\$United_States\$.svg)[Thin blue line](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thin_blue_line \"Thin blue line\") flag, commonly associated with the Blue Lives Matter movement |   |\n| Formation | 2014; 12 years ago (2014) |\n| Founders | Active and retired [law enforcement officers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_enforcement_officer \"Law enforcement officer\") |\n| Founded at | [New York City](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City \"New York City\"), New York, U.S. |\n| Type | [Social movement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_movement \"Social movement\") |\n| Location | United States |\n\n**Blue Lives Matter** (also known as **Police Lives Matter**) is a [countermovement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Countermovement \"Countermovement\") in the United States that aims to show solidarity with [law enforcement](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States \"Law enforcement in the United States\"). It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the [Black Lives Matter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter \"Black Lives Matter\") movement[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-1) and gained traction following the high-profile [homicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers \"2014 killings of NYPD officers\") in Brooklyn, New York.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-Longazel-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-DempseyForst2018-4)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-5) Supporters of Blue Lives Matter have called for crimes committed against police officers to be classified as [hate crimes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hate_crimes \"Hate crimes\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6)\n\nCritics have said that, while being Black is an inherent characteristic, being a police officer is a choice, and that police officers are already respected in most communities. They add that attacking or killing a police officer already carries a higher penalty than attacking a non-police officer in most states.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) Brutality against police officers during the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack \"January 6 United States Capitol attack\") by Blue Lives Matter supporters has fueled further accusations of hypocrisy, especially following [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\")'s [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants \"Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants\") on the first day of [his second presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\").\n\n## History\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/de\/Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg\/250px-Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg)\n\nA golf cart participating in a Blue Lives Matter rally held in [The Villages, Florida](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Villages,_Florida \"The Villages, Florida\") in June 2020\n\nOn December 20, 2014, in the wake of the [killings of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers \"2014 killings of NYPD officers\"), a group of [law enforcement officers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_enforcement_officer \"Law enforcement officer\") formed Blue Lives Matter to counter media reports that they perceived to be anti-police.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-7)[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-8) Blue Lives Matter is made up of active and retired law enforcement officers. The current national spokesman for Blue Lives Matter is retired [Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_Department \"Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department\") Lieutenant Randy Sutton.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-9)\n\nIn September 2015, over 100 [Los Angeles police officers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Police_Department \"Los Angeles Police Department\") took part in a Blue Lives Matter rally in [Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles \"Hollywood, Los Angeles\") to \"show support for the department at a time when \\[...\\] the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege.\"[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-10)\n\n## Legislation\nSee also: [Hate crime laws in the United States § Police and firefighters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States#Police_and_firefighters \"Hate crime laws in the United States\")\n\n### Louisiana\nThe Blue Lives Matter movement led to a state law in Louisiana (HB953) which made it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffington-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) The [Louisiana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana \"Louisiana\") law, passed in May 2016, makes it a hate crime to target police officers or firefighters. The legislation, authored by state Representative [Lance Harris](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lance_Harris \"Lance Harris\"), was signed into law by Governor [John Bel Edwards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Bel_Edwards \"John Bel Edwards\"). The law allows for hate crime felonies to carry an additional \\$5,000 fine or five years in prison, while hate crime misdemeanors to carry an additional \\$500 fine or six months in prison.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6)\n\nThe [ACLU](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_Liberties_Union \"American Civil Liberties Union\") and others, including supporters of enhanced penalties for crimes against police officers, have opposed the bill.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-13) The law has also been criticized for weakening the impact of the Hate Crimes Act by adding categories of people who are already better protected under other laws and characterized by their career choice instead of people persecuted for lifelong personal characteristics they cannot choose such as race, sexual orientation, and [gender identity](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_identity \"Gender identity\").[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-15) That police deaths are decreasing overall has also led some to question the need for such laws.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-18)\n\n## Criticism\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/49\/2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg\/250px-2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg)\n\nA sign criticizing Blue Lives Matter at a [Black Lives Matter protest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Floyd_protests \"George Floyd protests\")\n\nCritics of Blue Lives Matter state that one's job does not have the deep identity significance and source of solidarity that one's racial identity can,[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19) and that Black identity and history is constantly under threat of erasure while police officers do not face this threat.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-20) Another source of criticism is the belief that African Americans in urban areas are unfairly suspected of being thieves and freeloaders, while police officers are typically respected and honored in communities.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-22) Some state that supporters of Blue Lives Matter are intentionally or unintentionally supporting a system of discriminatory policing and [racial profiling](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racial_profiling \"Racial profiling\").[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)\n\nSome critics of Blue Lives Matter laws state the laws are redundant as attacking or killing a police officer would already result in a harsher punishment than attacking a non-police officer.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-23)[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-25)\n\nOthers, such as [St. Martinville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Martinville \"St. Martinville\") Police Chief, Calder Hebert, say these laws will make [resisting arrest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resisting_arrest \"Resisting arrest\") a hate crime,[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12) which has drawn criticism as hate crimes are crimes in which victims are targeted because of identity-based characteristics such as [race](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Race_\$human_categorization\$ \"Race (human categorization)\"), [sexual orientation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_orientation \"Sexual orientation\"), or [gender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender \"Gender\").[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-26) According to [FBI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation \"Federal Bureau of Investigation\") data, violence against police officers, as well as crime in general has decreased without these laws; calling into question their necessity.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-27)\n\nFrank Rudy Cooper, an expert on the intersectionality of identities and policing, wrote that the Blue Lives Matter movement is essentially an extension of the [blue wall of silence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_wall_of_silence \"Blue wall of silence\"), and the newest manifestation of police resistance to criticism.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-28)[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-30)\n\nFollowing the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack \"January 6 United States Capitol attack\"), many have called the Blue Lives Matter movement hypocritical, as many rioters showed support for Blue Lives Matter despite assaulting [United States Capitol Police](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Capitol_Police \"United States Capitol Police\") (USCP) and [Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia \"Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia\") officers. [Harry Dunn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Dunn_\$police_officer\$ \"Harry Dunn (police officer)\"), an African-American USCP officer, spoke of officers being beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-31) This has led some to argue that Blue Lives Matter is more about suppressing minorities than supporting law enforcement. In an opinion piece for *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*, Charles M. Blow opined that Blue Lives Matter \"was never really about the protection of officers, generally speaking, but about allowing officers to treat with more impunity the people who protested the maltreatment of Black people\".[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-32) In her opinion piece for *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")*, Karen Attiah referred to Blue Lives Matter as \"a bald-faced, hypocritical lie\", noting that Capitol rioters brutally attacked African-American police officers such as [Eugene Goodman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Goodman \"Eugene Goodman\").[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-33) Writing for *[Mother Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Jones_\$magazine\$ \"Mother Jones (magazine)\")* magazine, Nathalie Baptiste concluded that \"Blue Lives Matter has never actually been about supporting law enforcement. It's been about trafficking in this implicitly racist message: What really matters is supporting police brutality against Black people and BLM protesters.\"[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-34) Trump's [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants \"Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants\")—who collectively assaulted at least 174 police officers[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-35)—on the first day of [his second presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\") led to further speculation about the sincerity of his and other Republicans' support for Blue Lives Matter.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-37)\n\n## See also\n- [ACAB](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ACAB \"ACAB\")\n- [All Lives Matter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_Lives_Matter \"All Lives Matter\")\n- [Blue wall of silence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_wall_of_silence \"Blue wall of silence\")\n## References\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-1)**\n   Lynch, Sarah N. (October 16, 2017). [\"U.S. police deaths on duty spiked in 2016: FBI\"](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSKBN1CL2SA\/). [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\"). Retrieved March 31, 2024.\n   \n   `{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service \"Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service\"))\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-2)**\n   Smith, Christopher. [\"BLUE LIVES MATTER VERSUS BLACK LIVES MATTER: BENEFICIAL SOCIAL POLICIES AS THE PATH AWAY FROM PUNITIVE RHETORIC AND HARM\"](https:\/\/lawreview.vermontlaw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/03-Smith.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2023.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-Longazel_3-0)**\n   Longazel, Jamie (July 1, 2021). [\"'Blue Lives Matter' and the legacy of blackface minstrelsy\"](https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/03063968211012276?journalCode=racb). *Race & Class*. **63** (1): 91–106\\. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\$identifier\$ \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.1177\/03063968211012276](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F03063968211012276). [S2CID](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S2CID_\$identifier\$ \"S2CID (identifier)\") [235716239](https:\/\/api.semanticscholar.org\/CorpusID:235716239). Retrieved January 23, 2023. \"Blue Lives Matter countermovement, which emerged in 2014 as a rebuttal to Black Lives Matter and gained traction following high-profile\"\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-DempseyForst2018_4-0)**\n   John S. Dempsey; Linda S. Forst; Steven B. Carter (January 1, 2018). [*An Introduction to Policing*](https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=K69EDwAAQBAJ). Cengage Learning. p. 34. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\$identifier\$ \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [978-1-337-55875-4](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-1-337-55875-4 \"Special:BookSources\/978-1-337-55875-4\")\n   \n   . [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200918180329\/https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=K69EDwAAQBAJ) from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2019. \"A pro-police movement called Blue Lives Matter was established in response to Black Lives matter and to the increasing attacks on law enforcement, which resulted in 63 officer line-of-duty deaths by gunfire in 2016.\"\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-5)**\n   Valencia, Milton J. [\"How 'Blue Lives Matter' trend has emerged as the identity politics of the right - The Boston Globe\"](https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/11\/01\/metro\/how-blue-lives-matter-trend-has-emerged-identity-politics-right\/). *BostonGlobe.com*. Retrieved January 23, 2023.\n6. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-:0_6-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-:0_6-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-:0_6-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-:0_6-3)\n   Izadi, Elahe (May 26, 2016). [\"Louisiana is the first state to offer hate crime protections to police officers\"](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2016\/05\/26\/louisianas-blue-lives-matter-bill-just-became-law\/). *Washington Post*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200530192949\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2016\/05\/26\/louisianas-blue-lives-matter-bill-just-became-law\/) from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2016.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"Blue Lives Matter\"](http:\/\/bluelivesmatter.blue\/). *Blue Lives Matter*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200818121205\/https:\/\/bluelivesmatter.blue\/) from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2016.\n8. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-8)**\n   [\"Blue Lives Matter Facebook\"](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bluematters\/). *Blue Lives Matter [Facebook](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200618011332\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bluematters\/) from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2016.\n9. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-9)**\n   Newsome, John (May 20, 2016). [\"'Blue lives matter' bill set for Louisiana governor's signature\"](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/20\/us\/louisiana-blue-lives-matter-legislation\/). *CNN*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200611144142\/https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/05\/20\/us\/louisiana-blue-lives-matter-legislation\/) from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2016.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-10)**\n    [\"Police, Supporters Hold 'Blue Lives Matter' Rally in Hollywood\"](http:\/\/ktla.com\/2015\/09\/27\/police-supporters-hold-blue-lives-matter-rally-in-hollywod\/). *KTLA.com*. September 27, 2015. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200829231542\/https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/police-supporters-hold-blue-lives-matter-rally-in-hollywod\/) from the original on August 29, 2020. 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changes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_name_changes_due_to_the_George_Floyd_protests \"List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests\") [removal of monuments and memorials](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests \"List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests\") [reactions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reactions_to_the_George_Floyd_protests \"Reactions to the George Floyd protests\") [trial of Derek Chauvin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trial_of_Derek_Chauvin \"Trial of Derek Chauvin\") [violence and controversies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Violence_and_controversies_during_the_George_Floyd_protests \"Violence and controversies during the George Floyd protests\") [Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church \"Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church\") [police violence incidents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_police_violence_incidents_during_George_Floyd_protests \"List of police violence incidents during George Floyd protests\") [Buffalo police shoving incident](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buffalo_police_shoving_incident \"Buffalo police shoving incident\") [St. Louis gun-toting incident](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis_gun-toting_incident \"St. Louis gun-toting incident\") [vehicle-ramming incidents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_vehicle-ramming_incidents_during_George_Floyd_protests \"List of vehicle-ramming incidents during George Floyd protests\") [Black Birders Week](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Birders_Week \"Black Birders Week\") [Blackout Tuesday](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackout_Tuesday \"Blackout Tuesday\") [Capitol Hill Occupied Protest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capitol_Hill_Occupied_Protest \"Capitol Hill Occupied Protest\") [Academic strike](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_for_Black_Lives_\$academic_protest\$ \"Strike for Black Lives (academic protest)\") [General strike](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strike_for_Black_Lives_\$coalition_protest\$ \"Strike for Black Lives (coalition protest)\") [Kenosha unrest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenosha_unrest \"Kenosha unrest\") [shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenosha_unrest_shooting \"Kenosha unrest shooting\") [Athlete strikes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_American_athlete_strikes \"2020 American athlete strikes\") [2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Minneapolis_false_rumors_riot \"2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot\") [2020–2023 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%932023_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_racial_unrest \"2020–2023 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest\") [Red House eviction defense](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_House_eviction_defense \"Red House eviction defense\") [Orisha Land](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orisha_Land \"Orisha Land\") [Daunte Wright protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daunte_Wright_protests \"Daunte Wright protests\") [2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2021_Uptown_Minneapolis_unrest \"2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest\") [vehicle-ramming attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Deona_Marie_Knajdek \"Killing of Deona Marie Knajdek\") [Tyre Nichols protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyre_Nichols_protests \"Tyre Nichols protests\") |\n| Locations | [Protests in New York City](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_protests_in_New_York_City \"Black Lives Matter protests in New York City\") List of George Floyd protests [United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_in_the_United_States \"List of George Floyd protests in the United States\") [outside the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_outside_the_United_States \"List of George Floyd protests outside the United States\") [List of Daunte Wright protests](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Daunte_Wright_protests \"List of Daunte Wright protests\") |\n| [Deaths protested](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States \"List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States\") |   |\n|   |   |\n| 2009–2011 | [Oscar Grant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Oscar_Grant \"Killing of Oscar Grant\") [Aiyana Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Aiyana_Jones \"Killing of Aiyana Jones\") [James Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_James_Craig_Anderson \"Murder of James Craig Anderson\") [Mark Duggan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Mark_Duggan \"Killing of Mark Duggan\") [Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Kenneth_Chamberlain_Sr. \"Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.\") [Anthony Lamar Smith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Anthony_Lamar_Smith \"Killing of Anthony Lamar Smith\") |\n| 2012–2013 | [Ramarley Graham](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Ramarley_Graham \"Killing of Ramarley Graham\") [Trayvon Martin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Trayvon_Martin \"Killing of Trayvon Martin\") [Rekia Boyd](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Rekia_Boyd \"Killing of Rekia Boyd\") [Jordan Davis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Jordan_Davis \"Murder of Jordan Davis\") [Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Timothy_Russell_and_Malissa_Williams \"Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams\") [Tyrone West](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Tyrone_West \"Death of Tyrone West\") [Larry Jackson Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Larry_Jackson_Jr. \"Killing of Larry Jackson Jr.\") [Jonathan Ferrell](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jonathan_Ferrell \"Killing of Jonathan Ferrell\") [Miriam Carey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Miriam_Carey \"Killing of Miriam Carey\") [Renisha McBride](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Renisha_McBride \"Murder of Renisha McBride\") |\n| 2014 | [Dontre Hamilton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Dontre_Hamilton \"Killing of Dontre Hamilton\") [Eric Garner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Eric_Garner \"Killing of Eric Garner\") [Julieka Dhu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Ms_Dhu \"Death of Ms Dhu\") [John Crawford III](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_John_Crawford_III \"Killing of John Crawford III\") [Michael Brown](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Michael_Brown \"Killing of Michael Brown\") [Ezell Ford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Ezell_Ford \"Killing of Ezell Ford\") [Laquan McDonald](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald \"Murder of Laquan McDonald\") [Akai Gurley](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Akai_Gurley \"Killing of Akai Gurley\") [Tamir Rice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Tamir_Rice \"Killing of Tamir Rice\") [Antonio Martin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Antonio_Martin \"Killing of Antonio Martin\") [Jerame Reid](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jerame_Reid \"Killing of Jerame Reid\") |\n| 2015 | [Natasha McKenna](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Natasha_McKenna \"Death of Natasha McKenna\") [Charley Leundeu Keunang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Charley_Leundeu_Keunang \"Killing of Charley Leundeu Keunang\") [Tony Robinson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Tony_Robinson \"Killing of Tony Robinson\") [Anthony Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Anthony_Hill \"Killing of Anthony Hill\") [Meagan Hockaday](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Meagan_Hockaday \"Killing of Meagan Hockaday\") [Eric Harris](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Eric_Harris \"Killing of Eric Harris\") [Walter Scott](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Walter_Scott \"Killing of Walter Scott\") [Freddie Gray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Freddie_Gray \"Killing of Freddie Gray\") [William Chapman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_William_Chapman \"Killing of William Chapman\") [Charleston church shooting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charleston_church_shooting \"Charleston church shooting\") [Jonathan Sanders](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Jonathan_Sanders \"Death of Jonathan Sanders\") [Sandra Bland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Sandra_Bland \"Death of Sandra Bland\") [Samuel DuBose](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Samuel_DuBose \"Killing of Samuel DuBose\") [Mansur Ball-Bey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Mansur_Ball-Bey \"Killing of Mansur Ball-Bey\") [Jeremy McDole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jeremy_McDole \"Killing of Jeremy McDole\") [Corey Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Corey_Jones \"Killing of Corey Jones\") [Jamar Clark](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jamar_Clark \"Killing of Jamar Clark\") [Mario Woods](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mario_Woods \"Mario Woods\") |\n| 2016 | [Greg Gunn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Greg_Gunn \"Killing of Greg Gunn\") [Alton Sterling](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Alton_Sterling \"Killing of Alton Sterling\") [Philando Castile](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Philando_Castile \"Killing of Philando Castile\") [Joseph Mann](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Joseph_Mann \"Killing of Joseph Mann\") [Adama Traoré](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Adama_Traor%C3%A9 \"Death of Adama Traoré\") [Abdirahman Abdi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Abdirahman_Abdi \"Death of Abdirahman Abdi\") [Paul O'Neal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Paul_O%27Neal \"Killing of Paul O'Neal\") [Korryn Gaines](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Korryn_Gaines \"Killing of Korryn Gaines\") [Jamarion Robinson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jamarion_Robinson \"Killing of Jamarion Robinson\") [Sylville Smith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sylville_Smith \"Sylville Smith\") [Elijah Doughty](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Elijah_Doughty \"Death of Elijah Doughty\") [Terence Crutcher](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Terence_Crutcher \"Killing of Terence Crutcher\") [Keith Lamont Scott](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Keith_Lamont_Scott \"Killing of Keith Lamont Scott\") [Alfred Olango](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Alfred_Olango \"Killing of Alfred Olango\") [Deborah Danner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Deborah_Danner \"Killing of Deborah Danner\") |\n| 2017 | [Jocques Clemmons](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jocques_Clemmons \"Killing of Jocques Clemmons\") [Jordan Edwards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Jordan_Edwards \"Murder of Jordan Edwards\") [Edson Da Costa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Edson_Da_Costa \"Death of Edson Da Costa\") [Rashan Charles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Rashan_Charles \"Death of Rashan Charles\") [Patrick Harmon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Patrick_Harmon \"Killing of Patrick Harmon\") |\n| 2018 | [Anthony Weber](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Anthony_Weber \"Killing of Anthony Weber\") [Stephon Clark](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Stephon_Clark \"Killing of Stephon Clark\") [Marcus-David Peters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Marcus-David_Peters \"Killing of Marcus-David Peters\") [Antwon Rose Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Antwon_Rose_Jr. \"Killing of Antwon Rose Jr.\") [Markeis McGlockton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Markeis_McGlockton \"Killing of Markeis McGlockton\") [Daniel Hambrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Daniel_Hambrick \"Killing of Daniel Hambrick\") [Botham Jean](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Botham_Jean \"Murder of Botham Jean\") [Tamla Horsford](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Tamla_Horsford \"Death of Tamla Horsford\") [Jemel Roberson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jemel_Roberson \"Killing of Jemel Roberson\") [EJ Bradford Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Emantic_Fitzgerald_Bradford_Jr. \"Killing of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.\") |\n| 2019 | [George Robinson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_George_Robinson \"Killing of George Robinson\") [Willie McCoy](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Willie_McCoy \"Killing of Willie McCoy\") [Danquirs Franklin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Danquirs_Franklin \"Killing of Danquirs Franklin\") [Javier Ambler](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Javier_Ambler \"Killing of Javier Ambler\") [Lassana Cisse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Lassana_Cisse \"Murder of Lassana Cisse\") [Ronald Greene](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Ronald_Greene \"Killing of Ronald Greene\") [Pamela Turner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Pamela_Turner \"Killing of Pamela Turner\") [Layleen Polanco](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Layleen_Polanco \"Death of Layleen Polanco\") [Shukri Abdi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Shukri_Abdi \"Death of Shukri Abdi\") [Christopher Kapessa](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Christopher_Kapessa \"Death of Christopher Kapessa\") [Elijah McClain](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Elijah_McClain \"Killing of Elijah McClain\") [Atatiana Jefferson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Atatiana_Jefferson \"Killing of Atatiana Jefferson\") |\n| 2020 | [Alvin Cole](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Alvin_Cole \"Killing of Alvin Cole\") [Ahmaud Arbery](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Ahmaud_Arbery \"Murder of Ahmaud Arbery\") [Manuel Ellis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Manuel_Ellis \"Killing of Manuel Ellis\") [Breonna Taylor](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Breonna_Taylor \"Killing of Breonna Taylor\") [Daniel Prude](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Daniel_Prude \"Killing of Daniel Prude\") [Belly Mujinga](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Belly_Mujinga \"Death of Belly Mujinga\") [Nina Pop](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Nina_Pop \"Killing of Nina Pop\") [George Floyd](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_George_Floyd \"Murder of George Floyd\") [Dion Johnson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Dion_Johnson \"Killing of Dion Johnson\") [Tony McDade](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Tony_McDade \"Killing of Tony McDade\") [Regis Korchinski-Paquet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Regis_Korchinski-Paquet \"Death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet\") [James Scurlock](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_James_Scurlock \"Killing of James Scurlock\") [David McAtee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_David_McAtee \"Killing of David McAtee\") [Oluwatoyin Salau](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murders_of_Oluwatoyin_Salau_and_Victoria_Sims \"Murders of Oluwatoyin Salau and Victoria Sims\") [Carlos Carson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Carlos_Carson \"Killing of Carlos Carson\") [Rayshard Brooks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Rayshard_Brooks \"Killing of Rayshard Brooks\") [Julian Lewis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Julian_Lewis \"Killing of Julian Lewis\") [Dijon Kizzee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Dijon_Kizzee \"Killing of Dijon Kizzee\") [Marcellis Stinnette](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Marcellis_Stinnette \"Killing of Marcellis Stinnette\") [Chaniece Wallace](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Chaniece_Wallace \"Death of Chaniece Wallace\") [Walter Wallace](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Walter_Wallace \"Killing of Walter Wallace\") [João Alberto Freitas](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jo%C3%A3o_Alberto_Silveira_Freitas \"Killing of João Alberto Silveira Freitas\") [Andre Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Andre_Hill \"Murder of Andre Hill\") [Dolal Idd](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Dolal_Idd \"Killing of Dolal Idd\") |\n| 2021 | [Marvin Scott](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Marvin_Scott \"Death of Marvin Scott\") [Adam Toledo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Adam_Toledo \"Killing of Adam Toledo\") [Daunte Wright](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Daunte_Wright \"Killing of Daunte Wright\") [Lindani Myeni](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Lindani_Myeni \"Killing of Lindani Myeni\") [Ma'Khia Bryant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Ma%27Khia_Bryant \"Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant\") [Andrew Brown Jr.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Andrew_Brown_Jr. \"Killing of Andrew Brown Jr.\") [Winston Boogie Smith](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Winston_Boogie_Smith \"Killing of Winston Boogie Smith\") [Leneal Frazier](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Leneal_Frazier \"Killing of Leneal Frazier\") |\n| 2022 | [Amir Locke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Amir_Locke \"Killing of Amir Locke\") [Patrick Lyoya](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Patrick_Lyoya \"Killing of Patrick Lyoya\") [Jayland Walker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jayland_Walker \"Killing of Jayland Walker\") [Donovan Lewis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Donovan_Lewis \"Killing of Donovan Lewis\") |\n| 2023 | [Keenan Anderson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Keenan_Anderson \"Death of Keenan Anderson\") [Tyre Nichols](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Tyre_Nichols \"Killing of Tyre Nichols\") [Irvo Otieno](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Irvo_Otieno \"Killing of Irvo Otieno\") [Jordan Neely](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Jordan_Neely \"Killing of Jordan Neely\") [Ricky Cobb II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Ricky_Cobb_II \"Killing of Ricky Cobb II\") [Johnny Hollman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Johnny_Hollman \"Killing of Johnny Hollman\") [Ta'Kiya Young](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Ta%27Kiya_Young \"Killing of Ta'Kiya Young\") [Leonard Cure](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Leonard_Cure \"Killing of Leonard Cure\") |\n| 2024 | [Dexter Reed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Dexter_Reed \"Killing of Dexter Reed\") [Roger Fortson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Roger_Fortson \"Killing of Roger Fortson\") [Sonya Massey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Sonya_Massey \"Murder of Sonya Massey\") [Robert Brooks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Robert_Brooks \"Killing of Robert Brooks\") |\n| 2025 | [Messiah Nantwi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killing_of_Messiah_Nantwi \"Killing of Messiah Nantwi\") |\n| Other cases protested | [Kalief Browder](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalief_Browder \"Kalief Browder\") [2015 Texas pool party incident](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2015_Texas_pool_party_incident \"2015 Texas pool party incident\") [Charles Kinsey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Charles_Kinsey \"Shooting of Charles Kinsey\") [Jacob Blake](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Jacob_Blake \"Shooting of Jacob Blake\") [Ralph Yarl](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Ralph_Yarl \"Shooting of Ralph Yarl\") [Rankin County torture incident](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rankin_County_torture_incident \"Rankin County torture incident\") |\n| [In popular culture](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_movement_in_popular_culture \"Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture\") |   |\n|   |   |\n| [Art](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_art \"Black Lives Matter art\") |   |\n|   |   |\n| [Street murals](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Black_Lives_Matter_street_murals \"List of Black Lives Matter street murals\") | [Cincinnati](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Cincinnati\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Cincinnati)\") [Indianapolis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Indianapolis\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Indianapolis)\") [Portland, Oregon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Portland,_Oregon\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Portland, Oregon)\") [Salt Lake City](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Salt_Lake_City\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Salt Lake City)\") [Santa Cruz, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Santa_Cruz,_California\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Santa Cruz, California)\") Seattle [Capitol Hill](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Capitol_Hill,_Seattle\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Capitol Hill, Seattle)\") [City Hall](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Seattle_City_Hall\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Seattle City Hall)\") [Springfield, Massachusetts](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_\$Springfield,_Massachusetts\$ \"Black Lives Matter street mural (Springfield, Massachusetts)\") |\n| Books | *[All American Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_American_Boys \"All American Boys\")* *[Black Software](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Software \"Black Software\")* *[Blackout](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackout_\$young_adult_novel\$ \"Blackout (young adult novel)\")* *[Brit(ish)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brit\$ish\$ \"Brit(ish)\")* *[Dear Martin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dear_Martin \"Dear Martin\")* *[The Hate U Give](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hate_U_Give \"The Hate U Give\")* *[His Name Is George Floyd](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/His_Name_Is_George_Floyd \"His Name Is George Floyd\")* *[I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Can%27t_Breathe:_A_Killing_on_Bay_Street \"I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street\")* *[Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rest_in_Power:_The_Enduring_Life_of_Trayvon_Martin \"Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin\")* *[Why We Kneel, How We Rise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Why_We_Kneel,_How_We_Rise \"Why We Kneel, How We Rise\")* |\n| Film | *[16 Shots](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/16_Shots \"16 Shots\")* *[3 1\/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3_1\/2_Minutes,_10_Bullets \"3 1\/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets\")* *[American Son](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Son_\$2019_film\$ \"American Son (2019 film)\")* *[Baltimore Rising](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltimore_Rising \"Baltimore Rising\")* *[Bars4Justice](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bars4Justice \"Bars4Justice\")* *[The Force](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Force_\$2017_film\$ \"The Force (2017 film)\")* *[Fruitvale Station](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fruitvale_Station 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in America's Most Racist Town\")\" *[Our Lady of Ferguson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Lady_of_Ferguson \"Our Lady of Ferguson\")* *[Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taking_a_Stand_in_Baton_Rouge \"Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge\")* *[Time: The Kalief Browder Story](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time:_The_Kalief_Browder_Story \"Time: The Kalief Browder Story\")* [*Woke* (TV series)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woke_\$TV_series\$ \"Woke (TV series)\") |\n| Activist groups | [8 to Abolition](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/8_to_Abolition \"8 to Abolition\") [Assata's Daughters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assata%27s_Daughters \"Assata's Daughters\") [BAMN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BAMN \"BAMN\") [Bird Names for Birds](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bird_Names_for_Birds \"Bird Names for Birds\") [Black Feminist Future](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Feminist_Future \"Black Feminist Future\") [Black Justice League](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Justice_League \"Black Justice League\") [Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter_Global_Network_Foundation \"Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation\") [Black Visions Collective](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Visions_Collective \"Black Visions Collective\") [BlackinChem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BlackinChem \"BlackinChem\") [Black In Neuro](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_In_Neuro \"Black In Neuro\") [BYP100](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BYP100 \"BYP100\") [Campaign Zero](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campaign_Zero \"Campaign Zero\") [Don't Shoot Portland](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don%27t_Shoot_Portland \"Don't Shoot Portland\") [Hands Up United](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hands_Up_United \"Hands Up United\") [Millennial Activists United](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millennial_Activists_United \"Millennial Activists 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It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the [Black Lives Matter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Lives_Matter \"Black Lives Matter\") movement[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-1) and gained traction following the high-profile [homicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers \"2014 killings of NYPD officers\") in Brooklyn, New York.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-Longazel-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-DempseyForst2018-4)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-5) Supporters of Blue Lives Matter have called for crimes committed against police officers to be classified as [hate crimes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hate_crimes \"Hate crimes\").[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6)\n\nCritics have said that, while being Black is an inherent characteristic, being a police officer is a choice, and that police officers are already respected in most communities. They add that attacking or killing a police officer already carries a higher penalty than attacking a non-police officer in most states.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) Brutality against police officers during the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack \"January 6 United States Capitol attack\") by Blue Lives Matter supporters has fueled further accusations of hypocrisy, especially following [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\")'s [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants \"Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants\") on the first day of [his second presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\").\n\nHistory\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/de\/Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg\/250px-Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg)\n\nA golf cart participating in a Blue Lives Matter rally held in [The Villages, Florida](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Villages,_Florida \"The Villages, Florida\") in June 2020\n\nOn December 20, 2014, in the wake of the [killings of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers \"2014 killings of NYPD officers\"), a group of [law enforcement officers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_enforcement_officer \"Law enforcement officer\") formed Blue Lives Matter to counter media reports that they perceived to be anti-police.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-7)[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-8) Blue Lives Matter is made up of active and retired law enforcement officers. The current national spokesman for Blue Lives Matter is retired [Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_Department \"Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department\") Lieutenant Randy Sutton.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-9)\n\nIn September 2015, over 100 [Los Angeles police officers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Police_Department \"Los Angeles Police Department\") took part in a Blue Lives Matter rally in [Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles \"Hollywood, Los Angeles\") to \"show support for the department at a time when \\[...\\] the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege.\"[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-10)\n\nLegislation\n\nLouisiana\n\nThe Blue Lives Matter movement led to a state law in Louisiana (HB953) which made it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffington-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) The [Louisiana](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisiana \"Louisiana\") law, passed in May 2016, makes it a hate crime to target police officers or firefighters. The legislation, authored by state Representative [Lance Harris](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lance_Harris \"Lance Harris\"), was signed into law by Governor [John Bel Edwards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Bel_Edwards \"John Bel Edwards\"). The law allows for hate crime felonies to carry an additional \\$5,000 fine or five years in prison, while hate crime misdemeanors to carry an additional \\$500 fine or six months in prison.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6)\n\nThe [ACLU](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_Liberties_Union \"American Civil Liberties Union\") and others, including supporters of enhanced penalties for crimes against police officers, have opposed the bill.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-13) The law has also been criticized for weakening the impact of the Hate Crimes Act by adding categories of people who are already better protected under other laws and characterized by their career choice instead of people persecuted for lifelong personal characteristics they cannot choose such as race, sexual orientation, and [gender identity](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_identity \"Gender identity\").[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-15) That police deaths are decreasing overall has also led some to question the need for such laws.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-18)\n\nCriticism\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/49\/2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg\/250px-2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg)\n\nA sign criticizing Blue Lives Matter at a [Black Lives Matter protest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Floyd_protests \"George Floyd protests\")\n\nCritics of Blue Lives Matter state that one's job does not have the deep identity significance and source of solidarity that one's racial identity can,[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19) and that Black identity and history is constantly under threat of erasure while police officers do not face this threat.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-20) Another source of criticism is the belief that African Americans in urban areas are unfairly suspected of being thieves and freeloaders, while police officers are typically respected and honored in communities.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-22) Some state that supporters of Blue Lives Matter are intentionally or unintentionally supporting a system of discriminatory policing and [racial profiling](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racial_profiling \"Racial profiling\").[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)\n\nSome critics of Blue Lives Matter laws state the laws are redundant as attacking or killing a police officer would already result in a harsher punishment than attacking a non-police officer.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-23)[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-25)\n\nOthers, such as [St. Martinville](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Martinville \"St. Martinville\") Police Chief, Calder Hebert, say these laws will make [resisting arrest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resisting_arrest \"Resisting arrest\") a hate crime,[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12) which has drawn criticism as hate crimes are crimes in which victims are targeted because of identity-based characteristics such as [race](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Race_\$human_categorization\$ \"Race (human categorization)\"), [sexual orientation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_orientation \"Sexual orientation\"), or [gender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender \"Gender\").[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-26) According to [FBI](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation \"Federal Bureau of Investigation\") data, violence against police officers, as well as crime in general has decreased without these laws; calling into question their necessity.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-27)\n\nFrank Rudy Cooper, an expert on the intersectionality of identities and policing, wrote that the Blue Lives Matter movement is essentially an extension of the [blue wall of silence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_wall_of_silence \"Blue wall of silence\"), and the newest manifestation of police resistance to criticism.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-28)[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-29)[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-30)\n\nFollowing the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack \"January 6 United States Capitol attack\"), many have called the Blue Lives Matter movement hypocritical, as many rioters showed support for Blue Lives Matter despite assaulting [United States Capitol Police](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Capitol_Police \"United States Capitol Police\") (USCP) and [Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia \"Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia\") officers. [Harry Dunn](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Dunn_\$police_officer\$ \"Harry Dunn (police officer)\"), an African-American USCP officer, spoke of officers being beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags.[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-31) This has led some to argue that Blue Lives Matter is more about suppressing minorities than supporting law enforcement. In an opinion piece for *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")*, Charles M. Blow opined that Blue Lives Matter \"was never really about the protection of officers, generally speaking, but about allowing officers to treat with more impunity the people who protested the maltreatment of Black people\".[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-32) In her opinion piece for *[The Washington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Washington_Post \"The Washington Post\")*, Karen Attiah referred to Blue Lives Matter as \"a bald-faced, hypocritical lie\", noting that Capitol rioters brutally attacked African-American police officers such as [Eugene Goodman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Goodman \"Eugene Goodman\").[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-33) Writing for *[Mother Jones](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mother_Jones_\$magazine\$ \"Mother Jones (magazine)\")* magazine, Nathalie Baptiste concluded that \"Blue Lives Matter has never actually been about supporting law enforcement. It's been about trafficking in this implicitly racist message: What really matters is supporting police brutality against Black people and BLM protesters.\"[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-34) Trump's [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants \"Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants\")—who collectively assaulted at least 174 police officers[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-35)—on the first day of [his second presidency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump \"Second presidency of Donald Trump\") led to further speculation about the sincerity of his and other Republicans' support for Blue Lives Matter.[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-36)[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-37)\n\nSee also\n\n- [ACAB](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ACAB \"ACAB\")\n- [All Lives Matter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_Lives_Matter \"All Lives Matter\")\n- [Blue wall of silence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_wall_of_silence \"Blue wall of silence\")\n\nReferences\n\n1. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-1)**\n   Lynch, Sarah N. (October 16, 2017). [\"U.S. police deaths on duty spiked in 2016: FBI\"](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSKBN1CL2SA\/). [Reuters](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reuters \"Reuters\"). Retrieved March 31, 2024.\n   \n   `{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service \"Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service\"))\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-2)**\n   Smith, Christopher. [\"BLUE LIVES MATTER VERSUS BLACK LIVES MATTER: BENEFICIAL SOCIAL POLICIES AS THE PATH AWAY FROM PUNITIVE RHETORIC AND HARM\"](https:\/\/lawreview.vermontlaw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/03-Smith.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2023.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_ref-Longazel_3-0)**\n   Longazel, Jamie (July 1, 2021). 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Boilerpipe Text	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blue Lives Matter Thin blue line flag, commonly associated with the Blue Lives Matter movement Formation 2014 ; 12 years ago Founders Active and retired law enforcement officers Founded at New York City , New York, U.S. Type Social movement Location United States Blue Lives Matter (also known as Police Lives Matter ) is a countermovement in the United States that aims to show solidarity with law enforcement . It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement [ 1 ] and gained traction following the high-profile homicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn, New York. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Supporters of Blue Lives Matter have called for crimes committed against police officers to be classified as hate crimes . [ 6 ] Critics have said that, while being Black is an inherent characteristic, being a police officer is a choice, and that police officers are already respected in most communities. They add that attacking or killing a police officer already carries a higher penalty than attacking a non-police officer in most states. [ 6 ] Brutality against police officers during the January 6 United States Capitol attack by Blue Lives Matter supporters has fueled further accusations of hypocrisy, especially following Donald Trump 's pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants on the first day of his second presidency . History A golf cart participating in a Blue Lives Matter rally held in The Villages, Florida in June 2020 On December 20, 2014, in the wake of the killings of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu , a group of law enforcement officers formed Blue Lives Matter to counter media reports that they perceived to be anti-police. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Blue Lives Matter is made up of active and retired law enforcement officers. The current national spokesman for Blue Lives Matter is retired Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Randy Sutton. [ 9 ] In September 2015, over 100 Los Angeles police officers took part in a Blue Lives Matter rally in Hollywood to "show support for the department at a time when [...] the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege." [ 10 ] Legislation Louisiana The Blue Lives Matter movement led to a state law in Louisiana (HB953) which made it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 6 ] The Louisiana law, passed in May 2016, makes it a hate crime to target police officers or firefighters. The legislation, authored by state Representative Lance Harris , was signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards . The law allows for hate crime felonies to carry an additional $5,000 fine or five years in prison, while hate crime misdemeanors to carry an additional $500 fine or six months in prison. [ 6 ] The ACLU and others, including supporters of enhanced penalties for crimes against police officers, have opposed the bill. [ 13 ] The law has also been criticized for weakening the impact of the Hate Crimes Act by adding categories of people who are already better protected under other laws and characterized by their career choice instead of people persecuted for lifelong personal characteristics they cannot choose such as race, sexual orientation, and gender identity . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] That police deaths are decreasing overall has also led some to question the need for such laws. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Criticism A sign criticizing Blue Lives Matter at a Black Lives Matter protest Critics of Blue Lives Matter state that one's job does not have the deep identity significance and source of solidarity that one's racial identity can, [ 19 ] and that Black identity and history is constantly under threat of erasure while police officers do not face this threat. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Another source of criticism is the belief that African Americans in urban areas are unfairly suspected of being thieves and freeloaders, while police officers are typically respected and honored in communities. [ 19 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Some state that supporters of Blue Lives Matter are intentionally or unintentionally supporting a system of discriminatory policing and racial profiling . [ 14 ] Some critics of Blue Lives Matter laws state the laws are redundant as attacking or killing a police officer would already result in a harsher punishment than attacking a non-police officer. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Others, such as St. Martinville Police Chief, Calder Hebert, say these laws will make resisting arrest a hate crime, [ 12 ] which has drawn criticism as hate crimes are crimes in which victims are targeted because of identity-based characteristics such as race , sexual orientation , or gender . [ 14 ] [ 26 ] According to FBI data, violence against police officers, as well as crime in general has decreased without these laws; calling into question their necessity. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 27 ] Frank Rudy Cooper, an expert on the intersectionality of identities and policing, wrote that the Blue Lives Matter movement is essentially an extension of the blue wall of silence , and the newest manifestation of police resistance to criticism. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Following the January 6 United States Capitol attack , many have called the Blue Lives Matter movement hypocritical, as many rioters showed support for Blue Lives Matter despite assaulting United States Capitol Police (USCP) and Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia officers. Harry Dunn , an African-American USCP officer, spoke of officers being beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags. [ 31 ] This has led some to argue that Blue Lives Matter is more about suppressing minorities than supporting law enforcement. In an opinion piece for The New York Times , Charles M. Blow opined that Blue Lives Matter "was never really about the protection of officers, generally speaking, but about allowing officers to treat with more impunity the people who protested the maltreatment of Black people". [ 32 ] In her opinion piece for The Washington Post , Karen Attiah referred to Blue Lives Matter as "a bald-faced, hypocritical lie", noting that Capitol rioters brutally attacked African-American police officers such as Eugene Goodman . [ 33 ] Writing for Mother Jones magazine, Nathalie Baptiste concluded that "Blue Lives Matter has never actually been about supporting law enforcement. It's been about trafficking in this implicitly racist message: What really matters is supporting police brutality against Black people and BLM protesters." [ 34 ] Trump's pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants —who collectively assaulted at least 174 police officers [ 35 ] —on the first day of his second presidency led to further speculation about the sincerity of his and other Republicans' support for Blue Lives Matter. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] See also ACAB All Lives Matter Blue wall of silence References ^ Lynch, Sarah N. (October 16, 2017). 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Retrieved September 4, 2020 . ^ Anderson, Michelle D. (March 24, 2017). "Kentucky Governor Signs Redundant 'Blue Lives Matter' Law" . Rewire.News . Archived from the original on November 8, 2018 . Retrieved September 4, 2017 . ^ Bedillion, Caleb (January 26, 2017). " 'Blue Lives Matter' criticized by ACLU" . Daily Journal . Archived from the original on June 11, 2020 . Retrieved September 4, 2020 . ^ Cooper, Frank Rudy (2020). "Cop Fragility and Blue Lives Matter" . Scholarly Commons at UNLV Boyd Law . Retrieved September 14, 2023 . ^ Parks, Gregory S.; Cooper, Frank Rudy (February 3, 2022). Fight the Power: Law and Policy through Hip-Hop Songs . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-02236-1 . ^ "Frank Rudy Cooper" . University of Nevada, Las Vegas . June 16, 2020 . Retrieved September 14, 2023 . ^ Boggs, Justin (February 22, 2021). "Capitol Officer: They beat law enforcement with 'Blue Lives Matter' flags" . The Denver Channel . Archived from the original on April 25, 2021 . 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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Countermovement in the United States Not to be confused with [Black Lives Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter "Black Lives Matter"). \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_%28United_States%29.svg/250px-Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_%28United_States%29.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_$United_States$.svg)[Thin blue line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line "Thin blue line") flag, commonly associated with the Blue Lives Matter movement \| \| \| Formation \| 2014; 12 years ago (2014) \| \| Founders \| Active and retired [law enforcement officers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_officer "Law enforcement officer") \| \| Founded at \| [New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"), New York, U.S. \| \| Type \| [Social movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement "Social movement") \| \| Location \| United States \| Blue Lives Matter (also known as Police Lives Matter) is a [countermovement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countermovement "Countermovement") in the United States that aims to show solidarity with [law enforcement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States "Law enforcement in the United States"). It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the [Black Lives Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter "Black Lives Matter") movement[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-1) and gained traction following the high-profile [homicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers "2014 killings of NYPD officers") in Brooklyn, New York.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-Longazel-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-DempseyForst2018-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-5) Supporters of Blue Lives Matter have called for crimes committed against police officers to be classified as [hate crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crimes "Hate crimes").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) Critics have said that, while being Black is an inherent characteristic, being a police officer is a choice, and that police officers are already respected in most communities. They add that attacking or killing a police officer already carries a higher penalty than attacking a non-police officer in most states.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) Brutality against police officers during the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack") by Blue Lives Matter supporters has fueled further accusations of hypocrisy, especially following [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump")'s [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants "Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants") on the first day of [his second presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump"). ## History [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg/250px-Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg) A golf cart participating in a Blue Lives Matter rally held in [The Villages, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida "The Villages, Florida") in June 2020 On December 20, 2014, in the wake of the [killings of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers "2014 killings of NYPD officers"), a group of [law enforcement officers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_officer "Law enforcement officer") formed Blue Lives Matter to counter media reports that they perceived to be anti-police.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-8) Blue Lives Matter is made up of active and retired law enforcement officers. The current national spokesman for Blue Lives Matter is retired [Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_Department "Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department") Lieutenant Randy Sutton.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-9) In September 2015, over 100 [Los Angeles police officers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department "Los Angeles Police Department") took part in a Blue Lives Matter rally in [Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles "Hollywood, Los Angeles") to "show support for the department at a time when \[...\] the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege."[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-10) ## Legislation See also: [Hate crime laws in the United States § Police and firefighters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States#Police_and_firefighters "Hate crime laws in the United States") ### Louisiana The Blue Lives Matter movement led to a state law in Louisiana (HB953) which made it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffington-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) The [Louisiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana "Louisiana") law, passed in May 2016, makes it a hate crime to target police officers or firefighters. The legislation, authored by state Representative [Lance Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Harris "Lance Harris"), was signed into law by Governor [John Bel Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards "John Bel Edwards"). The law allows for hate crime felonies to carry an additional \$5,000 fine or five years in prison, while hate crime misdemeanors to carry an additional \$500 fine or six months in prison.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) The [ACLU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union "American Civil Liberties Union") and others, including supporters of enhanced penalties for crimes against police officers, have opposed the bill.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-13) The law has also been criticized for weakening the impact of the Hate Crimes Act by adding categories of people who are already better protected under other laws and characterized by their career choice instead of people persecuted for lifelong personal characteristics they cannot choose such as race, sexual orientation, and [gender identity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity "Gender identity").[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-15) That police deaths are decreasing overall has also led some to question the need for such laws.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-18) ## Criticism [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg/250px-2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg) A sign criticizing Blue Lives Matter at a [Black Lives Matter protest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests "George Floyd protests") Critics of Blue Lives Matter state that one's job does not have the deep identity significance and source of solidarity that one's racial identity can,[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19) and that Black identity and history is constantly under threat of erasure while police officers do not face this threat.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-20) Another source of criticism is the belief that African Americans in urban areas are unfairly suspected of being thieves and freeloaders, while police officers are typically respected and honored in communities.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-22) Some state that supporters of Blue Lives Matter are intentionally or unintentionally supporting a system of discriminatory policing and [racial profiling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_profiling "Racial profiling").[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14) Some critics of Blue Lives Matter laws state the laws are redundant as attacking or killing a police officer would already result in a harsher punishment than attacking a non-police officer.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-25) Others, such as [St. Martinville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martinville "St. Martinville") Police Chief, Calder Hebert, say these laws will make [resisting arrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resisting_arrest "Resisting arrest") a hate crime,[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12) which has drawn criticism as hate crimes are crimes in which victims are targeted because of identity-based characteristics such as [race](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_$human_categorization$ "Race (human categorization)"), [sexual orientation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation "Sexual orientation"), or [gender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender "Gender").[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-26) According to [FBI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Federal Bureau of Investigation") data, violence against police officers, as well as crime in general has decreased without these laws; calling into question their necessity.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-27) Frank Rudy Cooper, an expert on the intersectionality of identities and policing, wrote that the Blue Lives Matter movement is essentially an extension of the [blue wall of silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wall_of_silence "Blue wall of silence"), and the newest manifestation of police resistance to criticism.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-28)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-30) Following the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack"), many have called the Blue Lives Matter movement hypocritical, as many rioters showed support for Blue Lives Matter despite assaulting [United States Capitol Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police "United States Capitol Police") (USCP) and [Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia "Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia") officers. [Harry Dunn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dunn_$police_officer$ "Harry Dunn (police officer)"), an African-American USCP officer, spoke of officers being beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-31) This has led some to argue that Blue Lives Matter is more about suppressing minorities than supporting law enforcement. In an opinion piece for [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times"), Charles M. Blow opined that Blue Lives Matter "was never really about the protection of officers, generally speaking, but about allowing officers to treat with more impunity the people who protested the maltreatment of Black people".[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-32) In her opinion piece for [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post"), Karen Attiah referred to Blue Lives Matter as "a bald-faced, hypocritical lie", noting that Capitol rioters brutally attacked African-American police officers such as [Eugene Goodman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Goodman "Eugene Goodman").[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-33) Writing for [Mother Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_$magazine$ "Mother Jones (magazine)") magazine, Nathalie Baptiste concluded that "Blue Lives Matter has never actually been about supporting law enforcement. It's been about trafficking in this implicitly racist message: What really matters is supporting police brutality against Black people and BLM protesters."[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-34) Trump's [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants "Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants")—who collectively assaulted at least 174 police officers[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-35)—on the first day of [his second presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump") led to further speculation about the sincerity of his and other Republicans' support for Blue Lives Matter.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-37) ## See also - [ACAB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAB "ACAB") - [All Lives Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Lives_Matter "All Lives Matter") - [Blue wall of silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wall_of_silence "Blue wall of silence") ## References 1. 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Katwiwa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwende_Katwiwa "Mwende Katwiwa") [Janaya Khan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaya_Khan "Janaya Khan") [Nupol Kiazolu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupol_Kiazolu "Nupol Kiazolu") [Shaun King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_King "Shaun King") [Nekima Levy Armstrong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekima_Levy_Armstrong "Nekima Levy Armstrong") [Eva Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Lewis "Eva Lewis") [Tamika Mallory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamika_Mallory "Tamika Mallory") [Philip McHarris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_McHarris "Philip McHarris") [DeRay Mckesson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeRay_Mckesson "DeRay Mckesson") [Elle Moxley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_Moxley "Elle Moxley") [Muhiyidin Moye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhiyidin_Moye "Muhiyidin Moye") [Bree Newsome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bree_Newsome "Bree Newsome") [Nikkita Oliver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkita_Oliver "Nikkita Oliver") [Ijeoma Oluo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijeoma_Oluo "Ijeoma Oluo") [Chi Ossé](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Oss%C3%A9 "Chi Ossé") [Brittany Packnett Cunningham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Packnett_Cunningham "Brittany Packnett Cunningham") [Eugene Puryear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Puryear "Eugene Puryear") [Teressa Raiford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teressa_Raiford "Teressa Raiford") [Jen Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_Reid "Jen Reid") [Linda Sarsour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Sarsour "Linda Sarsour") [Al Sharpton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton "Al Sharpton") [Samuel Sinyangwe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sinyangwe "Samuel Sinyangwe") [Nova Stevens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Stevens "Nova Stevens") [Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeanga-Yamahtta_Taylor "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor") [John Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thompson_$Minnesota_politician$ "John Thompson (Minnesota politician)") [Ayọ Tometi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay%E1%BB%8D_Tometi "Ayọ Tometi") [Assa Traoré](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assa_Traor%C3%A9 "Assa Traoré") [Syrus Marcus Ware](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrus_Marcus_Ware "Syrus Marcus Ware") \| \| Events \| \| \| \| \| \| 2010s \| [Ferguson unrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest "Ferguson unrest") [2015 Baltimore protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_protests "2015 Baltimore protests") [2015–2016 University of Missouri protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%932016_University_of_Missouri_protests "2015–2016 University of Missouri protests") [Dismissal of Robert Rialmo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_Robert_Rialmo "Dismissal of Robert Rialmo") [2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Donald_Trump_Chicago_rally_protest "2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest") [2017 St. Louis protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_St._Louis_protests "2017 St. Louis protests") \| \| 2020s \| [Breonna Taylor protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breonna_Taylor_protests "Breonna Taylor protests") [George Floyd protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests "George Floyd protests") [changes made](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_made_due_to_the_George_Floyd_protests "List of changes made due to the George Floyd protests") [name changes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_name_changes_due_to_the_George_Floyd_protests "List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests") [removal of monuments and memorials](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests "List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests") [reactions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_George_Floyd_protests "Reactions to the George Floyd protests") [trial of Derek Chauvin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Derek_Chauvin "Trial of Derek Chauvin") [violence and controversies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_and_controversies_during_the_George_Floyd_protests "Violence and controversies during the George Floyd protests") [Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church "Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church") [police violence incidents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police_violence_incidents_during_George_Floyd_protests "List of police violence incidents during George Floyd protests") [Buffalo police shoving incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_police_shoving_incident "Buffalo police shoving incident") [St. Louis gun-toting incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_gun-toting_incident "St. Louis gun-toting incident") [vehicle-ramming incidents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vehicle-ramming_incidents_during_George_Floyd_protests "List of vehicle-ramming incidents during George Floyd protests") [Black Birders Week](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Birders_Week "Black Birders Week") [Blackout Tuesday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_Tuesday "Blackout Tuesday") [Capitol Hill Occupied Protest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Occupied_Protest "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest") [Academic strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_for_Black_Lives_$academic_protest$ "Strike for Black Lives (academic protest)") [General strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_for_Black_Lives_$coalition_protest$ "Strike for Black Lives (coalition protest)") [Kenosha unrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest "Kenosha unrest") [shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting "Kenosha unrest shooting") [Athlete strikes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_American_athlete_strikes "2020 American athlete strikes") [2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Minneapolis_false_rumors_riot "2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot") [2020–2023 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932023_Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_racial_unrest "2020–2023 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest") [Red House eviction defense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_eviction_defense "Red House eviction defense") [Orisha Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha_Land "Orisha Land") [Daunte Wright protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daunte_Wright_protests "Daunte Wright protests") [2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Uptown_Minneapolis_unrest "2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest") [vehicle-ramming attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Deona_Marie_Knajdek "Killing of Deona Marie Knajdek") [Tyre Nichols protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre_Nichols_protests "Tyre Nichols protests") \| \| Locations \| [Protests in New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_protests_in_New_York_City "Black Lives Matter protests in New York City") List of George Floyd protests [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_in_the_United_States "List of George Floyd protests in the United States") [outside the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_outside_the_United_States "List of George Floyd protests outside the United States") [List of Daunte Wright protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Daunte_Wright_protests "List of Daunte Wright protests") \| \| [Deaths protested](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States "List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States") \| \| \| \| \| \| 2009–2011 \| [Oscar Grant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Oscar_Grant "Killing of Oscar Grant") [Aiyana Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Aiyana_Jones "Killing of Aiyana Jones") [James Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Craig_Anderson "Murder of James Craig Anderson") [Mark Duggan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Mark_Duggan "Killing of Mark Duggan") [Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kenneth_Chamberlain_Sr. "Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.") [Anthony Lamar Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Anthony_Lamar_Smith "Killing of Anthony Lamar Smith") \| \| 2012–2013 \| [Ramarley Graham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ramarley_Graham "Killing of Ramarley Graham") [Trayvon Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Trayvon_Martin "Killing of Trayvon Martin") [Rekia Boyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Rekia_Boyd "Killing of Rekia Boyd") [Jordan Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jordan_Davis "Murder of Jordan Davis") [Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Timothy_Russell_and_Malissa_Williams "Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams") [Tyrone West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tyrone_West "Death of Tyrone West") [Larry Jackson Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Larry_Jackson_Jr. "Killing of Larry Jackson Jr.") [Jonathan Ferrell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jonathan_Ferrell "Killing of Jonathan Ferrell") [Miriam Carey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Miriam_Carey "Killing of Miriam Carey") [Renisha McBride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Renisha_McBride "Murder of Renisha McBride") \| \| 2014 \| [Dontre Hamilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Dontre_Hamilton "Killing of Dontre Hamilton") [Eric Garner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Eric_Garner "Killing of Eric Garner") [Julieka Dhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ms_Dhu "Death of Ms Dhu") [John Crawford III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_John_Crawford_III "Killing of John Crawford III") [Michael Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Michael_Brown "Killing of Michael Brown") [Ezell Ford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ezell_Ford "Killing of Ezell Ford") [Laquan McDonald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald "Murder of Laquan McDonald") [Akai Gurley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Akai_Gurley "Killing of Akai Gurley") [Tamir Rice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tamir_Rice "Killing of Tamir Rice") [Antonio Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Antonio_Martin "Killing of Antonio Martin") [Jerame Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jerame_Reid "Killing of Jerame Reid") \| \| 2015 \| [Natasha McKenna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Natasha_McKenna "Death of Natasha McKenna") [Charley Leundeu Keunang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Charley_Leundeu_Keunang "Killing of Charley Leundeu Keunang") [Tony Robinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tony_Robinson "Killing of Tony Robinson") [Anthony Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Anthony_Hill "Killing of Anthony Hill") [Meagan Hockaday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Meagan_Hockaday "Killing of Meagan Hockaday") [Eric Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Eric_Harris "Killing of Eric Harris") [Walter Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Walter_Scott "Killing of Walter Scott") [Freddie Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Freddie_Gray "Killing of Freddie Gray") [William Chapman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_William_Chapman "Killing of William Chapman") [Charleston church shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting "Charleston church shooting") [Jonathan Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jonathan_Sanders "Death of Jonathan Sanders") [Sandra Bland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Sandra_Bland "Death of Sandra Bland") [Samuel DuBose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Samuel_DuBose "Killing of Samuel DuBose") [Mansur Ball-Bey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Mansur_Ball-Bey "Killing of Mansur Ball-Bey") [Jeremy McDole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jeremy_McDole "Killing of Jeremy McDole") [Corey Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Corey_Jones "Killing of Corey Jones") [Jamar Clark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jamar_Clark "Killing of Jamar Clark") [Mario Woods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Woods "Mario Woods") \| \| 2016 \| [Greg Gunn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Greg_Gunn "Killing of Greg Gunn") [Alton Sterling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alton_Sterling "Killing of Alton Sterling") [Philando Castile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile "Killing of Philando Castile") [Joseph Mann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Joseph_Mann "Killing of Joseph Mann") [Adama Traoré](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adama_Traor%C3%A9 "Death of Adama Traoré") [Abdirahman Abdi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Abdirahman_Abdi "Death of Abdirahman Abdi") [Paul O'Neal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Paul_O%27Neal "Killing of Paul O'Neal") [Korryn Gaines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Korryn_Gaines "Killing of Korryn Gaines") [Jamarion Robinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jamarion_Robinson "Killing of Jamarion Robinson") [Sylville Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylville_Smith "Sylville Smith") [Elijah Doughty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elijah_Doughty "Death of Elijah Doughty") [Terence Crutcher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Terence_Crutcher "Killing of Terence Crutcher") [Keith Lamont Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Keith_Lamont_Scott "Killing of Keith Lamont Scott") [Alfred Olango](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alfred_Olango "Killing of Alfred Olango") [Deborah Danner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Deborah_Danner "Killing of Deborah Danner") \| \| 2017 \| [Jocques Clemmons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jocques_Clemmons "Killing of Jocques Clemmons") [Jordan Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jordan_Edwards "Murder of Jordan Edwards") [Edson Da Costa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edson_Da_Costa "Death of Edson Da Costa") [Rashan Charles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Rashan_Charles "Death of Rashan Charles") [Patrick Harmon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Patrick_Harmon "Killing of Patrick Harmon") \| \| 2018 \| [Anthony Weber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Anthony_Weber "Killing of Anthony Weber") [Stephon Clark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Stephon_Clark "Killing of Stephon Clark") [Marcus-David Peters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marcus-David_Peters "Killing of Marcus-David Peters") [Antwon Rose Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Antwon_Rose_Jr. "Killing of Antwon Rose Jr.") [Markeis McGlockton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Markeis_McGlockton "Killing of Markeis McGlockton") [Daniel Hambrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Daniel_Hambrick "Killing of Daniel Hambrick") [Botham Jean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Botham_Jean "Murder of Botham Jean") [Tamla Horsford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tamla_Horsford "Death of Tamla Horsford") [Jemel Roberson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jemel_Roberson "Killing of Jemel Roberson") [EJ Bradford Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Emantic_Fitzgerald_Bradford_Jr. "Killing of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.") \| \| 2019 \| [George Robinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Robinson "Killing of George Robinson") [Willie McCoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Willie_McCoy "Killing of Willie McCoy") [Danquirs Franklin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Danquirs_Franklin "Killing of Danquirs Franklin") [Javier Ambler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Javier_Ambler "Killing of Javier Ambler") [Lassana Cisse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lassana_Cisse "Murder of Lassana Cisse") [Ronald Greene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ronald_Greene "Killing of Ronald Greene") [Pamela Turner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Pamela_Turner "Killing of Pamela Turner") [Layleen Polanco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Layleen_Polanco "Death of Layleen Polanco") [Shukri Abdi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Shukri_Abdi "Death of Shukri Abdi") [Christopher Kapessa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Christopher_Kapessa "Death of Christopher Kapessa") [Elijah McClain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Elijah_McClain "Killing of Elijah McClain") [Atatiana Jefferson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Atatiana_Jefferson "Killing of Atatiana Jefferson") \| \| 2020 \| [Alvin Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alvin_Cole "Killing of Alvin Cole") [Ahmaud Arbery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ahmaud_Arbery "Murder of Ahmaud Arbery") [Manuel Ellis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Manuel_Ellis "Killing of Manuel Ellis") [Breonna Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Breonna_Taylor "Killing of Breonna Taylor") [Daniel Prude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Daniel_Prude "Killing of Daniel Prude") [Belly Mujinga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Belly_Mujinga "Death of Belly Mujinga") [Nina Pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nina_Pop "Killing of Nina Pop") [George Floyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd "Murder of George Floyd") [Dion Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Dion_Johnson "Killing of Dion Johnson") [Tony McDade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tony_McDade "Killing of Tony McDade") [Regis Korchinski-Paquet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Regis_Korchinski-Paquet "Death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet") [James Scurlock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_James_Scurlock "Killing of James Scurlock") [David McAtee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_David_McAtee "Killing of David McAtee") [Oluwatoyin Salau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Oluwatoyin_Salau_and_Victoria_Sims "Murders of Oluwatoyin Salau and Victoria Sims") [Carlos Carson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Carlos_Carson "Killing of Carlos Carson") [Rayshard Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Rayshard_Brooks "Killing of Rayshard Brooks") [Julian Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Julian_Lewis "Killing of Julian Lewis") [Dijon Kizzee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Dijon_Kizzee "Killing of Dijon Kizzee") [Marcellis Stinnette](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marcellis_Stinnette "Killing of Marcellis Stinnette") [Chaniece Wallace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Chaniece_Wallace "Death of Chaniece Wallace") [Walter Wallace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Walter_Wallace "Killing of Walter Wallace") [João Alberto Freitas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jo%C3%A3o_Alberto_Silveira_Freitas "Killing of João Alberto Silveira Freitas") [Andre Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Andre_Hill "Murder of Andre Hill") [Dolal Idd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Dolal_Idd "Killing of Dolal Idd") \| \| 2021 \| [Marvin Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marvin_Scott "Death of Marvin Scott") [Adam Toledo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Adam_Toledo "Killing of Adam Toledo") [Daunte Wright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Daunte_Wright "Killing of Daunte Wright") [Lindani Myeni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Lindani_Myeni "Killing of Lindani Myeni") [Ma'Khia Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ma%27Khia_Bryant "Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant") [Andrew Brown Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Andrew_Brown_Jr. "Killing of Andrew Brown Jr.") [Winston Boogie Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Winston_Boogie_Smith "Killing of Winston Boogie Smith") [Leneal Frazier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Leneal_Frazier "Killing of Leneal Frazier") \| \| 2022 \| [Amir Locke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Amir_Locke "Killing of Amir Locke") [Patrick Lyoya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Patrick_Lyoya "Killing of Patrick Lyoya") [Jayland Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jayland_Walker "Killing of Jayland Walker") [Donovan Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Donovan_Lewis "Killing of Donovan Lewis") \| \| 2023 \| [Keenan Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Keenan_Anderson "Death of Keenan Anderson") [Tyre Nichols](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tyre_Nichols "Killing of Tyre Nichols") [Irvo Otieno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Irvo_Otieno "Killing of Irvo Otieno") [Jordan Neely](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jordan_Neely "Killing of Jordan Neely") [Ricky Cobb II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ricky_Cobb_II "Killing of Ricky Cobb II") [Johnny Hollman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Johnny_Hollman "Killing of Johnny Hollman") [Ta'Kiya Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ta%27Kiya_Young "Killing of Ta'Kiya Young") [Leonard Cure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Leonard_Cure "Killing of Leonard Cure") \| \| 2024 \| [Dexter Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Dexter_Reed "Killing of Dexter Reed") [Roger Fortson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Roger_Fortson "Killing of Roger Fortson") [Sonya Massey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sonya_Massey "Murder of Sonya Massey") [Robert Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Robert_Brooks "Killing of Robert Brooks") \| \| 2025 \| [Messiah Nantwi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Messiah_Nantwi "Killing of Messiah Nantwi") \| \| Other cases protested \| [Kalief Browder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder "Kalief Browder") [2015 Texas pool party incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Texas_pool_party_incident "2015 Texas pool party incident") [Charles Kinsey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Charles_Kinsey "Shooting of Charles Kinsey") [Jacob Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jacob_Blake "Shooting of Jacob Blake") [Ralph Yarl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Ralph_Yarl "Shooting of Ralph Yarl") [Rankin County torture incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_County_torture_incident "Rankin County torture incident") \| \| [In popular culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_movement_in_popular_culture "Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture") \| \| \| \| \| \| [Art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_art "Black 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Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_$Capitol_Hill,_Seattle$ "Black Lives Matter street mural (Capitol Hill, Seattle)") [City Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_$Seattle_City_Hall$ "Black Lives Matter street mural (Seattle City Hall)") [Springfield, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_street_mural_$Springfield,_Massachusetts$ "Black Lives Matter street mural (Springfield, Massachusetts)") \| \| Books \| [All American Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_Boys "All American Boys") [Black Software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Software "Black Software") [Blackout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_$young_adult_novel$ "Blackout (young adult novel)") [Brit(ish)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit$ish$ "Brit(ish)") [Dear Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Martin "Dear Martin") [The Hate U Give](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hate_U_Give "The Hate U Give") [His Name Is George Floyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Name_Is_George_Floyd "His Name Is George Floyd") [I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Breathe:_A_Killing_on_Bay_Street "I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street") [Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_in_Power:_The_Enduring_Life_of_Trayvon_Martin "Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin") [Why We Kneel, How We Rise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Kneel,_How_We_Rise "Why We Kneel, How We Rise") \| \| Film \| [16 Shots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Shots "16 Shots") [3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_1/2_Minutes,_10_Bullets "3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets") [American Son](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Son_$2019_film$ "American Son (2019 film)") [Baltimore Rising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Rising "Baltimore Rising") [Bars4Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bars4Justice "Bars4Justice") [The Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Force_$2017_film$ "The Force (2017 film)") [Fruitvale Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitvale_Station "Fruitvale Station") [Generation Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Revolution "Generation Revolution") [The Hate U Give](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hate_U_Give_$film$ "The Hate U Give (film)") [Night Call](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Call_$film$ "Night Call (film)") [Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_in_Power:_The_Trayvon_Martin_Story "Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story") [Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Woke:_The_Black_Lives_Matter_Movement "Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement") [Stranger Fruit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Fruit_$film$ "Stranger Fruit (film)") [Two Distant Strangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Distant_Strangers "Two Distant Strangers") [Whose 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"[Freedom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_$Beyonc%C3%A9_song$ "Freedom (Beyoncé song)")" "[Hell You Talmbout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_You_Talmbout "Hell You Talmbout")" "[I Can't Breathe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Breathe_$H.E.R._song$ "I Can't Breathe (H.E.R. song)")" "[I Cry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Cry_$Usher_song$ "I Cry (Usher song)")" "[Lavender (Nightfall Remix)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_$Nightfall_Remix$ "Lavender (Nightfall Remix)")" "[Loyal Like Sid & Nancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyal_Like_Sid_%26_Nancy "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy")" "[Otherside of America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherside_of_America "Otherside of America")" "[Riot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_$XXXTentacion_song$ "Riot (XXXTentacion song)")" "[Rockstar (BLM Remix)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_$DaBaby_song$ "Rockstar (DaBaby song)")" [The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Last_Words_of_the_Unarmed "The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed") "[Snow on tha Bluff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_on_tha_Bluff_$song$ "Snow on tha Bluff (song)")" "[This Is America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_America_$song$ "This Is America (song)")" "[What They'll Say About Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_They%27ll_Say_About_Us "What They'll Say About Us")" "[White Privilege II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Privilege_II "White Privilege II")" \| \| Other \| [Colin in Black & White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_in_Black_%26_White "Colin in Black & White") [8:46](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8:46_$special$ "8:46 (special)") "[Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_a_Black_Lives_Matter_Sign_in_America%27s_Most_Racist_Town "Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town")" [Our Lady of Ferguson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Ferguson "Our Lady of Ferguson") [Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_a_Stand_in_Baton_Rouge "Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge") [Time: The Kalief Browder Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time:_The_Kalief_Browder_Story "Time: The Kalief Browder Story") [Woke (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke_$TV_series$ "Woke (TV series)") \| \| Activist groups \| [8 to Abolition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_to_Abolition "8 to Abolition") [Assata's Daughters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata%27s_Daughters "Assata's Daughters") [BAMN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAMN "BAMN") [Bird Names for Birds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Names_for_Birds "Bird Names for Birds") [Black Feminist Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Feminist_Future "Black Feminist Future") [Black Justice League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Justice_League "Black Justice League") [Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter_Global_Network_Foundation "Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation") [Black Visions Collective](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Visions_Collective "Black Visions Collective") [BlackinChem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackinChem "BlackinChem") [Black In Neuro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_In_Neuro "Black In Neuro") [BYP100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYP100 "BYP100") [Campaign Zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Zero "Campaign Zero") [Don't Shoot Portland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Shoot_Portland "Don't Shoot Portland") [Hands Up United](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Up_United "Hands Up United") [Millennial Activists United](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennial_Activists_United "Millennial Activists United") [Moms United for Black Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_United_for_Black_Lives "Moms United for Black Lives") [Mothers of Gynecology Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_of_Gynecology_Movement "Mothers of Gynecology Movement") [Mothers of the Movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_of_the_Movement "Mothers of the Movement") [Movement for Black Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Black_Lives "Movement for Black Lives") [Peoples Power Assemblies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Power_Assemblies "Peoples Power Assemblies") [Project South](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_South_$organization$ "Project South (organization)") [\#SayHerName](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SayHerName "SayHerName") [Stop Cop City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Cop_City "Stop Cop City") [Street Riders NYC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Riders_NYC "Street Riders NYC") [Taking the Initiative Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_Initiative_Party "Taking the Initiative Party") [Wall of Moms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Moms "Wall of Moms") [White Coats for Black Lives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Coats_for_Black_Lives "White Coats for Black Lives") \| \| Proposed legislation \| [BREATHE Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREATHE_Act "BREATHE Act") [Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_for_Diversity_in_the_Public_Realm "Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm") [Ending Qualified Immunity Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ending_Qualified_Immunity_Act "Ending Qualified Immunity Act") [George Floyd Justice in Policing Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_Justice_in_Policing_Act "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act") [George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_Law_Enforcement_Trust_and_Integrity_Act "George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act") [Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFE-T_Act "SAFE-T Act") [List of police reforms related to the George Floyd 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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_%28United_States%29.svg/250px-Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_%28United_States%29.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thin_Blue_Line_Flag_$United_States$.svg)[Thin blue line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line "Thin blue line") flag, commonly associated with the Blue Lives Matter movement \| \| \| Formation \| 2014; 12 years ago \| \| Founders \| Active and retired [law enforcement officers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_officer "Law enforcement officer") \| \| Founded at \| [New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"), New York, U.S. \| \| Type \| [Social movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement "Social movement") \| \| Location \| United States \| Blue Lives Matter (also known as Police Lives Matter) is a [countermovement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countermovement "Countermovement") in the United States that aims to show solidarity with [law enforcement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States "Law enforcement in the United States"). It emerged in 2014 in direct opposition to the [Black Lives Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter "Black Lives Matter") movement[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-1) and gained traction following the high-profile [homicides of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers "2014 killings of NYPD officers") in Brooklyn, New York.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-Longazel-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-DempseyForst2018-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-5) Supporters of Blue Lives Matter have called for crimes committed against police officers to be classified as [hate crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crimes "Hate crimes").[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) Critics have said that, while being Black is an inherent characteristic, being a police officer is a choice, and that police officers are already respected in most communities. They add that attacking or killing a police officer already carries a higher penalty than attacking a non-police officer in most states.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) Brutality against police officers during the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack") by Blue Lives Matter supporters has fueled further accusations of hypocrisy, especially following [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump")'s [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants "Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants") on the first day of [his second presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump"). History [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg/250px-Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Lives_Matter_Rally_in_The_Villages_Florida.jpg) A golf cart participating in a Blue Lives Matter rally held in [The Villages, Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida "The Villages, Florida") in June 2020 On December 20, 2014, in the wake of the [killings of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers "2014 killings of NYPD officers"), a group of [law enforcement officers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_officer "Law enforcement officer") formed Blue Lives Matter to counter media reports that they perceived to be anti-police.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-8) Blue Lives Matter is made up of active and retired law enforcement officers. The current national spokesman for Blue Lives Matter is retired [Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_Department "Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department") Lieutenant Randy Sutton.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-9) In September 2015, over 100 [Los Angeles police officers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department "Los Angeles Police Department") took part in a Blue Lives Matter rally in [Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles "Hollywood, Los Angeles") to "show support for the department at a time when \[...\] the ambush killings of police officers in cities elsewhere have left authorities across the nation feeling under siege."[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-10) Legislation Louisiana The Blue Lives Matter movement led to a state law in Louisiana (HB953) which made it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical service personnel.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffington-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) The [Louisiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana "Louisiana") law, passed in May 2016, makes it a hate crime to target police officers or firefighters. The legislation, authored by state Representative [Lance Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Harris "Lance Harris"), was signed into law by Governor [John Bel Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards "John Bel Edwards"). The law allows for hate crime felonies to carry an additional \$5,000 fine or five years in prison, while hate crime misdemeanors to carry an additional \$500 fine or six months in prison.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-:0-6) The [ACLU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union "American Civil Liberties Union") and others, including supporters of enhanced penalties for crimes against police officers, have opposed the bill.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-13) The law has also been criticized for weakening the impact of the Hate Crimes Act by adding categories of people who are already better protected under other laws and characterized by their career choice instead of people persecuted for lifelong personal characteristics they cannot choose such as race, sexual orientation, and [gender identity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity "Gender identity").[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-15) That police deaths are decreasing overall has also led some to question the need for such laws.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-18) Criticism [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg/250px-2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2020-06-02-MarinCity-Protest-BlackLivesMatter-GeorgeFloyd_402.jpg) A sign criticizing Blue Lives Matter at a [Black Lives Matter protest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests "George Floyd protests") Critics of Blue Lives Matter state that one's job does not have the deep identity significance and source of solidarity that one's racial identity can,[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19) and that Black identity and history is constantly under threat of erasure while police officers do not face this threat.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-20) Another source of criticism is the belief that African Americans in urban areas are unfairly suspected of being thieves and freeloaders, while police officers are typically respected and honored in communities.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoRussell-19)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-22) Some state that supporters of Blue Lives Matter are intentionally or unintentionally supporting a system of discriminatory policing and [racial profiling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_profiling "Racial profiling").[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14) Some critics of Blue Lives Matter laws state the laws are redundant as attacking or killing a police officer would already result in a harsher punishment than attacking a non-police officer.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-25) Others, such as [St. Martinville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martinville "St. Martinville") Police Chief, Calder Hebert, say these laws will make [resisting arrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resisting_arrest "Resisting arrest") a hate crime,[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-huffPoLou-12) which has drawn criticism as hate crimes are crimes in which victims are targeted because of identity-based characteristics such as [race](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_$human_categorization$ "Race (human categorization)"), [sexual orientation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation "Sexual orientation"), or [gender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender "Gender").[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-complex-14)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-26) According to [FBI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "Federal Bureau of Investigation") data, violence against police officers, as well as crime in general has decreased without these laws; calling into question their necessity.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-guardianDecline-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-nprNo-17)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-27) Frank Rudy Cooper, an expert on the intersectionality of identities and policing, wrote that the Blue Lives Matter movement is essentially an extension of the [blue wall of silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wall_of_silence "Blue wall of silence"), and the newest manifestation of police resistance to criticism.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-28)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-30) Following the [January 6 United States Capitol attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack "January 6 United States Capitol attack"), many have called the Blue Lives Matter movement hypocritical, as many rioters showed support for Blue Lives Matter despite assaulting [United States Capitol Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police "United States Capitol Police") (USCP) and [Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia "Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia") officers. [Harry Dunn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dunn_$police_officer$ "Harry Dunn (police officer)"), an African-American USCP officer, spoke of officers being beaten with Blue Lives Matter flags.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-31) This has led some to argue that Blue Lives Matter is more about suppressing minorities than supporting law enforcement. In an opinion piece for [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times"), Charles M. Blow opined that Blue Lives Matter "was never really about the protection of officers, generally speaking, but about allowing officers to treat with more impunity the people who protested the maltreatment of Black people".[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-32) In her opinion piece for [The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post"), Karen Attiah referred to Blue Lives Matter as "a bald-faced, hypocritical lie", noting that Capitol rioters brutally attacked African-American police officers such as [Eugene Goodman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Goodman "Eugene Goodman").[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-33) Writing for [Mother Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_$magazine$ "Mother Jones (magazine)") magazine, Nathalie Baptiste concluded that "Blue Lives Matter has never actually been about supporting law enforcement. It's been about trafficking in this implicitly racist message: What really matters is supporting police brutality against Black people and BLM protesters."[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-34) Trump's [pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants "Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants")—who collectively assaulted at least 174 police officers[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-35)—on the first day of [his second presidency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump "Second presidency of Donald Trump") led to further speculation about the sincerity of his and other Republicans' support for Blue Lives Matter.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-36)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter#cite_note-37) See also - [ACAB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAB "ACAB") - [All Lives Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Lives_Matter "All Lives Matter") - [Blue wall of silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wall_of_silence "Blue wall of silence") References 1. 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