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Black Lives Matter activists were among those who used social media on Friday and Saturday to call attention to the case of Daniel Shaver, a 26-year-old man who was shot to death by a police officer in Mesa, Arizona in January 2016.

A disturbing, graphic video of the shooting was released shortly after the officer who killed Shaver, who was white, was acquitted of second-degree murder.

The video shows Shaver following the officer's instructions to crawl toward him and begging him not to shoot.

The officer had come to Shaver's hotel room after another guest reported that Shaver was pointing a rifle out of his window; he was actually showing a pellet gun he owned to a friend.

Prominent Black Lives Matter supporters including Shaun King and DeRay McKesson, as well as others who have drawn attention to police killings of black Americans, posted on Twitter about the case.

The Brutal Police Execution of Daniel Shaver

Sadly I've studied 100s of videos of American police executing non-violent, unarmed people. This is one of the worst I've ever witnessed.

This happened in January of 2016, but the judge just released the video.

A grave injustice. pic.twitter.com/O3UjLb3mZJ

Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 8, 2017

#DanielShaver should be alive today.

deray (@deray) December 8, 2017

There is no excuse for this pattern of police brutality--how many videos of unarmed people being gunned down by cops do we need to see before policies change? #DanielShaver and his family deserve justice. https://t.co/yneLzMcLqJ

Rashad Robinson (@rashadrobinson) December 8, 2017

the American criminal justice system, as currently constructed, is not designed to indict or convict on-duty police officers who shoot and kill people -- no matter the circumstances of the shooting #DanielShaver https://t.co/DLjAdXePtP

Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) December 9, 2017

The Black Lives Matter movement has fought to bring attention to cases of unarmed African-Americans who have been killed by police officers, and to advocate for law enforcement reforms that would reduce police killings. Black men are nearly three times as likely to be killed by an officer than white men. In addition to drawing attention to this serious issue, the movement has argued that police reforms would keep all Americans safer from police violence.

Through their platform Campaign Zero, released in 2015, Black Lives Matter has urged comprehensive reforms including the establishment of disciplinary police commissions and civilian complaint offices, strengthening of use of force policies, and investment in rigorous and sustained training for police officers on engaging with the public.

At the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf argued that the case of Daniel Shaver should serve as a rallying call for Americans who have previously viewed Black Lives Matter as divisive.

"If you're horrified by Daniel Shavers untimely death, yet against Black Lives Matter, consider that Shaver might well be alive if only the Mesa police department had long ago adopted reforms of the sort that Black Lives Matter suggests," he wrote.

Meanwhile, others on social media noted that groups which might be expected to jump to Daniel Shaver's defensethe NRA, which supports Arizona's open-carry laws that allowed Shaver to have a firearm and the "All Lives Matter" movement which ostensibly hopes to draw attention to the killings of white Americanshave been silent about Shaver's death.

The insanely heavy-handed police response to Daniel Shaver came after someone reported seeing him with a rifle. (it was a pellet gun).

Arizona is open carry, including for long guns.

So the NRA will denounce this verdict and demand better training for Mesa police, right?

Radley Balko (@radleybalko) December 8, 2017

#DanielShaver was killed in cold blood by a trigger happy cop.

His death was completely avoidable and should be protested. Plus, the cop was found not guilty. As usual.

But where are the #AllLivesMatter hashtags?

You don't actually care. You only use it as a rebuttal to #BLM pic.twitter.com/hSiJozT45m

#BulletzGotBeatz (@100Bulletz) December 8, 2017

The fact that #AllLivesMatter is so stunning quiet about #DanielShaver tells you everything you already knew about what their agenda was in the first place.

Black Wolverine (@WolveyJohnson) December 9, 2017

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Yes, Bolt and friends, Im a black woman. A proud black woman. My culture and family made me who I am. My community made me strong, vocal, and they taught me ho...w to fight for whats right.

As an Aboriginal woman, I was born into politics. Ive dedicated my life to social justice, human rights and protecting country.

Ive stood in front of bulldozers to stop our native forests being logged and fought for a better education for our kids so they wont have to leave school at 14 like I did.

Those same core values of social and environmental justice are what brought me to the Greens.

Were at a time in history where we need leaders who understand the importance of connection to country and the need for sustainable living.

Right now, this country needs healing. It needs politicians with the guts to tackle climate change and stand up to the mining companies poisoning our land. It needs real people in politics who know what it's like to struggle with the rising cost of living.

Being Aboriginal is not all I am, but its the centre of who I am. Im a mother, a business owner, a community leader and someone who believes in fighting for what's right. I cant separate my culture from my politics and I wont apologise for it, it makes me a better representative for my electorate.

Im proud to be a First Nations woman. I belong to the oldest living culture in the world. Weve sustained and protected this land for thousands of years but our voices have been missing at the heart of government.

We need greater diversity in politics so that our government reflects our broad community. We need to walk together towards a future thats more inclusive for all of us.

So yes, if Im elected as the first Aboriginal woman to the Victorian Parliament, it will be historic. It will be a moment of unity at a time of deep division. It will give hope to every kid who thinks that they don't matter.

My values and my background as a grassroots campaigner standing up to vested interests are the reasons you can count on me to be a strong advocate for our diverse and compassionate Northcote community the place where I grew up and the people I love.

As for those who say, She doesnt look Aboriginal, I ask you, what does Aboriginal look like? Were not a caricature or a stereotype. We come in all shapes and sizes.

So yeah, Im black and Im proud of it and I'm more than ready for the challenges ahead.

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In the last year, members of the government have accused the Black Lives Matter organization of being a terrorist organization, calling those associated with it Black Identity Extremists. An August FBI report, called Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers, broadly categorized black activists as a threat to national security.

Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, described it to TechCrunch as COINTELPRO 2.0. COINTELPRO was a federal surveillance program that targeted civil rights leaders like Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and members of the Black Panther Party. In the present day, methods of government surveillance can entail anything from social media monitoring to the gathering of location data.

We take this really seriously, but weve seen this before, Cullors told me. The unfortunate reality is black folks during the 50s, 60s, 70s didnt have social media. They didnt have the advantage to know the FBI and CIA are spying on them. We are realizing it in real time.

While reports like that aredeeply disturbing, Cullors said, Black Lives Matter is in a time where its movement is alive and well. For example, LAs Black Lives Matter chapter is currently taking on the district attorney, who has yet to prosecute a single officer for the murder of black residents.

Our DA has not prosecuted one cop, Cullors said. Black Lives Matter LA is really holding our district attorneys feet to the fire.

Over in Toronto, the Black Lives Matter chapter recently won its fight to get cops permanently out of schools in the city. The Toronto District School Board launched a School Resource Officer program in 2008, which brought police officers into schools. Following criticism and calls to remove the police officers from Black Lives Matter and other activists, the school board voted late last month to end the program.

We are in this movement moment where over 40 chapters across the globe are engaged in campaign activities, winning new policies for black people, Cullors said.Our decentralized, localized leadership structure has really allowed for Black Lives Matter structures in their own communities to take on the state and take on some of the most egregious acts against black people.

Cullors said she is also pleased with the response of some black government officials. Cullors pointed to how Representative Karen Bass grilled Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the FBI report on black identity extremists during an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in November.

Next year, Cullors has plans to go on a book tour for her upcoming memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist, co-authored withasha bandele. Her goal with the book is for it to sell at least 250,000 copies in the first year and reach as many folks as possible, she said.

This book is for young black girls around the world, Cullors said. Those of us who have lived through state violence and over-policing for black girls who have witnessed family members die because of the war on drugs and incarceration. Its my offering to this generation to tell another story about black activists and the experience we had as children.

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Conservatives are demagoguing the Black Lives Matter movement after the attack in Dallas. Rudy Giuliani blames BLM for the attack, while Tomi Lahren says theyre the new KKK. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Gleib, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

In the minutes following the first reports of the murders of multiple Dallas police officers, The Blazes Tomi Lahren became one of the nations top trending topics on Twitter after she took to social media to blame Black Lives Matter demonstrators for openly applauding this war on cops.

In one now deleted tweet, Lahren compared BLM to the Ku Klux Klan.

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Of the many remarkable moments on our Australian trip so far, theres one that stands out.

On Tuesday night, we visited the Redfern community centre to meet with local Indigenous people and hear their stories.

After playing the didgeridoo, Nathan Scott stood up, opened up his notebook and read out his fathers story. He was only six months old when his father Douglas Scott was found hanged in his cell in Berrimah prison in Darwin. The family was told he had killed himself, but Nathans mother refused to believe this. For 20 years, his mother fought for justice for his father, but she never found it. The police harassed and surveilled the family when they asked questions, but there were no answers.

And yet, although the family never received justice and it was a great sacrifice for everyone involved, Nathan Scott said he wouldnt have done anything differently. For him, his fight for his father was a fight for all Indigenous Australian people.

As a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, this was powerful because people often say to us, its been four years and police are still killing black people, do you think your movement has failed? My answer is always the same: this has just begun. There is a long road to undo colonialism and racism. It is going to be a long road to achieve the things that we want but it doesnt mean you stop, it doesnt mean you give up.

When we started Black Lives Matter, we understood that this movement wasnt just for the United States but one that could centre black communities around the globe. We dont see this as a civil rights movement, we dont see this as relegated to the United States but as a human rights movement which allows us to have a broader conversation about anti-black racism across the globe.

So we have travelled to the UK, through the Americas, to Palestine and now to Australia. Throughout our travels we have seen that black people and Indigenous people are suffering, and, despite that suffering, local governments arent standing up for us. Wherever black people are, there is racism and the impacts of racism. Yet wherever black people are, there is resistance. We are still resisting and we are still calling for new ways of relating to us, were still calling for care and for dignity.

Black Lives Matter is in Australia to accept the Sydney peace prize, and meet with black Australians. During our trip, the thing that stands out to us most is that Indigenous Australians are facing some of the most horrendous living conditions in the world, sadly similar conditions to those in the US and Canada. Black Lives Matter is pertinent here in Australia and as we have conversations with people, we are realising that.

We have heard about the high incarceration rate of Indigenous people and Torres Strait Islanders. We have heard about the impact that colonialism has had on the family unit and how this has contributed to family violence. Weve heard about the deaths in custody, and the families who have lost their children held in custody. Many of these family members are calling these murders, because when they are finally able to see their children, they were bruised and battered, with broken bones.

Local government must hold law enforcement accountable for these atrocities. The government can no longer be silent, it must stand on the side of the original people of this land, and challenge the idea that their lives dont matter.

In the long term, the only way to change the living conditions of Indigenous communities is through divestment and then reinvestment. Over the years, local governments have completely divested from caring for our communities, so we are calling for a reinvestment in black and Indigenous communities. Were calling for divestment from resourcing agencies and local public agencies that cause harm and violence to our communities.

What makes our communities safe is for us to have access to healthy food, to feed our communities, to access jobs, and to be able to access public education. This can be achieved through reinvestment in Indigenous communities.

This is a long term struggle against racism. We stand on the shoulders of giants, of black leaders from across the globe, who have put their lives on the line to fight for not just the survival of black people but the thriving of black people.

We see our work as part of a much needed resurgence of a human rights movements in our country, in the US, but also abroad. We are not the first ones to do this, we know we are not going to be the last, we are part of a legacy of freedom fighters.

And while there is heartbreak, there is also hope. I am never numb to the impact racism has on my communities across the world. As I listened to the families that shared their stories on Tuesday at the Redfern community centre, I cried because that could be my family, that has been my family, and so my heart is with the Indigenous people of Australia.

But there is a growing desire for a broad base movement for Indigenous communities across the country. There is a desire to have a conversation in Australia that doesnt end with talking but that really catapults a new practice in how this country relates to its original people. That is really inspiring. Its inspiring to talk about how weve changed the landscape for our communities in the US and in Canada, and what might be possible here in this country. And this gives me hope.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network is in Australia to receive the Sydney Peace Prize. They will be awarded the prize at the City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture on 2 November and appear In Conversation in Melbourne on 4 November.

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