Someone never learned that everything is political.
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“We were just focused on having something positive come out of something negative,” he told Yahoo News. “We just wanted to get them out of the house and put a smile on their face.”
Their goal was to raise money for the Liu and Ramos families, who lost their main source of income, to help pay for their children’s college tuition.
“Even nine months later, it’s very hard, so we want the families to know that people care for them and are still there to support them,” Imperatrice said. “People of all nationalities were there. It was a great day.”
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Similarly, Judd Legum, the editor in chief of the liberal blog Think Progress, argued that Blue Lives Matter is insensitive in that it draws attention away from victims of police violence.
“Like the refrain ‘All Lives Matter,’ it is used — online and elsewhere — to undercut the notion that there is a particular problem with police brutality against people of color,” he wrote.
http://news.yahoo.com/staten-island-yankees-blue-lives-matter-day-black-lives-matter-brooklyn-cyclones-172121375.html
Staten Island Yankees respond to ‘Blue Lives Matter Day’ controversy
Minor league team’s general manager says the fundraiser for slain officers’ families was apolitical
By Michael Walsh
August 10, 2015 1:46 PM
Yahoo News
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