Civil Rights Group Explains Significance of Black Lives Matter and Anti-Racism in Letter to Wisc. Sheriff

After cuts in funding for a domestic violence home that BLM supported, the National Lawyers Committee takes action

Wisconsin county officials who disconnected from a domestic violence home for helping the shelter for Black Lives Matter (BLM) should acknowledge that demands for equality do not constitute hostility to law enforcement, as reported Monday by Lawyers’ Committee for Civil letter stating legal rights to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department.

The letter aims to educate district officials on what it means to support Black Lives Matter’s appeal, noting that the shelter’s support for BLM is not hostile to law enforcement and that BLM’s support is the missions of public service providers like the animal shelter and local law enforcement.

“A shelter that helps survivors of sexual and domestic violence, including women of color and others, should be allowed to stand up against racism without retaliation,” said Arusha Gordon, assistant director of the James Byrd Jr. Center, in an attempt to stop attorney hatred. Civil Rights Committee according to the law. “We hope that district officials learn that calling for racism is not divisive or is intended to harm law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement leaders, American companies, and organizations across the country have come together to declare racism and say Black Lives is Matter. We hope the district leadership, including the sheriff, will accept our invitation to speak and learn more about the inequality in our society. ”

The letter states that Wisconsin’s population is overwhelmingly white and not immune to the effects of systemic racism: black babies in Wisconsin are three times more likely to die than white babies; Wisconsin incarcerates black men faster than any other state; and Milwaukee remains the most segregated city in the country due to a history of racially exclusive mortgage programs and policies that prohibited black families from moving to white neighborhoods.

Read the letter here.

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