Obama to meet with Black Lives Matter activists and others at White House
Civil rights activists, including members of protest groups like Black Lives Matter, will meet at the White House Thursday with President Barack Obama as part of the administration’s marking of Black History Month.
A senior administration official said the gathering would be a “first-of-its-kind (event) as the President will convene leaders who represent different generations of civil rights leaders.”
That includes young activists from groups formed in the wake of incidents of police violence in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore.
A White House statement said Aislinn Pulley, a leader of Black Lives Matter Chicago, and Deshaunya Ware, a student leader of the University of Missouri protest group Concerned Student 1950, would attend the meeting.
Other invited leaders include Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, NAACP President Cornell Brooks and National Urban League leader Marc Morial.
The group will “discuss a range of issues including the administration’s efforts on criminal justice reform, building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve and the President’s priorities during his final year in office,” the official said, adding that Attorney General Loretta Lynch would also be present.
CNN via Progressives Today
Well, when the Right Reverent Al Sharpton says “meet”, you meet. Priorities. Perhaps Obama has some suggestions of some policemen that need to be killed.