Rep. Cedric
Richmond: ‘Can’t Use Black Lives Matter As Scapegoat’
by Dr. Susan Berry 8 Jul 2016
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
says the Black Lives Matter movement is being used as a “scapegoat” after five
Dallas police officers were shot and killed during protests.
At a press
conference convened Friday morning by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) following
the shootings, Richmond referred to the CBC as the “conscience” and
“intellectual capacity” of Congress as he used the fatal shootings of Alton
Sterling of Louisiana
and Philando Castile of Minnesota by police officers, and the killing
of the Dallas
police officers as reason to call for further gun control measures.
“When we look at this Congress, we can do nothing but
conclude that they are co-conspirators in the devaluation of the lives of men
and women of color,” Richmond said, adding:
People cannot use Black Lives Matter as a scapegoat.
Those young kids came together to protest something that was not imagined,
something that was real. They started protesting in Ferguson, and the sad part
is we keep having more events that they have to protest. So when we talk about
their anger and frustration and their activism, you can’t blame them for these
incidents happening. And as much as people would like to call them thugs and
other things, they do that for their comfort, so that they can explain to
themselves why bad things happen…The Black Lives Matter movement has been
positive and created and sparked a debate…
Many members of the CBC who spoke attempted to distance
the Black Lives Matter movement from the fatal Dallas police shootings,
presenting the movement as merely a group of young black people looking for
more opportunities.
Richmond continued that Black Lives Matter’s ultimate
goal is “economic
opportunity so every young black boy and girl can reach their
dreams.”
“And about blaming Pres. Obama –
that’s just absolute nonsense from people who just can’t get over the fact that
Michelle
Obama, President Obama, and his children wake up every day in the
White House,” he said.
Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC)
Cedric Richmond
is a member of the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC), and a member of the LA
congressional delegation.
Note: Barack Obama was a
member of
the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC),
and is married to Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama is
married to Barack Obama, babysat Jesse L. Jackson Jr., a friend of Santita Jackson, and was an advocate
for the ONE Campaign.
Jesse L. Jackson
Jr.’s babysitter was Michelle Obama,
a member of the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC), is married to Sandi
Jackson, Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s son.
Santita Jackson
is a friend of Michelle Obama, Malia Obama’s godmother, and Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s daughter.
Jesse L. Jackson
Sr. is Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
& Santita Jackson’s father, the founder
& president of the RainbowPUSH
Coalition, his mistress was Karin L.
Stanford, and an organizer for the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference.
Karin L. Stanford
was Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s mistress,
the Washington director for the RainbowPUSH
Coalition, and a consultant for the Yucaipa
Companies.
Joe Leonard Jr.
was the Washington bureau chief for the RainbowPUSH
Coalition, and an executive director for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
Ralph Abernathy
was the president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, a 1963
civil rights march leader, and a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi.
Alcee L. Hastings
is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi,
and a member of the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC).
John Conyers Jr. is
a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi, and
a founding member of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus (CBC).
Robert L. Johnson
is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi,
the founder of the Black Entertainment
Network, and was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
John C. Malone was
an investor in the Black Entertainment
Network, and a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Chelsea V. Clinton
is a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp,
the vice chair for the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is William
J. Clinton & Hillary Rodham
Clinton’s daughter, and was an employee at McKinsey & Company.
Hillary Clinton on Dallas Police Ambush: Need Police
Reforms, Gun Control (PAST RESEARCH)
Sunday, July 10, 2016
McKinsey &
Company was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Bobby
Jindal was a consultant for McKinsey
& Company, and a Louisiana state
government governor.
Thomas C. Leppert
was the vice chairman for McKinsey &
Company, and a Dallas (TX) mayor.
William J. Clinton
is Chelsea V. Clinton’s father,
married to Hillary Rodham Clinton,
the founder of the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation, an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was an adviser
for the Yucaipa Companies.
Karin L. Stanford
was a consultant for the Yucaipa
Companies, Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s
mistress, and the Washington director for the RainbowPUSH Coalition.
Joe Leonard Jr.
was the Washington bureau chief for the RainbowPUSH
Coalition, and an executive director for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was a director at the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is Chelsea V. Clinton’s mother, married to William J. Clinton, and the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Ready
PAC (Ready For Hillary)
supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham
Clinton presidential campaign.
Mark
Dayton was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is the Minnesota state government governor.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Economic Policy Institute.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for
the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary),
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Economic Policy Institute, and the Harlem Children's Zone.
Keith Ellison is a
director at the Economic Policy
Institute, a member of the Congressional
Black Caucus (CBC), and a
director at the Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, an advocate for the ONE Campaign, is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Independence USA PAC, a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Independence
USA PAC is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign, a lawyer
at Sidley Austin LLP, is married to Barack Obama, Craig M. Robinson’s sister, babysat Jesse L. Jackson Jr., a friend of Santita Jackson.
Jesse L. Jackson
Jr.’s babysitter was Michelle Obama,
a member of the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC), is married to Sandi
Jackson, Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s son.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, a member of the Congressional
Black Caucus (CBC), and is married to Michelle
Obama.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Newton N. Minow
is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Penny S. Pritzker
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, a director
at the Export-Import Bank of the US,
was the national finance chair,
fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national
co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008,
and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball
coach for the children's team.
Sandi Jackson was
a VP for Congressional affairs for the Export-Import
Bank of the US, and is married to Jesse
L. Jackson Jr.
Jesse L. Jackson
Jr. is married to Sandi Jackson,
Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s son, and was Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
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