tracking blm terrists, organizers, and sympathizers

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http://wnct.com/2016/10/03/students-stage-die-in-at-ecu-to-protest-racial-injustice/

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Students at East Carolina University organized a peaceful protest against racial injustice, Monday afternoon.

More than 100 students of various ethnicities and backgrounds staged a “die-in” on the brickyard outside the Mendenhall Student Center.

The student organization “R.E.S.I.S.T.”, which stands for “Relentlessly Ending Social Injustice by Solidarity and Teaching”, coordinated the peaceful protest against police brutality.

Public Relations Officer Brittany Weatherall says the student group supports the “Black Lives Matter” movement and wanted to build on similar protests previously held at UNC-Charlotte.die-in-pic2

“It’s us laying out on the ground in order to show kind of a symbol of black and brown bodies being laid out in the streets due to police brutality,” Weatherall said.

The group voiced their opposition to the recent officer-involved shooting in Charlotte and others across the country. Students also expressed concern about the state’s new police body and dash cam video law that prohibits the release of footage without a judge’s order. Voter registration ahead of this year’s presidential election as well as state and local races was also highly discussed topic.

A member of the ECU Marching Band also gave her support for the protest. This just 2 days after members of the band were met with boos after kneeling during the national anthem before this past Saturday’s football game.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/us/national-anthem-protests-high-schools.html?_r=0

Protest Started by Colin Kaepernick Spreads to High School Students

Over the weekend, three-quarters of the 44 Aurora Central Trojans football players knelt during “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the team crushed a rival, the Hinkley Thunderbirds, 41-6. A thousand miles away, students at Madison East and Madison West High Schools in Wisconsin dropped to their knees, too.

So have players at Garfield High School in Seattle; Castlemont High in Oakland, Calif.; Woodrow Wilson High in Camden, N.J.; and Mission High in San Francisco. At Omaha Central High, cheerleaders and band members have joined the protest. And in Beaumont, Tex., so have 11- and 12-year-olds from a youth team called the Beaumont Bulls. They have received a variety of responses: In the case of the Bulls, internet comments included a call for coaches to be lynched and the children to be killed.

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http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/index.ssf/2016/10/alabama_students_stay_seated_d.html

Alabama students stay seated during national anthem at UK game to protest racial injustices

A group of about 30 University of Alabama students sat during the Million Dollar Band performance of the national anthem at the homecoming game against Kentucky in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.

The Crimson White first reported the protests were organized by a group of UA students to echo the movement started by San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick after he knelt during the song in August to protest ongoing issues of oppression of people of color and police brutality in the U.S.

Michael Coates, a junior majoring in criminal justice, was one of the roughly 30 students participating in the protest. He told the CW that he, as an African American student, has witnessed and been victim to racial injustices.

He told the CW that the protest meant no disrespect to the country or veterans but that they only wanted to shed light on racial injustices in the U.S.

Dwyer Freeman, another student and participant in the protest, told the CW the protest was an act of solidarity for those "harmed under the flag that's supposed to represent them."

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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17708856/milwaukee-bucks-stand-unity-national-anthem-preseason-game-chicago-bulls

CHICAGO -- The Milwaukee Bucks stood together in a show of "unity" during the national anthem before Monday's preseason opener against the Chicago Bulls.

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http://www.witn.com/content/news/395523401.html

ECU MUSIC SCHOOL: Additional band protests "won't be tolerated"

GREENVILLE, NC (WITN) - Top administrators with ECU's music department say additional protests by the university's marching band "will not be tolerated".

That came in a statement late Monday afternoon from the director of athletic bands, the director of the School of Music, and the dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

On Saturday during the ECU/University of Central Florida football game, 19 members of the Marching Pirates knelt in protest during the national anthem.

The three music school administrators say they have met with the band and members have reaffirmed their commitment and responsibility that comes with wearing the band uniforms.

"College is about learning, and it is our expectation that the members of the Marching Pirates will learn from this experience and fulfill their responsibilities," said the statement. "While we affirm the right of all our students to express their opinions, protests of this nature by the Marching Pirates will not be tolerated moving forward."

The statement differs from what the chancellor said on Saturday. Dr. Cecil Staton said civil discourse "is an East Carolina value and part of our ECU creed".

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/local/hundreds-march-to-protest-fatal-police-shooting-of-terrence-sterling/2016/10/04/00b7f6e4-89eb-11e6-8cdc-4fbb1973b506_video.html

October 4, 2016 12:20 AM EDT - Protesters blocked an intersection in downtown D.C. on Oct. 3 to demand the release of more information about the police shooting of Terrence Sterling, an unarmed black man.

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http://www.teenvogue.com/story/middle-school-football-team-beaumont-bulls-getting-death-threats-anthem-protest

This Middle School Football Team Is Getting Death Threats

A group of black middle school students decided to kneel in protest before their school's football games, and now they're faced with being suspended from the team and are even receiving death threats.

The Beaumont Bulls senior team, consisting of 11- and 12-year-old boys, began to kneel during the National Anthem of their football games after their coaches brought the idea of them. The team, which is entirely black, saw football player Colin Kaepernick's protest of the anthem during NFL games as inspiration for their actions. Colin started his peaceful protest as a way to speak out against racial injustice in America, particularly police brutality. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Colin told NFL Media in late August.

For the Beaumont Bulls, coaches and players alike are aware of what's at stake for them. “How can you not feel some kind of way about someone on the news getting shot down by police?” a coach told Bleacher Report. “How can you be so comfortable with injustice that you don’t want to do anything?”

But much like Colin, the team's actions have been met with severe backlash, especially in the conservative state of Texas. The young players reported that people said they wanted to burn and lynch them. The head coach, Rah-Rah Barber, has also been suspended for the rest of the season. The Bulls board said in an email statement obtained by Bleacher Report that Rah-Rah was not removed for the protests, but rather because of "improper removal of a coach and player from the team as well as a text message." That text, which was provided to Bleacher Report, has not been publicly disclosed, and members of the team don't believe the board's reasoning.

On top of that, the board of the Beaumont Bulls, also threatened to bench the team and cancel their season, even though the coaches got approval from them beforehand to kneel.

After the news got to local media about the parent organization not supporting the Bulls, the Bay Area Football League, the governing body under which the Bulls play, released an official statement to clarify their position.

On behalf of the Bay Area Football League (BAFL), we would like to take a moment to clarify BAFL’s position in regards to the Beaumont Bulls’ decision to kneel during the National Anthem prior the Senior Division game on 09/10/16. BAFL Officials were notified by the Bulls organization prior to the protest, and we fully supported the player‘s request to express themselves in the manner they felt justified. Their actions are clearly not in violation of any regulation, rules or policies within the Bay Area Football League. There has been no need for BAFL officials to intervene in the Beaumont Bulls’ decision, and as such, BAFL has not had the need to meet with parents, players or the Beaumont Bulls Organization Board at any time. There are scenarios occurring in society that until this point in time, we have not had to address.

Despite the hardships they continue to face and the fact that teams are now coming up with excuses not to play them, the Beaumont Bulls say they'll continue to protest all season and are hoping to take more action in the future. The players, coaches, and parents are all in.

“This is something that our boys are going to remember for the rest of their lives,” said parent April Parkerson. “They’ll know that they can fight for what they believe in.”