Alycia Pascual-Pena, left, and Marley Ralph kneel while holding a Black Lives Matter banner last July during a protest in memory of Breonna Taylor, in Los Angeles. Black Lives Matter and other activists protest possible Biden appointment for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The slogan Defund the Police, like Black Lives Matter in 2014, created a dialogue that turned some people off--even some black ones. Black Lives Matter murals, graffiti and art that popped up on thousands of boarded-up businesses began disappearing, until a pair of activists stepped in to preserve them. Black Lives Matter helped shape the 2020 election.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 02, 2020 20:41 UTC