The Black Lives Matter movement was created in response to increasing amounts of state violence against African Americans in the United States. Black Lives Matter is not a movement against cops, it is a movement towards the eradication of fear and vulnerability. Alicia Garza. Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors created the Black Lives Matter movement, in part, due to a question,
"What if it were _____?" (insert: my son, my daughter, my loved one, me)
#BLACKLIVESMATTER