The Boston chapter of the Black Lives Matter group excluded white people from a forum Sunday to discuss the fatal police shooting of 41-year-old Angelo West.
The group’s exclusionary policy incensed Joao DePina, whose brother Michael was gunned down in Dorchester last summer, the Boston Herald reported. He stormed out of the Black Lives Matter meeting Sunday after he said he was confronted for saying the discussion focused too much on the shooting and not a platform to improve police and community relations, the Herald reported.
“I came in here to basically say to them we can’t jump on this issue and automatically say the police are wrong,” Mr. DePina told the Herald. “We’re segregating our own selves. How can you have a meeting and say, ‘I don’t want white people in it?’ There’s plenty of white people that are behind our issues and our matters, so how can you close the door?”
“Deep thanks to those who came out to our community meeting, held each other in love, and re-committed to the work of Black liberation. It is our duty,” a group member posted on Facebook.
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Such hypocrites. The guy in question, Angelo West was killed after shooting a policeman in the face. Apparently, they're entranced by the publicity that Ferguson,MO got and want a piece of the action. To hell with right or wrong. Just give us a piece of the action.
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