"Baseball team hosts ‘Blue Lives Matter Day’ on Michael Brown shooting anniversary"
Apparently there was a bluelivesmatter event on the same day as Michael Browns murders.
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We put a lot of thought into whether or not to hold this promotion when Blue Lives Matter originally approached us. We try our best to accurately represent the interests of our community, and this issue is so divisive that it seemed like people wanted us to draw a line in the sand. But the more we thought about it, it came to down to this: Blue Lives Matter is an organization that supports the families of those who have been killed in action. I can’t pretend for a minute to understand who is right and who is wrong when something like that happens, but I DO know that families should NOT have to suffer. And for that reason, anyone who wants our help in raising resources to help those in need in our community will always have our ear.
I’m comfortable with the decision to support an organization that helps those in need, and I will continue to seek opportunities for the Staten Island Yankees to do so in the future.
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Like I don't necessarily fully agree with the direction of the blacklivesmatter movement but this is such a slap in the face. Even if the date was a "coincidence" why would use the same slogan. It pretty much validates what they are trying to say
http://fox2now.com/2015/08/10/baseba...g-anniversary/
and there was controversy obviously
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On the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, this is what the SI Yankees organization chooses to do? This is beyond poor judgement. Did it occur to anyone at the SI Yankees how alienating this is to fans who have been deeply affected by the events that spurred the "Black Lives Matter" movement, including those right here in Staten Island?
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