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07-27-2016, 03:07 AM
Will the Black Lives Matter moms help Hillary Clinton win?
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The Black Lives Matter movement is front and center at the Democratic convention Tuesday, with numerous speakers scheduled to address the issue from a very personal standpoint.
The Mothers of the Movement, women whose sons have been killed at the hands of police across America, are expected to give powerful speeches at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
SEE ALSO: Before Alton and Philando: 12 other black men killed by police, on video (http://mashable.com/2016/07/07/police-shootings-on-video/)
They include: the mother of Eric Garner, the New Yorker killed in a chokehold (http://mashable.com/2014/12/04/eric-garner-nypd-chokehold-protests/) by police in 2014; the mother of Sandra Bland, who was found dead (http://mashable.com/2015/07/16/sandra-bland-death-texas-jail/) in her prison cell after being arrested on her way to work in 2015; the mother of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager shot dead (http://mashable.com/2014/08/11/brown-shooting-ferguson-protests/) by police in 2014; and *the mother of Trayvon Martin (http://mashable.com/2012/03/20/trayvon-martin/), the unarmed Florida teen fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in 2012. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/26/black-lives-matter-democratic-convention/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Black Lives Matter movement is front and center at the Democratic convention Tuesday, with numerous speakers scheduled to address the issue from a very personal standpoint.
The Mothers of the Movement, women whose sons have been killed at the hands of police across America, are expected to give powerful speeches at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
SEE ALSO: Before Alton and Philando: 12 other black men killed by police, on video (http://mashable.com/2016/07/07/police-shootings-on-video/)
They include: the mother of Eric Garner, the New Yorker killed in a chokehold (http://mashable.com/2014/12/04/eric-garner-nypd-chokehold-protests/) by police in 2014; the mother of Sandra Bland, who was found dead (http://mashable.com/2015/07/16/sandra-bland-death-texas-jail/) in her prison cell after being arrested on her way to work in 2015; the mother of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager shot dead (http://mashable.com/2014/08/11/brown-shooting-ferguson-protests/) by police in 2014; and *the mother of Trayvon Martin (http://mashable.com/2012/03/20/trayvon-martin/), the unarmed Florida teen fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in 2012. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/26/black-lives-matter-democratic-convention/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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