Cenk Uygur
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Blue Lives Matter Billboards Popping Up Across The Country
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October 18, 2015
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October 18, 2015
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3:40Now PlayingYou know there is a #BlackLivesMatter movement. You may not know there is also a #BlueLivesMatter countermovement. Blue Lives Matter appears to have deeper pockets as they’ve recently put up over three hundred billboards across the country. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"“Blue Lives Matter” is freckling deep-blue billboards nationwide, drawing backlash from critics bashing them as racist and distasteful. But it appears that those behind the signs don’t understand why the public campaign, which follows the rise of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, is igniting fury.
The Louisiana-based Lamar Advertising Company has unleashed more than 300 of the signs that bear “Blue Lives Matter,” in all caps, at the center. A badge with the words “police officer” lies to the left.
Trace Hallowell, managing partner at Tactical Magic, the branding company that created the billboards, has said he was “dismayed to hear” that anyone would think the ads were offensive to African Americans, according to blogger Davy V., who says he spoke with Hallowell.”*
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