"Black Lives Matter" Movement to Be Awarded Peace Prize
Edmund Kozak reports at Lifezette:
The Black Lives Matter movement will receive the Sydney Peace Prize, an award given by the Sydney Peace Foundation -- part of the University of Sydney -- and be honored at an event in the city in November, the foundation announced this week.
Black Lives Matter was chosen for allegedly "building a powerful movement for racial equality, courageously reigniting a global conversation around state violence and racism. And for harnessing the potential of new platforms and power of people to inspire a bold movement for change at a time when peace is threatened by growing inequality and injustice," the foundation's website states.
"Defenders of law enforcement against the often-violent, racially charged and hateful rhetoric of the Black Lives Matter movement, which often openly advocates for violence against police, expressed disapproval," Lifezette states.
"Giving a peace prize to a group that foments violent demonstrations would be enough to give irony a bad name," observed Georgetown law professor William Otis, according to Lifezette.
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