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Scott PowersOctober 28, 2016

Women who lost their children to gun violence or in police-involved incidents organized as “Mothers of the Movement” will campaign for Hillary Clinton in Tampa and Orlando Friday and Saturday, Clinton’s campaign announced. The group features Lucia McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis; Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner; Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2016

The Mothers of the Movement will be appearing this weekend at three locations in Jacksonville. The African-American women have a chilling common bond: all of them are surviving mothers of children who died either while in state custody or after an altercation with law enforcement. On hand Saturday: Lucie McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis; Gwen Carr, the mother of […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2016

Some conservatives scoffed when they learned a portion of the Democratic National Convention would be devoted to the mothers of some black youths notoriously killed at the hands of law enforcement in recent years. What about the slain police officers?, Bill O’Reilly opined. The “social justice” segment, as it was called, began with a speech […]

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