Black & Blue, Stronger Together

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Black & Blue, Stronger Together updated their website address.

Still looking to get this movement off the ground, and need your help. Action costs money, and until we can seed this movement, it will simply stand still.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

Black & Blue, Stronger Together updated their info in the about section.

Black & Blue, Stronger Together added a button to help you learn more about them.

Here the deal. There are plenty of racist laws out there. They were written by law makers, not the police.

These are the same lawmakers that are agreeing that the police are the problem, but they are NOT changing the racist laws. We need to push the lawmakers to take responsibility for the racist laws, and fix the actual laws and the entire post-arrest process.

We need to come together to make this happen. The law makers are happy taking tax money and watching the police take the blame for their actions.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

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Still in need of everyone to share these posts and links to GFM. The only way to get this movement off the ground is to get a mass of people behind it, and get a bit of startup funds so we can put some real actions into motion.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

Remember, the only way we can get any traction, is to have funds to start things rolling. We need donations, likes and shares to get the word out there. Together we can make a difference.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

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We need to be this shared, and start the donations flowing. Its unfortunate, but without money, no one will give us an opportunity. Lets share and get the organization moving forward.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

We need to raise money to get an audience with the people that matter.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

We can’t make a difference without you.

Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

We can’t solve this without your help...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-and-blue-stronger-together

Please like, share and promote the effort to establish a real-world presence, and build this as a "to be heard" organization helping heal the wounds in our society.

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Black & Blue Stronger Together, organized by Tim Finnemore In an attempt to foster a partnership between the African American community, and the po… Tim Finnemore needs your support for Black & Blue Stronger Together

If I see a sign saying..
“We don’t serve police or military” you wont be serving me either 😡

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Charlie Chaplin - Let Us All Unite [HD] In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time. In 2008, Martin Sieff, in a review of the book Chaplin:...

Take a moment. Trust has to start somewhere.

Last Friday night I was standing outside of a barbershop in Cincinnati, Oh,with a small group of mostly black men, when this officer walked over to a group of us. He looked around curiously and said “I don’t see a car blocking an intersection” while shaking his head. I asked him what was he talking about. He said someone called and reported that we had a car blocking the intersection. He paused for a minute and shook his head again. In that moment we both nodded and acknowledged what had just happened. Someone basically saw our group and made a false report. I asked him how long he had been on the job and he said 10 months. He asked what we were doing at the barbershop and so told him about the barbershop challenge Men of Courage and Ford Fund has sponsored. I asked if he wanted to come inside. He said he wanted to, but didn’t want to spoil the fun with his presence. Again we both nodded and acknowledged the reality of distrust between the community and police officers. I offered to take him inside so he could meet the owners and establish a relationship. I told him that someone has to take the first step to healing these relationships. He said he wanted to, but was unsure of what the reaction would be. I told him it would be cool and that Jerome Bettis and a host of other amazing people were inside. He lit up like a lightbulb and said “No way The Bus is in there”, with a kid like smile. I said hold on, I’ll grab him and have him come out. Jerome Bettis came out and the officer stood there with his mouth agape before saying “if my dad was still alive he would be so excited, because you were his favorite player”. We all stopped and sat in the moment before they went on to take a selfie together. It was one of those moments that reminded me of our humaneness, our frailties and our similarities. In that moment we were all just men navigating the world without the mask we are taught and trained to wear. I could have taken my offense to the call out on the officer and accused him of being a racist cop. He could have believed the caller and acted based on stereotypes about black men in groups. But we chose to just see each other and talk like humans. It’s ultimately a decision we can all make. When he lit up like a kid at seeing his dad’s sports hero, I saw a little boy and the uniform no longer mattered. We can collectively choose to see beyond the uniforms we all wear. It’s not easy and there is a lot of work to be done, but if we can at least start seeing each other, I believe things will get better. Photo credit Ernest Sisson Jr.

TOGETHER!!!

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We must never forget, we must be here for each other.

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In a time where good police officers are being attacked to no reason, this sends the wrong message.

Virginia Senate passes bill allowing assaulting a police officer to be a misdemeanor A controversial bill is moving forward during the current Virginia General Assembly special session.

Looking for like minded individuals, Minority business leaders, police officers and community members looking to foster community partnership and mutual growth.

We need a business partner to create promotional materials, such as; T-Shirts, Pens, Fliers, Mugs & more.

We need business partner to manage website, social media presence, and donation & membership.

A lawyer to be sure everything is in order. A business manager to lead us (I don't assume to deserve this).

We need members to fill "Board of Executive" positions.

This is merely a starting point, together we will build relationships, and forge a new path toward police and community education. Together we can affect legislation to mold a national police certification that will include training to increase cultural sensitivity, awareness, deescalation techniques and more.

Imagine what we can do together...

Send a message for information, or to schedule a conversation of how we can work together for a better future.

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