90 Miles From Tyranny : White House Petition To Recognize Black Lives Matter As Terrorists Nears 100,000 Signatures

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

White House Petition To Recognize Black Lives Matter As Terrorists Nears 100,000 Signatures

A citizen-led web petition calling on the federal government to officially recognize Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization is approaching 100,000 signatures, the minimum threshold for a response from the White House.

The petition, created on the official White House petition site a day before the deadly massacre of police officers in Dallas, Texas by black supremacist Micah Xavier Johnson, has gathered considerable momentum over the weekend, and at its current rate will...Read More HERE

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where did Americans ever get the idea that sending petitions to the government was how things got done?

Didn't anyone pay attention to their HS Civics classes? The Petition plays zero role in American political process. Congress passes laws. Those laws are written and introduced by congressmen. Then the president signs them. Then the executive branch enforces them. See a petition anywhere in that process?

Unknown said...

This petition is site is part of the White House website. The petition idea there was an idea of the President as way to find out what the public is wanting.