By Deron Dalton
Organizers of Black Lives Matter want black girls to know the organization stands up for them and their safety.
The New York City chapter is launching a national call of action and campaign for every black girl in the U.S. The “Every Black Girl” campaign is a response to a video released Monday depicting former Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Fields body-slamming a young black girl at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina.
Black Lives Matter: NYC strategist Nakisha Lewis is spearheading the campaign against the criminalization of black girls, which launched with the Twitter hashtag #EveryBlackGirl on Thursday and, on Instagram, #EveryBlackGirlMatters, after the video struck an emotional chord with her. On Friday, Black Lives Matter released a letter addressed to the girls who were arrested and an #EveryBlackGirlMatter petition.
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