“What happened in the tragedy in Dallas is a setback to the effort for police accountability because of the narrative that has been written about it both from media and from many politicians,” said Judith Browne Dianis, the executive director of the Advancement Project, a civil rights organization in Washington. “In some ways, the narrative today sweeps the anger, the fear, the pain of black people under the rug.”
Browne Dianis pointed to Friday’s cover of the New York Post, which read “CIVIL WAR,” and a now-deleted tweet from former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh as examples of how the narrative about the Black Lives Matter movement has been misconstrued. After the Dallas shooting, Walsh tweeted, “This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after you.”
Browne Dianis said the depiction of the Black Lives Matter movement as against the police is “dangerous and inaccurate.”
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