Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 13:13:07 GMT -6
A Chicago activist turned down an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama on Thursday prior to the annual White House Black History Month reception.
Aislinn Pulley, who co-founded Black Lives Matter: Chicago, was among about 20 people invited to what the White House billed as an intergenerational meeting of black leaders to discuss criminal justice reform throughout the U.S., according to a White House official.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch also was expected to attend the event Thursday afternoon. Other invitees included the Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP President Cornell Brooks, University of Missouri student organizer DeShaunya Ware and DeRay McKesson, a prominent activist running for mayor of Baltimore.
Pulley has been a fixture in citywide demonstrations condemning police violence against minorities, including regular protests at Chicago Police Board meetings demanding the firing of Detective Dante Servin after the fatal shooting of Rekia Boyd in 2012.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-lives-matter-reject-white-house-meeting-20160218-story.html
Aislinn Pulley, who co-founded Black Lives Matter: Chicago, was among about 20 people invited to what the White House billed as an intergenerational meeting of black leaders to discuss criminal justice reform throughout the U.S., according to a White House official.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch also was expected to attend the event Thursday afternoon. Other invitees included the Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP President Cornell Brooks, University of Missouri student organizer DeShaunya Ware and DeRay McKesson, a prominent activist running for mayor of Baltimore.
Pulley has been a fixture in citywide demonstrations condemning police violence against minorities, including regular protests at Chicago Police Board meetings demanding the firing of Detective Dante Servin after the fatal shooting of Rekia Boyd in 2012.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-lives-matter-reject-white-house-meeting-20160218-story.html