The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
August 20, 2015

Somerville, MA Officials Hang "Black Lives Matter" Banner at City Hall 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------


 
City officials in Somerville, Massachusetts, have hung a banner with the
words "Black Lives Matter" on the front of City Hall. According to The
Boston Globe, Mayor Joe Curtatone worked with Black Lives Matter
Cambridge to create the banner. The mayor said the move was "a very
clear statement we are making to the community that we recognize that
structural racism exists in our society; it exists in our public and
private institutions."

 

.