Why Black Lives Matter has gained momentum in a country where police shootings are rare

Amid anger and anxiety over two fatal police shootings in the United States, Black Lives Matter protests have erupted in Britain, where police patrol unarmed and have fatally shot very few people over the years. In the days after fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota — and deadly sniper fire in Texas, where five officers were killed and others were […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/07/10/why-black-lives-matter-has-gained-momentum-in-a-country-where-police-shootings-are-rare/