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All Points: Black Lives Matter

Sgt. Paul Hinton prays with a group of Black Lives Matter marchers in Dallas on Sunday. Hinton said "We are not black or white or hispanic. We are blue."
Sgt. Paul Hinton prays with a group of Black Lives Matter marchers in Dallas on Sunday. Hinton said "We are not black or white or hispanic. We are blue." Bonnie Jo Mount The Washington Post

Black Lives Matter is a national movement that campaigns against racial violence toward black people.

It began after the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., and grew sharply following the 2014 deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York City.

All Lives Matter quickly followed, with its advocates saying all racist violence should be resisted and limiting the discussion to blacks is wrong.

What do the two phrases mean to you, and which do you think should dominate national discussion?

Send no more than 150 words with your name, home address and telephone number to letters@star-telegram.com. Deadline is Wednesday for publication next Monday.

This story was originally published July 12, 2016 at 1:16 PM with the headline "All Points: Black Lives Matter."

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