Somerville vets: ‘All Lives Matter’
Somerville vets have hung an “All Lives Matter” banner over the city’s American Legion Post in response to the “Black Lives Matter” banner draped across City Hall, reports the Boston Herald.
“We’re not knocking Black Lives Matter. We’re not knocking anybody … We don’t care about your color. We don’t car about where you come from — all lives matter,” post Commander Dave Chamberlain told the Herald.
The “Black Lives Matter” banner at City Hall has been hanging there for more than a year. Members of police unions from several communities gathered outside City Hall last month to protest the sign. Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone said he will not take it down.
“In the military we’re all green. Everybody who served their country, their color was the same,” Mike Killoren, the post’s junior vice commander, told the Herald. “When you were in a foxhole, you didn’t give a (expletive) what color they were. They’re saving your life. That sign is going to stay up on the post.”
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