Moment of silence for fallen police officers interrupted with shouts of ‘black lives matter’

Joe NewbyJuly 29, 2016

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A moment of silence for fallen police at the DNC was interrupted with shouts of "black lives matter"

On Thursday, a moment of silence for fallen police officers was held at the Democratic National Convention, but it was interrupted with shouts of “black lives matter,” angering a number of people.

Here’s a short clip from ABC News. The shouts can be heard at the end:

Moment of silence held during #DemConvention for all of America's fallen police officers. https://t.co/lCabBRZN22

— ABC News (@ABC) July 29, 2016

Reaction was pretty much what you’d expect:

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

Yes

who was the creep who yelled out during the police officer moment of silence? b gone #DemsinPhilly

— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) July 29, 2016

Two worst moments at conventions: Yelling during a moment of silence at DNC, and someone yelling f—– at Peter Thiel at RNC.

— ryan teague beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) July 29, 2016

Screaming words of protest during a moment of silence for fallen police officers does not help your cause. #DNC #BlueLivesMatterToo

— Tara (@TheBravoBlonde) July 29, 2016

The Washington Times added:

Two people interrupted a moment of silence meant to honor slain police officers at Democrats’ convention Thursday, shouting “black lives matter” as the rest of the thousands assembled were quiet.

Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, whose city was the scene of the ambush that left five police officers dead and seven wounded earlier this month, asked for the moment of silence.

After things quieted down, a man interrupted with the “black lives matter” shout, and a woman then interjected herself.

As the Times noted, the two major parties handled the issue of police shootings quite differently. While Republicans paid homage to officers killed in two ambushes, Democrats spent much of their convention focusing on those who died at the hands of officers.

It really isn’t surprising, given this is the party that endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement and spent much of the primary pandering to the anti-police movement as Obama hosted their leaders in the White House.

Writing at Townhall.com, Cortney O’Brien said:

Black Lives Matter activists have the right to protest against what they believe is police brutality – but during a moment of silence for murdered officers and the devastated families they’ve left behind? Unthinkable.

We agree…