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Blue Lives Matter: Images Of Officers And Their Family Members

Florida photographer Amber Noble held a Blue Lives Matter project last year in hopes to shed some light on the human and family side of law enforcement.

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Blue Lives Matter: Images Of Officers And Their Family Members

Holding his mother’s badge who was lost in the line of duty and never got to meet her grandson

Blue Lives Matter: Images Of Officers And Their Family Members

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Mick Fowler 6 years ago

I'm a retired firefighter. This title is obnoxious. Wearing the Blue is a choice. Being a person of color and being persecuted for no good reason is why Black Lives Matter. I am privileged to rescue people from death. But I am ashamed of some of my "brothers in blue" who have decided to use their authority to persecute innocent lives.

44points

Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago

Thank you. For saving lives and for putting your life on the line. But mostlyThank You for not denying that there are bad apples in the basket who think that "Living While Black" is a reason to harras and even kill innocent citizens.

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Jeff Requier 3 years ago

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anarkzie 7 years ago

I have no problem with the project itself but I really think that you went with a poor choice of name, as it plays into the FOX news representation of BLM, as cop killers which they're not.

25points

Ryan Brenizer 5 years ago

Agreed. I appreciate the police. I value the work they do. The police offers I know personally are extremely fine people. And this is a valuable and important set of photos. But appropriating the "Black Lives Matter" frames anything under it as deliberately antagonistic, moreso because it replicates the structural problem of the original name (While they mean "X likes matter (also)," it sounds like these phrases might be saying "(only) X lives matter," especially to people pre-supposed to oppose them.

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Michael Wade 6 years ago

Really? It seems you do have a problem with the project.

0points

Full Name 5 years ago

Blue Lives Matter is a narrative for "BLM are cop killers"? I think you need to stop thinking so much about Fox news.

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M 6 years ago

You could have picked a different title....

20points

Marinka Masseus Photography 6 years ago

Beautiful project. Unfortunate title. The choice of title shows ignorance due to privilege. And it is unfortunate because you undermine the project you clearly care about.

11points

Full Name 5 years ago

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Greg Gable 5 years ago

Poor choice of title. Kinda takes the shine off of how good the images are

9points

Doe 5 years ago

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Maria Beilschmidt 7 years ago

These are beautiful. Such a powerful way to communicate WHY we need people willing to take on the job of enforcing the law.

7points

Stephen Lyford 4 years ago

How many of these officers report on the abuse of power that their fellow officers perpetrate on a daily basis?

6points

De Punaisepoetser 7 years ago

Of course do their lives matter, but the title makes me obnoxious.

6points

Tony Moon 7 years ago

I don't think you understand the word "obnoxious" and how to use it.

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NWB 4 years ago

Terrible name choice, while 'nice' photos they look a bit forced and not a lot of emotion shining through, the lighting is no ideal either, no emotive shadows in my opinion.

5points

Buzz Anderson 3 years ago

There is no doubt the vast majority are family men and women...too bad far too many of them don't think about that when the kill unarmed men and women. I remember a time when we respected cops and listened to them and believed them. I lived all over the world as a military brat and we learned how cops in different countries reacted to civilians...American cops have a tendency to react by killing them whereas in the majority of the world they lean how to defuse a situation without pulling guns and blowing them away and how many were INNOCENT of any crime but the excuse of "In fear of my life " is used?

4points

Maggie Black 2 years ago

Barf. Ok, so, black people have families, too. They are the ones we are concerned about because they are being killed.

2points

Karol Slavik 2 years ago (edited)

ONE (1) photo of a black officer out of nine photos. That certainly says something...

2points

UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago

The phrase “Black Lives Matter” is meant to protest systemic racism, but is pointedly about the unfair and sometimes brutal treatment of people of color by the police and the justice system. I know that police officers are murdered, injured and traumatized in the line of duty, and many of them are brave and wonderful people, but the fundamental difference is that it’s not by people who are claiming to protect and serve them before doing it.

2points

Da Dragon Queen 2 years ago

What the 🤬🤬🤬🤬

2points

Hannah Baker 4 years ago

I think this is wonderful

2points

Helen Haley 5 years ago

Too bad as a group they don't seem to think anyone else's lives matter. They don't matter more than anyone else because they decided to be an officer. It's a job, that's why they get paid.

2points

Nancy E 7 years ago

This is both needed & appreciated by those of us who respect policemen & women.

2points

Karol Slavik 2 years ago

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1point

Treessimontrees 2 years ago

Statistically about 2 of the people featured are 'bad apples'.

1point

Renae Hislop 6 years ago

Great initiative

1point

Emily Bohrer 6 years ago

This is beautiful!

1point

Sarah Grape 3 years ago

Anyone ever seen zootopia? I love that movie, I feel like it demonstrates the police force very well. People thrust into high pressure situations can do and say things they soon regret. Officers so often find themselves in those kind of scenarios, and soon there's a mess to big for them to fix

0points

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Falcon 4 years ago

Great project and great title. I love seeing this.

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W.G. SamKito - bored 4 years ago

Face it: All lives matter!

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Cory Bates 4 years ago

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Mick Fowler 6 years ago

44points

Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago

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Jeff Requier 3 years ago

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anarkzie 7 years ago

I have no problem with the project itself but I really think that you went with a poor choice of name, as it plays into the FOX news representation of BLM, as cop killers which they're not.

25points

Ryan Brenizer 5 years ago

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Michael Wade 6 years ago

Really? It seems you do have a problem with the project.

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Full Name 5 years ago

Blue Lives Matter is a narrative for "BLM are cop killers"? I think you need to stop thinking so much about Fox news.

-1point

M 6 years ago

You could have picked a different title....

20points

Marinka Masseus Photography 6 years ago

Beautiful project. Unfortunate title. The choice of title shows ignorance due to privilege. And it is unfortunate because you undermine the project you clearly care about.

11points

Full Name 5 years ago

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Greg Gable 5 years ago

Poor choice of title. Kinda takes the shine off of how good the images are

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Doe 5 years ago

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Maria Beilschmidt 7 years ago

These are beautiful. Such a powerful way to communicate WHY we need people willing to take on the job of enforcing the law.

7points

Stephen Lyford 4 years ago

How many of these officers report on the abuse of power that their fellow officers perpetrate on a daily basis?

6points

De Punaisepoetser 7 years ago

Of course do their lives matter, but the title makes me obnoxious.

6points

Tony Moon 7 years ago

I don't think you understand the word "obnoxious" and how to use it.

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NWB 4 years ago

Terrible name choice, while 'nice' photos they look a bit forced and not a lot of emotion shining through, the lighting is no ideal either, no emotive shadows in my opinion.

5points

Buzz Anderson 3 years ago

4points

Maggie Black 2 years ago

Barf. Ok, so, black people have families, too. They are the ones we are concerned about because they are being killed.

2points

Karol Slavik 2 years ago (edited)

ONE (1) photo of a black officer out of nine photos. That certainly says something...

2points

UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago

2points

Da Dragon Queen 2 years ago

What the 🤬🤬🤬🤬

2points

Hannah Baker 4 years ago

I think this is wonderful

2points

Helen Haley 5 years ago

Too bad as a group they don't seem to think anyone else's lives matter. They don't matter more than anyone else because they decided to be an officer. It's a job, that's why they get paid.

2points