In the wake of the Nice terror attack, Twitter was flooded with users comparing the tragedy to recent activity of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Soldiers, police officers and firefighters walk near dead bodies covered with a blue sheets on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera town of Nice (Getty Images)
Many users criticized the world for showing support for the victims of the Nice attack, yet staying silent about Black Lives Matter.
But now yall wanna speak up for nice but i dont see a #BlackLivesMatter on yo timeline how does that work?
— urfavoritehoe (@FilipCyrus) July 15, 2016
You think twice about posting the names of the people dying here in America or Black Lives Matter , but no hesitation to post about Nice
— joiya smith (@inJOI_YAlife) July 15, 2016
Wouldn’t be surprised if the nice thing was done just to take our attention of #BlackLivesMatter and police brutality
— X-avier (@MR_XMG) July 15, 2016
WOW..as all eyes are on Nice, the funerals of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile go on ignored #BlackLivesMatter
— G-MAN (@MAX_G_MAN) July 15, 2016
I’m seeing tweets about ppl talking about what happened in Nice but can’t speak up for black lives matter…..
— Rhesa (@stuffedWlove) July 15, 2016
People wanted to sleep on Black Lives Matter but they woke up for Pray for Nice? Alright alright.
— Panda (@plf2692) July 15, 2016
Im seeing pray for nice from people I didn’t see put black lives matter. All this death in the world only matters when it isn’t a brown body
— BLACK.LIVES.MATTER (@tamaratembo_) July 15, 2016
interesting how people are tweeting prayers for nice but didn’t say anything this past week about #BlackLivesMatter
— karis (@sunshinehelbig) July 15, 2016
What happened in Nice is horrific but I find it odd how many people speak up about certain tragedies but keep quiet for #BlackLivesMatter..
— Leanne Woodfull ♀ (@LeanneWoodfull) July 15, 2016
Others used the tragedy as an excuse to criticize the movement itself.
Forensics officers and policemen look for evidences in a truck on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera town of Nice (Getty Images)
#BlackLivesMatter is FURIOUS that #Nice has over shadowed their #dayofrage be careful out there tonight #BlueLivesMatter @PBCountySheriff
— Moon (@moonbeamsnajar) July 15, 2016
If you compare #Nice to #BlackLivesMatter protesters jumping in front of cars in the street that are going 8mph you should kill yourself
— ᶜʳᵃᶜᵏᵉʳ (@sqrrrt) July 15, 2016
wonder what BS #BlackLivesMatter will come up with next to reclaim the spotlight after the #Nice attack.
— Nicodemus (@HeartOfPureHate) July 15, 2016
Tragic heart-shattering events like in Nice, France reveal just how shallow & irrelevant racist groups like #BlackLivesMatter really are 1/
— Steve Camp (@PastorSJCamp) July 15, 2016
So I’m wondering how long it will take until Black Lives Matter hijacks the grieving over Nice to lecture the mourners for being white.
— Iain James Robb (@IainJamesRobb) July 15, 2016
Surprised the #BlackLivesMatter assholes aren’t protesting that the police shot the #Nice driver.
— M. Friedman Quotes (@MiltonFriedmanS) July 15, 2016
The Damn RETARDS in #BlackLivesMatter #NiceFrance to People say plow through them. Nice had streets Block for event, BLM block traffic=crime
— mrbunnylamakins (@mrbunnylamakins) July 15, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter must be pissed #nice took what was left of their dwindling spotlight. #AllLivesMatter bitches.
— Muskrat (@IIMuskratII) July 15, 2016
Thursday night’s attack left at least 84 dead and countless others injured.
“Eyewitnesses to the attack say a white truck deliberately targeted a large crowd of people and rammed into them at high speed, and then began driving about attempting to take out as many people as possible,” the Daily Caller reported. (RELATED: What We Know About The Nice Terror Attack)
Police officers, firefighters and rescue workers are seen at the site of an attack on the Promenade des Anglais on July 15, 2016, after a truck drove into a crowd watching a fireworks display in the French Riviera town of Nice. (Getty Images)
After his truck was brought to a stop, the driver exited the vehicle and opened fire on the crowd before being gunned down himself.