Black Lives Matter activists meet White House officials

Activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement met with White House officials on Wednesday.
A senior administration official told BuzzFeed News the activists met with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, deputy assistant for urban affairs Roy Austin and other White House officials.
{mosads}Dream Defenders’s Phil Agnew, Campaign Zero’s DeRay Mckesson, Brittany Packnett and Johnetta Elzie, as well as Baltimore United for Change’s Jamye Wooten, attended the meeting late Wednesday, according to the report.
After the meeting, several attendees posted about it to Twitter:
.@deray @Nettaaaaaaaa Looking forward to continuing our dialogue to ensure everyone is safe.
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) September 17, 2015
honest and action oriented. thank you continuing to engage w the movement, Valerie. @vj44 http://t.co/RskHvpGIYl pic.twitter.com/WkcA221Tjs
— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) September 17, 2015
Those in attendance discussed law enforcement and community policing, according to BuzzFeed, including the White House’s recommendations on policing from its task force.
Activists with the Campaign Zero group also met with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) earlier on Wednesday.