Black Lives Matter

[StoneByStone]

What is your point?

Why are we assuming that Blacks are racially targeted if there are more Whites getting killed by police?

[jacksonsprat22]

Why are we assuming that Blacks are racially targeted if there are more Whites getting killed by police?

Issue is not number of murders. Do you actually believe that is the cause of protests?!

[AProudLefty]

Why are we assuming that Blacks are racially targeted if there are more Whites getting killed by police?

Are white people historically been targeted by the police?

[StoneByStone]

Issue is not number of murders. Do you actually believe that is the cause of protests?!

For some protesters, yes, they think black people are targeted by the police. Others just want to riot.

[StoneByStone]

Are white people historically been targeted by the police?

No, but that's beside the point. There is no evidence that any race is targeted by police today.

[AProudLefty]

No, but that's beside the point. There is no evidence that any race is targeted by police today.

And yet racism still exist today.

[StoneByStone]

And yet racism still exist today.

Sure, racism exists against all races. But there's no reason to believe that racism is common among police or that any race in particular is targeted.

[AProudLefty]

Sure, racism exists against all races. But there's no reason to believe that racism is common among police or that any race in particular is targeted.

Not sure if anyone claimed that it's common.

[StoneByStone]

Not sure if anyone claimed that it's common.

BLM thinks it is.

[AProudLefty]

BLM thinks it is.

Haven't heard them say that.

[StoneByStone]

Haven't heard them say that.

That's their whole thing. They think cops generally treat Blacks worse.

[CherubRam]

I see. So...protests across the nation are all meaningless?

If the protest will bring about a positive change, then it won't be meaningless.

[AProudLefty]

That's their whole thing. They think cops generally treat Blacks worse.

Well I don't know. It's more general than just the police.

From their website:

"#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives."

https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

[StoneByStone]

Well I don't know. It's more general than just the police.

From their website:

"#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives."

https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/

So in short, they think the entire establishment has a bias against them.

[AProudLefty]

So in short, they think the entire establishment has a bias against them.

I don't know but we can see the example of the bias. Trump and some of his supporters are biased against The Squad, for example. Also, blaming Obama for everything. And so on.