It's not just me. It's just not a good organization to stand behind to focus on the demilitarization of the police. It's too racially motivated to gain popular support.
"Black Lives Matter is an international activist movement...that campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people... The U.S. population's perception of Black Lives Matter varies considerably by race... former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, meanwhile, has accused it of racism." [1]
To me that’s appropriate. Black people are at the forefront of police abuse in the US. Solve the problem of black people being abused by police and you’ve solved the problem in general.
I totally agree that many people have a distorted view of the movement but to me that’s a reflection of problems with our culture more than problems with the movement.
> Solve the problem of black people being abused by police and you’ve solved the problem in general.
This is why BLM should _not_ handle this situation. They think they're the only ones that cops are jerks to. The issue isn't racism, it's the inability of our police force to self-police and remove the bad apples.
> many people have a distorted view of the movement
It literally says that it has "campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people." Its focus is not police reform for everyone.
