Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
The slogan is Black Lives Matter. Its clearly a protest about police but if you look at the broader picture the protests actually have probably led to more black people being dead than if they had never protested at all.
I think the point of the movement is to get police officers to stop shooting black people for no just reason. Whether it has also resulted in police officers to pull back from law enforcement in majority black neighborhoods - resulting in unchecked gang violence - and whether that result is a punitive reaction by police, is a separate issue. Though I agree it is an issue that needs to be addressed. I think the bigger picture is that policing in black communities needs to function properly -- meaning no shooting people for no just reason, while at the same time enforcing the law. Do you believe that is unreasonable?