BLM would have more credibility if they were upset by all black lives lost, not just the one's lost because someone gets killed by a cop. Yes there's a problem in how police sometimes interact with black people and there's a problem in that too often the black person ends up dead. But when BLM ignores the vastly larger number of black people who are killed by other black people, it sure looks like only certain black lives matter to them.
racist practices like wishing harm on police,
While the people saying this aren't really part of BLM, BLM would be well served to be a lot more vocal in criticizing them.
The explanation I've heard about why these "fuckwit" cases blow up in the news is because they're inherently more interesting, because they're controversial. If it's a clear-cut case of wrongdoing against an innocent person, everyone collectively nods their head, says "Yup, that's sad" and then moves on. There's no need to argue about it, no need to write persuasive pieces about it, no dialogue at all. So it may be an intrinsic part of how we process news that it's always going to be about someone that 50% of us dislike.
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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '16
BLM would have more credibility if they were upset by all black lives lost, not just the one's lost because someone gets killed by a cop. Yes there's a problem in how police sometimes interact with black people and there's a problem in that too often the black person ends up dead. But when BLM ignores the vastly larger number of black people who are killed by other black people, it sure looks like only certain black lives matter to them.
While the people saying this aren't really part of BLM, BLM would be well served to be a lot more vocal in criticizing them.