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I don’t like BLM or ALM

Honestly it comes down to the officers safety.

So many of us who have never been in that situation on either side can’t see the perspective of an officer or a civilian in these tense scenarios.

Most people without a doubt will jump on the bandwagon of being “woke”

Bethany and or Braydon have probably never been in a situation where they only have seconds to react with two possible outcomes to pick from.

1: I want to protect myself, at this moment nothing else matters but to survive and see my family another day.

Or.

2: I’m going to do what ever it takes to appease clueless people with subjective views on social media.

There’s a specific reason why some officers refuse to patrol predominantly minority neighborhoods. Any thing they do is because of “racism” and some secret plan to it eradicate minorities 1 by 1 every few months...

Now of course it’s harder for me to relate because o don’t know anyone who was unjustly or even justly killed by an officer for that matter.

However I personally know 5 officers killed on the line of duty and two who were inured on the line of duty.

So I never could see myself being one for Black Lives Matter but I also hate people saying All Lives Matter.

Too many people are tallying up what race does what and using that as fuel to make a “So Ha!” Attack on one another.

Nobody is going to change others until they stop and think where they need to change themselves.

And all this crap about everything and one is racist has really devalued the term racist. It’s so watered down by over use of things and people that are not even remotely close to racist that the word has lost its meaning. This is why so many people are fed of with these movements and protests and the fallout that happens to come from them.

Do I blame these people? No. And remember, in 2016 a lot of people were fed up with a lot of these same things prior to the election. These things make people vote away from these causes because they are not really helping anything.

I find these movements albeit BLM or ALM thinking they’re helping the wound heal by peeling the scab off.

But a scabbing wound is already healing. Instead of throwing a tantrum over every god damn thing someone else does, focus on your success and live your life and you will realize that a lot of what’s being mentioned is happening at a very minuscule amount.
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black4white · 56-60, M
The problem is that the police SYSTEM teaches to profile people of color and that people of color are MORE aggressive or dangerous. Well it’s only natural that a police officer goes into the situation ok alert and fine BUT to have multiple officers and non just saying stop…. I got it from here. Instead they all jump on the bandwagon and it progressively gets worse. All that needs to be done is the officers POLICE themselves and this would be a non issue.

No one care that a person gets roughed up goes with the territory but to get killed for basically doing nothing …just wrong regardless of skin color except you rarely if ever see that on any other skin color besides black. Have you ever seen cops beat down a white person like they do blacks? If so please show me some that get national attention.
Slade · 56-60, M
@black4white

[i]people of color [/i]

[b]I am a person of color - last I looked I am not opaque.[/b]

Terrible grammar too. Far too passive - you should have said colored people
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@black4white the system does no such thing. It is the culture of race that perpetuates it. When you are taught to hate by your family you keep it going.
black4white · 56-60, M
@Slade ok teacher.... lets get particular here ... you know what is meant dont be ridiculous btw.... didnt know you are grading for grammer as well as spelling.... are you also checking for content validation and do we need to put things in with references? just checking
black4white · 56-60, M
@MasterLee When i say the system i am talking about the policing system.... not saying they teach hate what i am saying is they teach profiling and with that comes this other bs along the lines.
Slade · 56-60, M
@black4white passive language makes me cringe - first thing they drill you with in law school

[b]And it remains - I am a person of color (are you trying to say black/brown is the only color on the spectrum?)[/b]
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@black4white when you teach children to be fearful and distrustful, they are. They run from the police. They take chances. They act stupidly. That isn't the police that is the response to badly taught children's actions.