[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

No it doesn't

and in regards to this "Most black people are killed by other black people but they don't go protesting over that." The big difference here is that the Police are supposed to be there to uphold the law, serve and protect, they're not supposed to be the criminals

And the police were out there protecting the protesters so they could have their protest before they started getting killed and nobody is 'supposed' to be criminals but those elements are in all walks of life.Most police are good.It's only a minority who are incompetent.
If they just made their slogan Black lives matter too then nobody would ever take issue with it.Why have one that at best causes confusion and at worst implies that black lives matter more.No wonder people reply with 'all lives matter' because well...they do.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

And the police were out there protecting the protesters so they could have their protest before they started getting killed and nobody is 'supposed' to be criminals but those elements are in all walks of life.Most police are good.It's only a minority who are incompetent.
If they just made their slogan Black lives matter too then nobody would ever take issue with it.Why have one that at best causes confusion and at worst implies that black lives matter more.No wonder people reply with 'all lives matter' because well...they do.

You really think? I think you're wrong about that, i think people would still have a problem with it, i don't think it's the slogans wording that's the issue, i think it's the fact people want to dilute it by preaching "equality for whites too" and hide the fact that there is a problem