...wow..just read this...you msH impress me with your never surrender persona..but this gal blew it when she imagined what it would feel like... I have felt it..we need a movement that is about DONT judge me...lol..God..?..please comeback...we need a unbiased opinion...

I dont know how impartial one can be about something that hits so close to home

I explained myself the similar sentiment with having strong brothers and a strong son who never look for trouble, but just weren't raised to buckle either,,,,,,

that verdict killed me, because as a mother of a son who is black and may wear a 'hoodie' in the rain,,,,I can easily imagine him going out of his way to avoid a confrontation and finally getting frustrated with some strange man following him in the rain at night

I can imagine him finally having a verbal confrontation to ask what the mans problem was,, and I can imagine him fighting for his life at the sight of a gun or an indication that this stranger was trying to restrain him for any reason,,,,,


that could have been my son , going through all that provocation and intimidation, finally standing his ground and ending up dead for it with no consequence or accountability for his killer


it killed a lot of us mothers who could so easily see our sons in that picture with some strange man following them at night, and ending up being armed


it killed a lot of us sisters who could easily see our brothers in that picture with some strange man following them at night, and ending up being armed

Very unfortunately, the following accompanied the first time I heard of Black Lives Matter......

"On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed a group of police officers in Dallas, Texas, shooting and killing five officers and injuring nine others. Two civilians were also wounded. Johnson was an Army Reserve Afghan War veteran and was angry over police shootings of Black men."

That is likely true for many, so many are likely to associate it with violence. Few will separate the underlying issues or acknowledge those peacefully seeking change.

Violence from any source adds to the fire -and fires can become uncontrollable and unstoppable firestorms -feeding on themselves -leaving no option but to try to get the hell out of the way until all the fuel is gone -and everything everyone was fighting over is gone..... and that is not even considering how it will give advantage to foreign powers.

We all need to be very, very careful....

in my opinion, BLM would have much more credibility if they addresses all areas where black people are being killed. In places like Chicago where over 700 black people ( including 57 children) were shot and killed this past year alone. Murdered. Been that way in Chicago for a very very long time. Actually since the 60's And it is mostly gang related shootings. Same with other areas such as Baltimore, Philly, St Louis, ect. ect
the overwhelming majotity of the time the shooter was a black person.
but yet no BLM marches. no calls for justice from BLM.
just my opinion but I would like such a slaughter of black people in one area would bring out BLM...but it hasn't

pardon type o's . small phone..big hands

BLM is the result of someone making a mountain out of a molehill . Yes there have been incidents of wrongful shootings by police against people of all races. But it seems some folks want to ignore the reasons that got them in that predicament. Police are taught to respond to the actions of the perpetrator. If you are innocent then you comply because you don’t want to escalate the situation. Being guilty would be the only reason to escalate the situation . At that point things can go very wrong and mistakes can happen. But it seem some of these BLM activists think some crimes should be ignored and not responded to by the police. Are we supposed to believe ( CDM) crimes don’t matter. All lives matter according to our maker.

Very much so. Had George Floyd just co-operated, he might be still walking around today.

People just don't grasp the idea that a cop is not judge and jury. He is just there to enforce the law. Any cop would be just tickled to death to not have to fight someone during a arrest.

The cop that shot Michael Brown, had shot the cop to begin with. Then, as he was going away, he decided to charge that cop instead. I'm quite sure that cop had to drop him, or be dead himself.

Right now, the heads of the BLM are seeing cash coming at them-And they ARE helping themselves to it. Hey! I got mine! BYE!!! They clearly don't give a rap about their fellow black people.

It's become an organization for all the wrong reasons.

Bingo...but you won't hear this in the main stream media even though MOST feel this way even if they are too "afraid' to speak it.

when the founder of BLM goes out and then buys 4 houses and now lives in a exclusive community where blacks only make up 2% of the population, that in my opinion is sending the wrong message.

Hawk Newsome the leader of NYC BLM chapter recently threatened the new Dem Mayor of NYC by saying they would " loot. burn & rioting NYC if the mayor reinstates the police anti crime division.
the anti crime division is just that...anti crime.. they stop crime. And right now crime in NYC is out of control
so here we have the leader of BLM threatening a entire city. Saying they will loot, burn & riot if more police are put on the streets to stop the crime wave
BTW, the new mayor is a former police officer so he knows a bit about fighting crime.

I think Eric Adams will be a far better Mayor than that clown they have now bill DeBlasio . The plain clothes crime division will be restarted in NYC despite the wishes of BLM. The new mayor should be commended for that. But I don’t like his decision to keep DeBlasio’s mask mandate in place. But this is a good start to bringing sanity back to governing.

BLM? Nah, ALM!

Adams is a Dem and will go the party line on covid. But at least by being a former cop he knows enough about handling crime.
I was born and raised in NYC, worked there for 40 years so I still watch closely what happens there.
regarding the mask and shot handling New Yotk State cracks me up. their Dem administration fired( some quit) over 25 ,000 Healthcare workers because they refused to get the shot.. Then last month the Governor declared a state of emergency due to the virus and a shortage of nurses.....
after losing 25,000 by their own actions.....
but not to worry, the Governor activated the medical personnel from the National Guard all 120 of them.....a drop in the bucket.
BTW, many blue states have done the same ( activated the NG), I guess noone told them that the NG is a part time job so activating a nurse who works at 1 hospital in her non NG life to now work at another in a NG uniform has done absolutely nothing to ease the shortsge.

BLM ( Black Lies Matter) is not a group, it's a movement, They promote criminal activity and disrespect to authority. The reason the police stop more black people is because they commit more crime, the reason a black man is more likely to die at the hands of a cop is because they are more likely to fight or flee. How many of these thugs would still be alive if they would have simply followed the orders that were given too them? If these people have time to commit crime could they not be using that time to get a job instead?
Assimilation is something that most ethnic groups in America have had to go thru. Most ethnic groups have been looked down upon at least some time thru history. There have been times when the Black communities have done well, but a few bad apples have spoiled the bunch. What does it matter what has happened hundreds of years ago? If it wasn't for slavery and Caucasian people fighting to end it, 90% of the black people in America would not even exist. They need to get over it and assimilate. Don't blame it all on poverty because there are far more white people who live in poverty as people of color.
Support black owned businesses? Is this not a racist idea? If I said I only support white owned businesses I would be called a white supremacist among some other things. I shop at places that offer goods and services that satisfy my needs, I don't track down who owns the company, what their race, political affiliation, religion, or sexual preferences are. The media needs to stop selling the lies of such groups as BLM, BLM should be a movement that pushes to STOP black crime, not to promote those who are commiting these crimes. Dumping money into a problem more often then not just causes even bigger problems and corruption and until people wake up to this fact it will only get worse.