2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Well, I see we've gone full on marginalizing BLM again [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)Looks to me like BLM is doing it all by themselves.
I am strongly behind the message: Black Lives Matter. I am strongly behind actions that will make this more than just lip service, namely, holding police accountable, investigating the many terrible incidents that have come to our attention (and the ones that haven't for that matter), instituting dash cams and body cams for all police officers, not to mention more money for education and amnesty for nonviolent drug offenders. I'm sure there are many other policy changes that could be instituted to make it better. And yes, this issue is urgent and deserves to be brought to the forefront. It is long past time to acknowledge the shameful fact that black lives are still routinely devalued in our society.
But singling out Bernie Sanders in this way... all I can say is, I smell a rat. And I use the term advisedly.