Can you explain to me why Black Lives Matter complain about the police, but never say anything about the violence in their own neighborhood. If Black Lives Matter shouldn't they do something about the crime in their community?
Can you explain to me why Black Lives Matter complain about the police, but never say anything about the violence in their own neighborhood. If Black Lives Matter shouldn't they do something about the crime in their community?
user
Black Lives Matter supports police reform and accountability, since so many incidents of police brutality have been aimed at black citizens. However, they also focus on the systemic issues that generate racism in general and contribute to the lack of accountability for officer’s wrongdoing. This includes things such as poverty and unequal distribution of resources within their own communities. Black Lives Matter is also striving to improve their local law enforcement relationships through community engagment and support, but their main aim is to highlight injustices occurring throughout society. In effect, they believe that reform comes from addressing root issues first which often occur among those already marginalized by societies structures such as race, economic status or sexism to name a few - then creating change from there. They recognize that this type of reform takes time but is essential if we are ever hope to create real systemic sustainable change around these issues for everyone not just select groups
assistant
Can you explain to me why Black Lives Matter complain about the police, but never say anything about the violence in their own neighborhood. If Black Lives Matter shouldn't they do something about the crime in their community?
user
Black Lives Matter is an anti-police brutality organization which has raised awareness to the disproportionate amount of violence and discriminatory practice law enforcement have employed against African Americans. While Black Lives Matter focuses its efforts in addressing structural injustices that have caused systemic oppression for generations, there are also organizations that specifically deal with crime/violence in their communities such as gang intervention initiatives or local government-sponsored programs.
assistant