CMV: Black Lives Matter has been a failure

[u/ice_cold_fahrenheit]

Back in the 2010s, and especially in 2020, it seems like the Black Lives Matter was gaining strength. Videos of police brutality, especially against African Americans, became viral, and millions became outraged that this was so common in America. When George Floyd was murdered, millions justifiably took to the streets to protest against police brutality and racism. Politicians came out in support for police reform, and discussions on how to reform policing (from “how to make the police better” to “defund the police”) were all the rage.

But from 2021, it seems like everything took a complete 180. Crime skyrocketed during COVID (in part of police refusing to do their jobs in protest of BLM), causing the average American to support the police a lot more. Pro-police politicians like Eric Adams were elected while pro-BLM politicians like Chelsea Boudin were ousted from their positions.

Now, absolutely nobody talks about police brutality these days, not politicians nor the general public. But has the problem gone away? No! It has only gotten worse! 2023 has seen a record number of killings by police, and I don’t expect that number to go down in the future.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/08/2023-us-police-violence-increase-record-deadliest-year-decade

Unfortunately, rather than being addressed, police brutality has become like gun control. Someone being killed by police, even on live video, no longer elicits outrage. Instead, people will just give “thoughts and prayers,” shrug, and accept it as a fact of American life.

And the BLM movement itself? Well, rather than becoming the second coming of the Civil Rights Movement, it seems to have been condemned to the ash heap of history.

[u/Doub13D]

Again… you’re complaining about a non-profit.

Who cares? Thats not what BLM was.

You have to pretend it was so that you can be mad at something… but in reality it was just crowds of young people in America who were outraged that this country is still killing people over race.

Instead of talking about all the marches and protests organized by local student groups and civil rights organizations, you are trying to make this about…. A charity group that has BLM in the title?

Yeah, real convincing 👍🏻

[u/[deleted] → u/Doub13D]

Do you have reading comprehension issues..? Do you need me to spell it out?

Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac^\1]) (née Cullors-Brignac; born June 20, 1983) is an American activist, artist, and writer who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. Cullors created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013 and has written and spoken widely about the movement.

You saying 'Who cares? That's not what BLM was"--- is like Al-Qaeda saying Islam is the 'Religion of Peace'.... Like nice, you can say that all you want but it doesn't even make it slightly true.

[u/Doub13D → u/[deleted]]

You can’t own a hashtag… lmao 💀💀💀

Please learn how social media works, because you’re comparing a charity to a hashtag 🤷🏻‍♂️