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Re:Police Homicides in the United States by TaylorAlexander on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:37PM (#15886882)
To me that’s appropriate. Black people are at the forefront of police abuse in the US. Solve the problem of black people being abused by police and you’ve solved the problem in general.

I totally agree that many people have a distorted view of the movement but to me that’s a reflection of problems with our culture more than problems with the movement.

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Re:Police Homicides in the United States by TheAdamAndChe on Saturday December 09, 2017 @01:50PM (#15887311)
> Solve the problem of black people being abused by police and you’ve solved the problem in general.

This is why BLM should _not_ handle this situation. They think they're the only ones that cops are jerks to. The issue isn't racism, it's the inability of our police force to self-police and remove the bad apples.

> many people have a distorted view of the movement

It literally says that it has "campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people." Its focus is not police reform for everyone.

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