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In reply to the discussion: I would like the DU experts to explain to me how protesting over the [View all]TigressDem
(5,126 posts)ARE ALSO being counted against BLM.
And BLM during the DAY - PEACEFUL
BLM at night, Destruction and even Death.
DID anyone from BLM actually kill anyone? I don't know.
But people died and the criminals are being tried and the whole answer isn't 100% clear.
I DO know that at least 1 Boogaloo Boi has been arrested and will be tried in connection with the 5th Precinct Arson.
https://www.startribune.com/charges-boogaloo-bois-fired-on-mpls-precinct-shouted-justice-for-floyd/572843802/
But there WERE some black people and white BLM protestors out of control here in Minneapolis during the initial outrage over George Floyd's death.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/05/28/looted-and-smoldering-lake-street-the-great-street-braces-for-more
Could someone have snapped on our side and gone all the way to murder? I don't know. Hundreds of years of history could bring a lot of us to the breaking point.
Did WE have a better reason? Like a REAL reason VS fake news? YES.
AM I STILL BROKEN after George was murdered by police blocks away from my house? YES. It's like someone in my family got killed and I still have no closure.
Do I think black people are the danger? Not so much.
IF THERE WAS A BIG BLACK MAN on one side of the street and a wimpy white guy looking like a MAGA on the other, I would get on the side of the street with the black man. Day or night. Odds would totally be in my favor.
BUT I still think that the facts, whatever they are, have to be acknowledged, even if it means one of our own did something wrong.
EVERYONE needs to be held accountable in a country when the RULE of Law is upheld.
SO MY HEART IS ON KEEPING THOSE REICH WING *&*&$%)$%&*$*s accountable for their STUFF and also owning our own make mistakes too, IF and when that is proven to have happened.