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It is the ignorant refrain sung by white racists here at USMB.
Blacks who murder other blacks get prison sentences. This is called justice. Police get paid leave and the pig who murdered George Floyd will get paid pension. Police rarely even get indicted for killing us, much less go to trial. That's not justice. BLM and those supporting this cause are asking that justice be equally applied.
Why Black Lives Matter doesn't focus on āblack-on-blackā crime
Josh Hafner
USA TODAY
The Black Lives Matter movement is in the national spotlight again this month, following the high-profile killings of two black men by police and the killings of police officers by black men in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
With the movementās attention comes a familiar refrain: Why doesnāt Black Lives Matter focus on āblack-on-blackā crime?
Itās a question asked, in various forms, from Facebook to cable networks to comments on this site. The answer, one writer says, is Black Lives Matter isnāt solely focused on the loss of black lives but also on a lack of justice.
āWhen a civilian has committed a violent crime, theyāre generally arrested, tried and then convicted,ā Franchesca Ramsey, a writer and activist who discusses race, explains in the MTV series Decoded (which you can watch here in full).
āConversely, thereās a lot of evidence that itās very rare to secure an indictment against a police officer for excessive force. And an indictment is just a trial; it isnāt even a conviction.ā
āBlack Lives Matter isnāt just about the loss of life, which is always terrible. Itās about the lack of consequences when black lives are taken at the hands of police.ā
Blacks who murder other blacks get prison sentences. This is called justice. Police get paid leave and the pig who murdered George Floyd will get paid pension. Police rarely even get indicted for killing us, much less go to trial. That's not justice. BLM and those supporting this cause are asking that justice be equally applied.
Why Black Lives Matter doesn't focus on āblack-on-blackā crime
Josh Hafner
USA TODAY
The Black Lives Matter movement is in the national spotlight again this month, following the high-profile killings of two black men by police and the killings of police officers by black men in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
With the movementās attention comes a familiar refrain: Why doesnāt Black Lives Matter focus on āblack-on-blackā crime?
Itās a question asked, in various forms, from Facebook to cable networks to comments on this site. The answer, one writer says, is Black Lives Matter isnāt solely focused on the loss of black lives but also on a lack of justice.
āWhen a civilian has committed a violent crime, theyāre generally arrested, tried and then convicted,ā Franchesca Ramsey, a writer and activist who discusses race, explains in the MTV series Decoded (which you can watch here in full).
āConversely, thereās a lot of evidence that itās very rare to secure an indictment against a police officer for excessive force. And an indictment is just a trial; it isnāt even a conviction.ā
āBlack Lives Matter isnāt just about the loss of life, which is always terrible. Itās about the lack of consequences when black lives are taken at the hands of police.ā
Why Black Lives Matter doesn't focus on āblack-on-blackā crime
Black criminals get charged with crimes, one writer notes, but police officers rarely do.
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