Maybe this one will explain why

[marym625]

Black Lives Matter is a real thing

[loyalsister]

1. KICK!!

Thanks for posting. The harshest facts and truths matter! That's usually the most convincing way to tell the story.

There's a FB thing going around that says...

Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, it were "reading, writing, arithmetic, and Empathy.

It's a long hard road to get to a point where there is more empathy than defensiveness coming from white people.

[marym625]

3. much harder and longer than necessary

That's for damn sure

TThank you

[Scootaloo]

2. But, but, that doesn't shift the talk AWAY from racism!

[marym625]

4. No of course not

Thanks

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

5. These statistics are a god damn outrage, insane, unacceptable!

I was at protest march last night in Seattle, and standing next to me is a woman with a water bottle, and the cop points and asks her what is in it or what is it, couldnt hear exactly, she answered some benign information, that it was just water probably.

Other than that I saw no interaction between us and the cops, the cops blocked the street and we just stood there...

I wish more of the people walking by would have joined in..

But this is downtown Seattle where the richest people shop, cops dont want a single problem there, you can be sure they were instructed by the powers not to cause a problem.

[marym625]

9. cops are acting very differently

Across the country. It seems that the larger the city, the better they are behaved. Not great anywhere that I have heard, except Palo Alto, but better in Chicago and NYC than in Berkeley and Phoenix.

Yes, these statistics are outrageous. Mind boggling.

[uponit7771]

6. Yeap, as TANGIBLE reason why blacks are upset at cops NOT having a relationship with the communities

...of color they police

[marym625]

10. I don't understand

How anyone doesn't understand.

[heaven05]

7. Loud and clear

[marym625]

11. Evidently,

For some, not as clear as one would think. But, we're getting there.

[spanone]

8. nothing to see here....

[marym625]

12. Oh so glad to see the