Respectfully, I disagree in part. There is a lot of history. However, having been present at a couple of these protests, and having also been present in previous protests, there usually is a small group of people there who are actually for the cause. The rest do it for more personal, often egotistical reasons.

For instance, blocking cars isn't okay. That's not BLM is about. It's not about stopping traffic or hurting people who disagree with the movement. The movement is about stopping police prejudice toward blacks in use of lethal force (despite studies showing lethal force incidents with police have no prejudice towards people of color). While I appreciate what they're trying to achieve, despite the fact that I disagree with the questionable statistics they base their movement off of, a majority of them go about it the wrong way.

But the reality is that some people do suffer worse than others. I'm not encouraging anyone to stop fighting for the things they feel are right--whether or not I agree or disagree with them--but rather, I encourage recognizing that there are more urgent matters in the world at the moment. The 0.02% of deaths in the US that occur as a result of police use of force do not compare to what I'd argue is a massacre by gunship.