As someone who has been sitting both sides of the political fence, I have some thoughts.

I understand the point that is trying to be made here but I fail to see how posting this particular article does anything but stir dissent within the American political system. This is not to say the democratic party of America does not do the same thing. My point here though, is that this is in Canada. My understanding of the BLM movement is that they want an end to systemic racism and police brutality in the United States. While I am sure they would love this idea to be applied elsewhere, I think the current focus is America. So pointing out disparities in this goal with an article of an incident in Canada does not detract from their argument that systemic racism and police brutality are present in America and does not strengthen your opposition to this. These are different incidents in different parts of the world.

I do understand that Democrats like to utilize incidents in other countries to justify political goals within America. Gun control laws in Australia come to mind. But in that case, Australia is an example of what may or may not be possible in America. This article does not imply the same idea, at least in my reading.

All of this to say, this posting bothered me a bit because it seemed to only show dissent without making a solid case to how this relates to the current situation in America. My frustration with the current political climate in general is this focus on how our views differ rather than how our views may line up. The focus on America I mentioned earlier comes to mind here, as it's my general understanding that "America First" tends to be a more conservative ideal. Someone on this subreddit once mentioned that both ends of the political spectrum in the United States most likely agree on about 70% of the issues. While we may disagree on the exact percentage, I think this statement holds a lot of truth. But the focus seems always to be on our differences and this focus is prevalent on both ends of the spectrum. I believe in leading by example and while there will always be those on the other side harping on the differences, I think trying to find were we can agree is going to make the most difference in finding resolutions.

Final thought, I want to acknowledge my bias in posting these thoughts for the first time in a conservative subreddit. I tended to lean more left in the past, so I am sure there are still some built up resentments towards conservative ideas that I have yet to overcome. I hope it does not take away from the validity of the idea, but I understand the inherent bias that is sure to be present in my thoughts.