BLM has been hijacked...

I think it's sad that the very core of the Black Lives Matter has been hijacked by anarchists, domestic terrorists and those who have absolutely no consideration for what the BLM movement was supposed to be. As a result, many who at first agreed with what the movement stood for, now are condemning it for allowing these anarchists to march with them, and denigrate the message they wanted people to hear. The loud noise is now destroy, kill, loot, burn and that is not what was the intent I am sure.

I wonder if the movement had picked someone else as their poster child, rather than George Floyd, would the message maybe have fallen on more receptive ears? Maybe one of the children and infants shot and killed due to Chicago violence? But that would be pointing back at their own failings as a community, to quell the violence that is mainly black on black in many neighborhoods. Blaming the police for all the violence against any race, regardless of whom, is pointing a finger while the rest of the fingers point right back. In Chicago, for example, on Memorial Day weekend, May 30-31, 85 shot, 24 of them fatally and not one by a cop. On June 20-21, Father's Day weekend,104 shot,15 fatally, and not one by a cop. On June 27-28 weekend there were 63 shot, 6 fatally and not one by a cop. On July 4th weekend, 87 shot, 17 fatally, and not one by a cop. July 18-19 weekend, 70 shot, 11 fatally, not one by a cop. Monday July 20, 25 shot, 4 fatally, not one by a cop.

Does anyone see a pattern here? Cries to defund and abolish the police simply will lead to more killing and embolden the criminals who do the shooting. What happened in New York City? The mayor abolished the 600 member anti-crime units in response to all the cries that the police are the problem. And guess what? The leaders in the black community are now pleading to have that unit resurrected because crime has gone off the charts. Defunding or abolishing the police is not only patently idiotic, but hurts those in black and other people of color communities.

Make it very clear I am NOT defending the idiot cop in the George Floyd case. He was wrong on so many fronts, and I condemn any action such as this on any human. But George Floyd was not the wonderful person everyone wants you to believe he was. His list of felonies is a mile long, many of them violent. As I said above, a better role for a poster child for this would have been a child killed from indiscriminate shooting by their own community.

We all matter, regardless of color, creed or national origin. Every life is sacred, and I revere every living thing. I pray, as many others do, this craziness stops and we can all come together to appreciate what each has to offer in this melting pot we call America. To do so, we all need to stand together as Americans, not just people who live in America. Stop delineating each other as to race or beliefs. Unless one is a criminal, we all need to treat each other with kindness. If we do not, a fractured society will soon determine the fate of the country and it will not be anything we want to see.