Black Lives Matter

Do the research, not that I will accept the validity of what you produce but it might keep you busy and off this forum for a while.

REPORT: Black Lives Matter Supporters Cheered Murder of NY Cop Outside Harlem Hospital

A group of Black Lives Matter protesters and other activists lashed out at Mayor Eric Garcetti during a heated town-hall meeting at the Holman United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles Monday night.

The mayor was set to address a number of issues regarding policy, public transportation and the 2024 Olympics, but the meeting was halted when protesters became aggressive.

Protesters in the audience stood up and turned their backs on the mayor as he spoke to hundreds of attendees, and activists later grabbed Garcetti's microphone during a Q&A session.

The tension then spilled outside the church as several protesters attempted to block Garcetti's car as he left the church. An activist defiantly jumped onto the trunk of Garcetti's car and others could be heard chanting, "Black lives they matter here."

"To engage without civility, without decency and with disrespect was just very disappointing," said Rev. Kelvin Sauls of the Holman United Methodist Church.

Sauls says the majority of the people, nearly 800 who attended, wanted to discuss issues with the mayor and could not.

"Black Lives Matter came to silence the majority of the community and that is not going to happen; it cannot happen," said Sauls.

Eyewitness News asked the mayor about these tactics by Black Lives Matter.

"Disrupting a meeting is an easy thing, but I'm about forging a coalition moving forward," said Garcetti.

Community activist Najee Ali was also at the meeting.

"I think it's very unfortunate, it's ineffective, and they're alienating the people in power," said Ali.

Several members of Black Lives Matter attended the police commission Tuesday morning. There was another disruption as one of the commissioners discussed Monday night's event.

"Unfortunately, a small group of protesters, many of whom routinely disrupt our meetings, disrupted the meeting and it had to be cut short," said Police Commissioner Matthew Johnson.

The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Friday that the additional scrutiny and criticism of police officers in the wake of highly publicized episodes of police brutality may have led to an increase in violent crime in some cities as officers have become less aggressive

With his remarks, Mr. Comey lent the prestige of the F.B.I., the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency, to a theory that is far from settled: that the increased attention on the police has made officers less aggressive and emboldened criminals. But he acknowledged that there is so far no data to back up his assertion and that it may be just one of many factors that are contributing to the rise in crime, like cheaper drugs and an increase in criminals who are being released from prison.

“I don’t know whether that explains it entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through American law enforcement over the last year,” Mr. Comey said in a speech at the University of Chicago Law School.

Mr. Comey’s remarks caught officials by surprise at the Justice Department, where his views are not shared at the top levels.

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The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Friday that the additional scrutiny and criticism of police officers in the wake of highly publicized episodes of police brutality may have led to an increase in violent crime in some cities as officers have become less aggressive

With his remarks, Mr. Comey lent the prestige of the F.B.I., the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency, to a theory that is far from settled: that the increased attention on the police has made officers less aggressive and emboldened criminals. But he acknowledged that there is so far no data to back up his assertion and that it may be just one of many factors that are contributing to the rise in crime, like cheaper drugs and an increase in criminals who are being released from prison.

“I don’t know whether that explains it entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through American law enforcement over the last year,” Mr. Comey said in a speech at the University of Chicago Law School.

Mr. Comey’s remarks caught officials by surprise at the Justice Department, where his views are not shared at the top levels.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/us/politics/fbi-chief-links-scrutiny-of-police-with-rise-in-violent-crime.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Sure, because as we have seen so often Obama is not interested in the truth, he is interested in getting told that his fantasies are reality. Just one more way that The Professor supremely sucks as a President. But good on the FBI director, the FBI has a pretty good record of refusing to be corrupted by the political class in Washington.

It is about damn time that Obama lines up both as a supporter of cops and as a supporter of police reform. He needs to say that by and large the cops are not the problem, that their bosses the politicians are the problem. He must make it very clear that in a choice between the cops and the criminals that he supports the cops.

Make no mistake, BLM is a very dangerous movement. These assholes must be put down, with vigour.

No it isn't. It is American citizens using their first amendment rights to speak truth to power. Too many blacks are incarcerated and more and more are being sent up the river daily. It's good that this has been brought to the front pages.

I may not agree with some of the methods being used, but this issue NEEDS to be addressed and if they have to yell and scream from every pulpit in the land that that's what they have to do.

That blacks get treated worse means that blacks get treated worse. Maybe they deserve it, it which case justice is being done. Going easier on them would in that case be injustice, asking to go easier on them would be an act of promoting injustice.

That blacks have a worse result means that blacks have a worse result. Maybe they deserve it, it which case justice is being done. Going easier on them would in that case be injustice, asking to go easier on them would be an act of promoting injustice.

My ego? Pffft.

But sadly I have to agree. There are a shitload of posters on this thread who I initially thought were going for extreme irony, but were actually sincere. Which terrifies me and makes extremely grateful for the Pacific Ocean.