My family live in Ohio now, around Troy/Cincinnati area. They work hard, obey the law and have not had one single problem with police. They have been victims of crime from fellow black people, and my aunt is now planning her next move because she is worried about her son getting involved in crime.
In my experience and that of my family... They feel BLM are very selective in their protests... Look at the stats... Young black males commit more crime than any other racial group... Solve that problem and I bet the tiny amount of blacks killed by police will get even smaller.
The dude that got shot in the chest 6 times... Had a illegal firearm a history of robbing people, also sexually assaulted a child and people are treating him like a civil rights hero.
Black people need to fix their own communities... They need to accept that have a criminal element in their culture, and start fixing it.
Not blaming a copper who made a error of judgment when dealing with a violent armed criminal.

They didn't act as executioner... language like that fans the flames.
The police were arresting a violent criminal, when they saw a gun, at best the cops panicked, they were scared (who isn't when confronting a armed criminal?) shot the man... do you think the police set out that day to kill someone?
BLM matter are a disgrace in my eyes.... it seems the only black lives that matter are the ones killed by other races. Also the chants about putting wings on pigs, then saying they are a peaceful movement just shows them for what they are.

Jamie... I travel to USA 3 times a year... I speak to black family members all the time.. Chicago is a war zone, young black men are killing each other, BLM don't say a word, why not?

Edited by 7mins (12 Jul 2016 5.32pm)

If you're white...

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

Fair play fella.

Problem is, the issues of poverty, race and the systems which perpetuate the issues go right to the heart of the interests dictating US domestic policy (in my opinion from over here in the UK with a different skin colour).

It's a f***ing nightmare.

Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune)

I think education is the key - informing youths and young adults that carrying illegally, resisting arrest are not going to go in your favour.

Ending gang culture, cleaning up streets, having better community activities.

Educating officers in high risk situations, not to pull out a gun straight away. Example, the gentleman shot and killed for reaching his ID filmed by his girlfriend - that was needless - cop should have been calmer, etc explained the situation and got his compliance.

Ok, it's easy for me to say all this in hindsight, but protesting won't get action any quicker than parents and communities working together to weed out these actions.

This was once a quality forum....

I can only view this from a white persons perspective but it sounds like Black lives matter but only if they are killed by white policeman.

Some people would rather perpetuate division and ignore certain realities.

Of course some police officers put self preservation before everything and have been conditioned to have a lower regard for life that most of us find palatable. Equally they are doing a job that most of us would not do.