Black lives matter protestors block roads in the uk

[SteelCurtain]

Maybe.

And maybe some of the progressives that see it will look up the movement, see their goals, and find a way to help. The people like you who refuse to do any research and find out what they are really protesting, the people who could possibly say something as short-sighted as "calling the police in the UK racist and the usual nonsense BLM spouts" aren't the targets. You weren't going to give them a serious thought anyways.

The goal is simple, to not fear getting shot by police because I'm black. As a person who has had a service weapon pulled on him because I didn't ask permission to reach into my glovebox for my insurance card during a traffic stop, I'd say you can fucking get over being inconvenienced on a motorway, or join in to make it stop so you won't be inconvenienced any more.

I know full well what BLM are protesting. I've been following the movement since basically day one, keeping up to date with tweets and articles from people like Deray and Shaun King.

I watched all of the live streams of the earlier BLM protests. I think it's terrible that you got a service weapon pulled on you, and there's definitely prejudice within certain US police forces -- but disrupting innocent people on motorways while they are travelling to work or whatever isn't going to help your cause.

I'm sympathetic with some of the aims of BLM, but not their methods of protest.

But it is helping the cause. Disruption is a tried and true method of civil unrest and social change. The people who marched from Selma in the 60's did it. The people who boycotted the bus systems, causing massive underfunding and getting bus routes cut and having buses not getting repaired did it. The people who sat at lunch counters and marched in streets throughout the South did it. All the while, people were screaming to get them out of the streets, run them over, and they cheered when the fire hoses were brought out and the German Shepherds unleashed. BLM is taking the page right out of John Lewis' playbook.

People don't like being disrupted. As such it has a proven track record of bringing about social change. Now with any movement, there are people who will bastardize the cause and do damage to the goals of the movement. Especially one so large as BLM.