Remember that Utah Police Officer who handcuffed the white woman who sassed him?
He was fired.
Remember the dozen or so stories you've heard the past year or so about a policeman killing an unarmed black man and then getting paid leave and reinstatement?
This is why Black Lives Matter protests, and why football players kneel peaceably in silent protest.
And this is why piously saying back, "All Lives Matter" is facetious and hurtful. All lives do matter - but the point of BLM is that the Black Lives seem to matter a lot less.
Fired for handcuffing a white woman. Paid vacation for killing a black man.
Doesn't mean all cops are bad, or that all cops are racist. Just means there's some issues that need addressing. Sooner that's realized, the better.
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