What do you think of the Black Lives Matter movement?

It is a political organization. Follow the money backward to see which party gives the marching orders. Occupy Wall Street was a ad hoc political organization too. It's just another tool of distraction and division. And it works. Occupy vanished after the election cycle ended. BLM may do the same. The leaders become wealthy and hit the speaking circuit. The funding dries up, regular people are left no better off. No change occurs.

Here is the problem with this thread. When we talk about BLM, we are talking pass each other because we don't understand the perspective of BLM and people who talk about Blue Lives, All lives etc. We focus on the name of the movement and the rhetoric and not the intent. BLM is the manifestation of the percieved and real injustice against black people by cops based on personal experiences and media hype. Yes, black on black crime is huge but it's not for external community's to ridicule and think it will shift the conversation. Yes, I agree all lives matter but that phase was established as a means to counter BLM narrative. Now when people in BLM sees ALL lives matter, it sounds more like anti-BLM which simply inflames BLM more. I'm not saying one side is right and the other is wrong but you have to understand the perspective of the people within a movement to have a meaningful dialogue. As a product of two races and a son of a police chief, I lived both sides of these issues along with living with the complications of multiple races.

It's a hate group. Other than that I'm not sure what good comes out of such an open-ended question.

And just in case I'm labeled a "racist," let me introduce you to a few more:

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) groups
Neo-Nazi groups
White nationalist groups
Racist skinhead groups
Black separatist groups
Neo-Confederate groups
Christian Identity groups
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Jewish Task Force
Masjid al Islam

It looks like hate transcends racial, ethnic, and religious boundaries.

They are more racist than most of the racists they say their movement aims to fight. They cause more harm than good in their protests by spreading toxic and racist propaganda to the public along with causing damage and riots in their own communities. They are hypocrites 100% and I have no respect for anyone that's a part of that movement.

I believe at the core the BLM movement is not one of violence. There are legitimate concerns they are voicing. However, as with any movement, outside actors will infiltrate. This has indeed happened. It is not completely the fault of BLM. Many of the individuals are paid protestors coming from out of state. Those are the ones that are really causing the problems. They really don't even belong to BLM. They have used the movement to conduct their own anarchist attacks. This, of course, can happen with any movement. Social media has really complicated matters.

Really though, I want to highlight the media's portrayal of both that movement, the occupy movement, and the Tea Party movement. I posit that the media has really been an instigator in much of the issues we face today.

Both BLM and the Occupy movement received (and continue) to receive very favorable media coverage. Conversely, the Tea Party movement was instantly branded as a fringe and radical right wing movement by the majority of the press. That was as far from the truth as it could be.

Of the three, I considered the Occupy protests to be the most fringe, amounting to nothing more than unemployed anarchists trying to disrupt the economy.

Of course, this is the same media that calls Trump racist, despite his efforts to end the segregation at Mar-A-Lago club in the nineties. Prior to his ownership, Jews and Blacks had not been allowed. he ended that. But of course, what the media says is gospel.

The media has become the most polarizing source in this country.

This will give you an idea of what Black Lives Matter mean. https://youtu.be/NtAAeyswlHM

"0" - all lives matter.

I think that this shouldn't be about black or white. It should be about human beings. We all are human beings and we all should be granted the same right as part of this country but those rights comes with big responsibilities. We all no matter race have the responsibility of respect and follow the laws but in my opinion the most important responsibility we have is to respect others.

Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives matter, White Lives matter.... ALL lives matter. But police are a different breed. Would YOU walk up and knock on the window of a carload of blacks or whites without apprehension? Who knows what you might face? The majority of police really do want to SERVE and PROTECT. If I am driving and cross the yellow line several times and get noticed by a patrol car I don't mind getting pulled over. What if I really was DUI or DWI and getting stopped prevented me from killing myself or another carload of people? But anytime I have seen a parade of BLM advocates marching down the street I always see signs that say "Kill the Pigs" Ever seen a cadre of police filling the street carrying signs that say "Kill the Blacks!"? No, and you won't.
My and my wifes' hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the officers whom were killed or wounded today by a lone wolf nut job. That guy got blown into dime sized pieces by the police robot carrying Semtex. That makes me smile.... :-)
Rick

why is that that White guys are the first to make connections with Black Lives Matter, but not make the same connection when white officers take the easy way out by shooting Black Americans.