What do you think of the Black Lives Matter movement?

Their presentation and delivery of their message incites more racial division. Freedom of Speech and Assembly are guaranteed by the Constitution. I agree that everyone should speak up for an injustice, However, inciting death to police officers is wrong. It is as inflammatory as the Klu Klux Klan continued active endorsement of lynching minorities.

Agreeing with PFC (Join to see), The BlackLivesMatter movement is not a movement based upon violence or terrorism, it is being used and destroyed by extremists of the group who more resemble the Black Panther Movement (these would be the terroristic like organized members to fit this description) to use it as a disguise to incite violence against their intended targets. As far as the matter of "All Lives Matter," yes I could not agree more. Every single soul on this earth has a place. No matter, gender, race, ethnicity, heritage or any other. But the phrase black lives matter is used more as a specification to get the point across that the black minority have been ill treated and have had injustice done unto them with no repercussions and they want to be heard. They are asking to make it known that as a minority their lives matter just as much as anyone elses. Which is obviously true. It was never meant to show that black lives matter more so than anybody elses. So to set aside the rant I managed to proceed to, I also disagree. This movement was never meant to be terroristic or to use aggressive violent tendencies at all. With recent events extremists have taken places within the group to use it as a tool to accomplish their own goals. But I am proud that up to this point in my military career I have yet to see racism in even the slightest. (of course this may not be true everywhere.) It is a great feeling to know that as fellow service members we choose not to see color, but rather brothers and sisters.

BLM; I find it ironic that those they are protesting against gave their lives to protect them and their right to protest in Dallas the other night.

Answer me this, FBI statistics show more white people are killed per year than Blacks. When was the last time you seen a story on the news about a black cop shooting a white guy? Probably never because the media will not report on something that doesn't make headlines but a police officer kills a black criminal and all hell breaks loose. Where's the outrage when a white person gets killed by police? Where are all the white peoples rioting and destroying their own community when a white person is killed by police? I don't care what race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, or any other demographic you are if you do stupid shit you win stupid prizes. And just to be clear, I don't think the 2 recent police involved shootings are justified.

There are those within BLM who have advocated for violent responses. Many I think can be attributed to legitimate anger over recent and recurring events. Others have a more checkered past that warrant a closer examination. For my part, I think a lot of the more extreme views expressed are a product of a system that rewards those who get the most attention for the loud and crazy things they say... then quietly walk it back afterwards saying that they were angry and upset.
As for recent events, it is becoming clear the shooter in Dallas was not a BLM member, although he had some connection to other, more militant movements.
I do not think that there is a mutual exclusion between seeking justice and peace, nor should one exclude the other, as some chant at rallies. I believe that organizations such as BLM should look in the mirror, figure out what they really stand for, and come out against violence against people and property, and still demonstrate for and advocate justice for those who are mistreated by police.
We are at a crossroads.

That's not the sense i got when i walked with them a year ago. They seemed empathetic, sorrowful and desperate; but then this was from the individuals i was with. Perhaps the problem is that we are individuals with unique perspectives and experiences that we can never truly share with even a dozen individual people. We are individuals and at the same time we influence each other.

I don't know how they can say black lives matter yet there's more homicides and violence among black people. So, your only going to get mad when a white guy kills a black guy but not when a black guy kills another black guy. This whole Black Lives Matter movement is an excuse for rebellious youth to commit crimes among the community. New Black Panther Party are just as bad in fact they are labeled as black supremacists. Black Panther party did use to promote peace and harmony among all races but this new party is so divided that they don't even know what their fighting against anymore. Yes police brutality and racism is very real in America but you know how you fix it is by bringing awareness and you teach the youth to embrace love instead of hate, peace over war and team work over separation. Just my 2 cents.

It's not just black lives matter or white lives matter or blue lives matter it's all lives matter.
There's people of all colors and origins in the police force, military, paramedics, fire fighters. Just because there are a few bad cops or a few bad military members a few bad gangs it doesn't make any race or DOD or police force any worse or any better. A few weeds can ruin the whole garden and people forget that. People make mistakes. People get scared. And no one seems to remember this... It's upsetting when someone is shot on accident and it's upsetting that kids are joining gangs. But these are all terrible things that no one has control of. You can't control someone else's life. People seem to think that killing white cops will change things but it won't. Not all corrupt cops are white just like not all black people are parts of gangs.

I think it can be compared to the ultra right Tea party movement which was supported by enough crazies that it lost all credibility.

I give it no more thought than I do a neglected, overused latrine.