What is your Interpretation of the Slogan "Black Lives Matter"?

I don't like the phrase since to me, "All Lives Matter". Pretty sure we are all the same on the inside.

Here's the thing about this slogan: it's intention is good (or rather, it was when it started), and it's also true. Black lives DO matter. However, it's been appropriated by the media, social media and people of a more...militant bearing (NOT referring to service people) and shouted over and over until it makes other races feel like they're saying ONLY black lives matter. So much so that fights break out when someone says ALL lives matter. There's such a thing as shouting a message so loudly that it's words are lost in the volume. I think we've arrived at that point here.

The "Black Lives Matter" slogan isn't racist and it isn't meant to say that any other race's lives don't matter. It's a grass roots movement to get the black population to look introspectively at themselves and for the rest of us to recognize the need for black people to thrive. Not because they are black but because they are persons. No matter what race a person is, their ability to thrive helps us all as a nation. How long will it take us to realize we need to look at each individual as a person and not base feelings about their abilities based on their color? We need to stop letting the left and right direct our attentions toward (division) opposing views and pay more attention to what will benefit us as a whole. I'll probably get slammed for speaking my mind on this, that's ok I've been slammed before.

Any one displaying this is a Racist, and you're "Trolling"

I would like to say "All life matters" or "We're all human", but for now, the focus is on the black community. So I support "Black Lives Matter".

I hate to say it but my perception of the phrase is "Our race matters more than the rest and you need to show us sympathy." Wrongful deaths occur across the United States every day and cover every race. We need to be focused on the source of the problem rather than one particular victim, especially when they aren't the only victims.

I totally agree that LEOs need to get a grip and do what they are supposed to.

Great question SPC Andrew Griffin.

Just another gimmick dreamed up by a few radicals who want America to burn while they rake in millions for themselves.

My opinion; should say all lives matter. One color, religion, gender should not be placed above another.
Equality is what we should strive for. When dwelling on one type, we exclude or lesson the others.

Race much like gender is tied to so many other things that it makes it hard to talk about. However you cut away from all the BS I think a lot can be learned for both sides. I think at the core starting from a place of understanding that all people have value is a good starting point - work out from there. As such I feel BLM is often exploited politically - hey but these days what isn't. Best advice is to teach your kids to respect and value all regardless and challenge social labels.