By Civis Americanus
The Black Lives Matter Global Network touts itself as a civil rights movement whose purpose is to oppose racism and police misconduct. So far, so good — there is not one decent person in this entire country who supports racism or police misconduct. (I do not regard white supremacists, or their non-white counterparts such as Louis Farrakhan, as decent people.) Its real priorities, however, seem to lie elsewhere.
Civil Rights? Where?
Let's look first at what BLM is actually doing to promote civil rights and remedy the problems about which it complains. The home page includes a video called "Now We Transform," which proclaims, "This is the revolution. Change is coming." It includes a video of a candlelit rally reminiscent of some torchlit ones in 1930s Germany, and it adds, "This is the watershed moment that brought the world to its knees." Information about your civil rights as a peaceful protester seems, however, to be in short supply.
BLM and its supporters complain that "fascists," "Gestapo," or whatever are beating up "protesters," throwing them in unmarked vans, and making them disappear as might happen in a totalitarian dictatorship. Has BLM helped the purported victims of these actions — and I have seen a few videos of questionable use of force by police — use the numerous remedies that are readily at hand under our country's laws? Conservatives and centrists support the First Amendment as much as (or more than) the "woke" left, so it seems we will have to step in to educate demonstrators, including those with whom we disagree, about their rights and recourses if those rights are violated.........ToRead More
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