Black Lives Matter condemns Dallas shootings, plans protests

There is no question that we have a serious problem here with how blacks and the police interact. Calling for change is the right call.

Consider what kind of world you want to live in. Then consider Dallas. Because the world we are racing toward is pretty darn scary.

“Black Lives Matter doesn’t condone shooting law enforcement. But I have to be honest: I understand why it was done,” Maejor said. “I don’t encourage it, I don’t condone it, I don’t justify it. But I understand it.”

Black Lives Matter organizer Sir Maejor is irresponsible and inflamatory. Stand down Black Lives Matter organizer Sir Maejor, stand down.

Look into the statistics. Do whites resist arrest to the level blacks do? Do white neighborhoods have youth running around with guns using them to settle arguments? Do low income youth (all races) commit more crimes? Do black police target blacks? Or is it only white officers? Decriminalize drugs, the drug money lure reduces drastically and the prison population shrinks.

Police are not gods however a certain degree of respect should be given. If police are treated like the enemy they escalate the force inevitably needed to subdue a suspect. Resist they will try to prevail. It only solidifies criminal suspicion. Don't resist and if you did nothing your likely slightly detained.

I think we're mature enough to grieve for police officers and grieve for black people killed by police officers. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

“Black Lives Matter doesn’t condone shooting law enforcement. But I have to be honest: I understand why it was done,” Maejor said.

Black Lives Matter organizer Sir Maejor is not helping.

This is not what Law Enforcement deserves.

Not only is this sentiment against everything Law Enforcement stands for, it is neither helpful or in any way useful to the aims and intentions of Black Lives Matter.

Simply, whoever speaks for BLM must remember; Law Enforcement is not the enemy.

Law Enforcement has individual actors and specific department failures.

Shooting innocent Officers in their dangerous and difficult work is NOT Understandable.

Nothing further will be posted on this. Just too damaging to too many who have sacrificed too much for so many. Blue.

Well said, Super Lib. I can't see how anyone could condone this. There are bad elements in every field. Police officers have one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs on the planet. We all need to work together to make it a better place for everyone.

Full militarization is coming we are screwed

Nobody is screwed as long as the situation remains peaceful. It is the "maverick" who uses a protest as an opportunity to kill innocent people. Define - innocent people? Protesters, the children of protesters, and the police who rush to the crime scene while the protesters and their rush away. 99,99999% of the people at the protest did NOT know what the killer planned to do. Who was the 0.00001% who knew and did not report the plan? The Dallas police made the right decision to diffuse the killer's plan. President Obama and others made very clear their positions and how sad the situation is. There has been no comment by Mr. A. Sharpen or Mr. J. Jackson. If they are going to make a difference, they need to step to the podium and speak clearly and loudly to condemn the killer's action.

In Philadelphia, a group planned a “Weekend of Rage”

"Weekend of Rage"? Can anyone be surprised that this hate group - BLM - and their allies in the White House and the media are inspiring it's followers to kill innocent policemen for no other reason that indiscriminate racial hatred? With the president himself egging on this insanity I don't see much hope for racial reconciliation in America.

SuperLib: "I think we're mature enough to grieve for police officers and grieve for black people killed by police officers. It doesn't have to be one or the other."

Exactly! It's amazing how stupid Americans and others can be on this topic; like the two are mutually exclusive. You can be BOTH pro-cop and pro-black, and be against both being killed. Yet gun-nutters and other American radicals think that if you are against innocent black people being killed you hate cops. Or if you are against cops being killed you are against blacks. It makes ZERO sense. But then, it is the USA we're talking about after all, so while it does not make any sense, it is not entirely surprising. Nor will the reaction that even though the BLM movement is condemning what happened, like Muslim groups condemning and acting against terrorism committed in the name of Islam, those who hate will still continue to hate regardless.

Just the other day there were calls for condemnation from the BLM movement as proof they do not stand for this kind of thing. Now they've got it, but I suspect those that demanded condemnation will just say it's not real, or they don't believe it, or suddenly it's not enough despite being exactly what they wanted.

With the president himself egging on this insanity

Ahh, this is the same old theory that racism isn't the problem, it's pointing out racism that is the problem.

The president hasn't egged on anything. He has simply acknowledged that there is a problem with police killing black people. The problem isn't the acknowledgment of the problem, the problem is the problem.

The president hasn't egged on anything. He has simply acknowledged that there is a problem with police killing black people. The problem isn't the acknowledgment of the problem, the problem is the problem.

Indeed, it's a made up narrative that shows that partisan operators can just say any stupid thing and hope it sticks. It's enough to despair of any kind of intelligent conversation in the public arena if it ever existed. Sad. Pathetic.

I think we're mature enough to grieve for police officers and grieve for black people killed by police officers. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

So true, but it's more convenient for some to use as grist for the mill of political partisanship.

Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. Anger, hate, racism, neglect, political cowardice end lives black, blue, white, hispanic... too many. We can do better. Engaging in intelligent public conversation would be a start. Dopey, self-serving narratives, just part of the problem.

the president himself egging on this insanity

True dat. Obama has intentionally set race relations in this country back 50 years. This is what he must have meant when he promised to "fundamentally change America". . . .

The president hasn't egged on anything. He has simply acknowledged that there is a problem with police killing black people. The problem isn't the acknowledgment of the problem, the problem is the problem.

You summed it up. Very well said.

"Black Lives Matter organizer Sir Maejor is irresponsible and inflamatory. Stand down Black Lives Matter organizer Sir Maejor, stand down."

Very well said.

Well, from the news reports one (me as well), would almost conclude that cops over there have it in for black people, but according to the Washington Post, who apparently are keeping a database, last year almost twice as many white people (494) than black people (258) were killed by police officers. And black cops shoot and kill white and black suspects as well, but that doesn’t make the news.

And black cops shoot and kill white and black suspects as well, but that doesn’t make the news.

That's inaccurate. Most black cops who were involved in shootings of whites were indicted and prosecuted. Comparison isn't reason. I don't know why people can't admit what's going on and stop referring to foreign events. Stay in context.

The problem isn't the acknowledgment of the problem, the problem is the problem.

Actually the problem is President Obama and others inflaming racial tensions leading to the shooting of 12 cops in Dallas without knowing the facts of the two shootings of black men the day before. Obama does this repeatedly. The case of Michael Brown is a perfect example. Officer Wilson was cleared by Obama's black attorney general as being justified in his actions but the damage was already done. Wilson was slandered and Black Lives (only) Matters was born based on a falsehood propagated by the President of the United States.

Ahh, this is the same old theory that racism isn't the problem, it's pointing out racism that is the problem.

In a multi-racial society the fact that a policeman of one race shoots and kills a person of another race does not in itself prove racism. That is what the Left is trying to establish and it is dangerous. In the vast majority of the cases the media spotlight, the police are proven not to have been motivated by racism. If it can be proven that a cop unjustifiably shot someone because of the color of their skin then you would have a point. Until some racial motivation is established it is irresponsible and divisive to assume otherwise. That isn't to say that no policemen make errors in judgment or are inadequately trained or not guilty of any wrongdoing. But the ready assumption of a racial motivation is dangerous and destructive to a healthy multi-racial society.

As-long-as the focus is on unproven racism, race relations will continue to deteriorate. Yet I suspect many politicians will win elections using this divisive strategy.

Actually the problem is President Obama and others inflaming racial tensions leading to the shooting of 12 cops in Dallas without knowing the facts of the two shootings of black men the day before

Please tell us exactly what Obama said that 'inflamed racial tensions'. I'd really like to hear your take on his words.

Because I'm going to point out exactly what I said earlier, that he has simply acknowledged the problem, and acknowledgement of a problem is not the problem.

Both the Tea Partyers and Black Lives Matter are raging against the government