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Originally Posted by rubecube
Okay, but again, look at it from their perspective. These are people that are terrified that they and the people they care about can be assaulted and killed without legal recourse at any moment. Do you honestly think if you were in that situation that your response would be "Aw shucks, better take this up democratically through the same system that keeps perpetuating this crap?"
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No, I just said they should protest, which I guess is part of taking it up democratically (I don't think anarchy is a viable solution to anything). But once you've protested, got eyes on your issue, and you've got a microphone to talk into that's going to get on the news, what you say into that microphone matters. On the basis of how you argue for your points, people will either adopt your message, or recoil. And if you tell them, effectively, "the problem is white supremacy, and you're either with us on this or you're a racist piece of garbage", they're far more likely to recoil.
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BLM started in what 2014 or 2015, a full 30+ years after the Rodney King riots? How much progress was made over those 30 years in the area of police brutality?
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I don't actually know. I don't think there are good stats on this, which is part of the problem we face - it's hard to know how to solve a very widespread problem that you don't have a detailed understanding of. But I do think that creating narrow tribes and telling people that they're either with you or you're the evil enemy is a recipe not just for failure but for utter disaster.