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Originally Posted by Pierre
Black U.K. citizens are not in fear of their life from the U.K. police.
They may be pissed off with Thevpolice, and feel oppressed, targeted even. But their “lives” are not In danger. Therefore there is no correlation with USA movement. It is not valid
Their lives are more in danger from others in their community, they should protest about that.
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Black Lives Matter is not just about deaths from the police:
https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/
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Black Lives Matter began as a call to action in response to state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism. Our intention from the very beginning was to connect Black people from all over the world who have a shared desire for justice to act together in their communities. The impetus for that commitment was, and still is, the rampant and deliberate violence inflicted on us by the state.
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And BLM in it's current form was founded after the death of Trayvon Martin - who was not killed by the police. The anger there was the circumstances of his killer's acquittal in the trial.
And honestly, it is not the place of those not part of a community to assume what they are or are not in fear of.