mekka okereke :verified:
A lot of people that claim that MLK jr was somehow loved by all and better than today's civil rights leaders, are just lying.
A lot of people claiming that "Black Lives Matter" or "Defund the Police" are bad marketing, and that they would support these movements if they were named something better like "Non-violent march," are just lying. It's not the phrase that these people object to. It's the underlying principle. They do not accept that current US policing is a negative on reducing crime.
Dave Wilburn :donor:
@mekkaokereke modern BLM-era civil rights protests have also been less destructive and less violent than the civil rights protests of the 1960s.
William Canna-bass
@mekkaokereke
White Americans don't seem to remember that the FBI targeted King for destruction: that they tried to get him to commit suicide and that they purposely looked the other way when his assassin showed up.
(https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/956741992/documentary-exposes-how-the-fbi-tried-to-destroy-mlk-with-wiretaps-blackmail)
Law enforcement has no duty to warn or save citizens, and they are able to use lies and deceit. #ACAB.
🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@mekkaokereke I dont think this is an accurate description of their motivations based on getting to know these people and talking with them.
That said I do agree that most people are woefully misinformed about their perceptions of MLK.
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