The ‘black lives matter’ slogan excludes the unborn
By J. Kenneth Blackwell – – Wednesday, January 21, 2015
“Black lives matter” has become the slogan of anti-police protests across the nation, but the target of the protests is so misplaced that the motives of the so-called civil rights leaders behind the movement must be questioned. Do they really care about black lives? Or are they cynically exploiting isolated incidents, such as the death of Michael Brown, to inflame the black population and advance their own political interests?
Today, on the somber anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, it’s time for black leaders to face up to the real danger threatening black lives in America. It isn’t the police. According to an anti-police brutality organization, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, 313 blacks were killed by “police, security guards and vigilantes” in 2013. It isn’t even black criminals, who, as Rudy Giuliani famously pointed out on “Meet the Press,” are responsible for 93 percent of violent deaths among blacks. Sources estimate that between 6,000 and 8,000 blacks are murdered each year.
The focus on police-African American confrontations shows that no one is thinking.
Black on black crime, economic opportunity, education and strengthing the family should be the focus. Preventing pregnancy not encouraging abortions.
Did the “hands up, don’t shoot” crowd see the video of the unarmed Paterson teacher being assaulted by a 16 year old freshman? Time to break down that event and examine the components.