I believe JT's heart is in the right place. He just made the mistake of believing his voice matters. Years ago when battered women started marching for their cause and to try establish safety, they resented the men who attempted to join them in that struggle. 35 years later and women are still being murdered in their homes, LE is still trying to believe them and the courts are full of cases to punish the oppressors. We have had years of sensitivity training that goes against the grain of history. Remember the "rule of thumb"? That used to be the measure of what a man could beat his woman with then. The big difference though is the mass terrorism and distruction that goes with this movement. Burning bras was our biggest statement, but looting, burning, stopping travel and downright entitlement have seemed to take over this plight.
LE take their lives in their hands when they enter a domestic violence scene, much the way they do when they confront any law breaking in crime ridden areas. If the black culture wants only the black culture, then so be it. We need to step back from their battle and let them fight it for themselves. After all, we don't know oppression or pain; we don't know what it means to be frightened or alone in that fear. That also means though that they need to clean up their own messes in their culture. Battered women eventually learned to trust LE once again and not just see a man in uniform but a man willing to risk his life to help. Eventually BLM may broaden it's view to understand there are white people who are not oppressors and didn't have to go through the very same thing they have in order to empathize and assist.
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