Black Lives Matter Mission Statement

An interesting topic that has been on my radar more than ever recently is the idea of the social justice group by the name of Black Lives Matter this group continues to rise questions and controversy because of their actions. Black Lives Matter was created in 2012 following the controversial court case over the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman which the court decided to not indict him on murder charges, because of this there was a large social uprising against the decision which in turn created the group. Black Lives Matter mission statement is “Black Lives Matter is a call to action and a response to the virulent anti-Black racism that permeates our society. Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes.” …show more content…
A personal example of this is a time back July of this year when the group blocked off a very busy highway in my home state of Minnesota. This is seen by many as an irrational way of no real action being done and does more bad for the name of the group then attention and validity of the group. The group has done this multiple times in which they block off highways and other busy roads around the US to gain attention around the cause which I personally don’t agree with this method. Another way in which the group gets bad attention for is the unruly protests that have broken out in violence and people destroying their own towns in unnecessary destruction a robbing. This is the side of the Black Lives Matter which I do not agree with