Personally I know quite a few BLM members, and the overall opinion was joy at hearing about the cookout (I've heard of at least two). Everyone wants good relati

Personally I know quite a few BLM members, and the overall opinion was joy at hearing about the cookout (I've heard of at least two). Everyone wants good relations with police because yes, they do make life better for the community. That's pretty clear. But again, the movement and attitudes vary from city to city and there's a lot of posturing for politics. I think there's a fear that there will be a culture change (which IS positive, I think we can all agree) without changes to the underlying problems that enable police brutality without consequence: lack of civilian oversight, the fraternity order of police, the emphasis of lethal force in split-second decision making. It makes me sick there have been no convictions thus far, and that needs to change before people can trust the police to, well, police themselves. There's also a huge overlap with gun violence. That's a topic I won't touch here with a ten foot pole due to its complexity.