The vast majority do. If you look at the crowds during a BLM march, the protestors seem to come from one of two groups. The first are street thugs and gang-bangers, using the march to gain a little cover and legitimacy for their activities. If they affiliate with BLM, the next time they’re arrested by the cops, it becomes a media event and the case is more difficult to prosecute.
The rest seem to be college students, brain-washed by their professors and social media. They’re willing to fill out the protest ranks, but many don’t know why they’re out there, and when you ask them a relevant question, namely, how many whites are killed by cops every year, and how many whites are killed by African-Americans, they have no clue. But they can march, record video with their smart phones and plaster their crap all over social media.
Most of the working and middle-class black men and women I’ve spoken with have no use for BLM. But many are forced into silence because their “leaders” have fully endorsed the racist protesters and their agenda.
On a different note, I have a question for FReepers with specialized military experience, including SF, sniper school, etc. I’m retired AF, but I was not security forces, combat control or pararescue. We only fired a weapon every few years to fill a training square, so my knowledge of sniper planning/ops is limited.
How much training, tactical expertise and planning would be required to pull off an ambush like the one in Dallas last night? Twelve officers gunned down in less than two minutes is not something that was planned/executed on the fly. Would greatly value the insights of those with training and expertise in those areas.