Since bathtub tom made me realised I was confused, I have been trying to become unconfused.
BT said....
>> Two of the top aims of BLM are:
>> 1. Closure of prisons
>> 2. Abolition of the police force
>>
The clearest agreed upon summary I found..
Black Lives Matter UK calls for among other things, an end to the sale and manufacture of arms in Britain; an end to police surveillance and armed police; an end to immigration enforcement in Britain; the abolition of tuition fees; and an immediate reversal of all cuts made during austerity”. The platform carries the prominent American slogan “defund the police”
Depending on where you look it is anywhere between "abolish police/prisons" to "reform police/prisons" even including such enlightening statements as "without the police people's mental health would be better so there'd be less crime".
So I am now right there with BT. Despite being vehemently against racism, I will never take the knee in any context that could conceivably be associated with BLM, which pretty much means I'd never do it.
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