Walmart starts selling BLM clothing and actually a monthly planner book

[zork51]

I just emailed a link to this news to all my family , friends, etc.

http://bluelivesmatter.blue/walmart-black-lives-matter breitbart also has this story, along with Kellogg's supporting BLM.

I also went onto the corporate site and emailed the CEO:

As an American citizen, brother, friend, and acquaintance of law enforcement, I am outraged that your store would support, and actually sell merchandise endorsing a group that has actually executed law enforcement officers across the nation as well as inciting racism. We won't be patronizing your store until this practice is halted. We can live without Walmart. You should be ashamed of yourself. This will not be forgotten.


If I get a reply I will post it.

 

[GhostArcher]

While I condemn them for doing this, I can't blame them for doubt it. This BLM crap is a potential cash cow right now. They are a business and they want to capitalize on it. I can almost guarantee that the majority of people PAYING for this clothing and gear, will be the guilty "white privileged" liberals. The ones who "FEEL" like they are somehow making a difference.
My suggestion: Stop shopping at walmart, they suck. The people who shop their are gross, and usually the "undeseriables".

 

[JayCaliber]

Wow. I hope you guys and everyone else reading this know that BLM is not about killing police officers and inciting racism. Yes, don't get me wrong there are some ignorant and class less people who commit violent acts against law enforcement, which I do not agree with at all. BLM is supposed to be a positive uplifting movement, it's not "crap". I've known and heard of plenty of people peacefully protesting and voicing their opinion in a peaceful manner. Think of it as the modern day Black Panther Party. Though I've never protested myself, I know it is not something meant to spread hate or violence. The ones who claim BLM and act wreckless do not represent the movement as a whole. It's about equality for everyone regardless of color or race. Please don't think everyone wearing BLM are out to harm police officers. Again, it's about equality.

 

[Palladin]

Think about who shops at Walmart

 

[MachineHead]

Wow. I hope you guys and everyone else reading this know that BLM is not about killing police officers and inciting racism. Yes, don't get me wrong there are some ignorant and class less people who commit violent acts against law enforcement, which I do not agree with at all. BLM is supposed to be a positive uplifting movement, it's not "crap". I've known and heard of plenty of people peacefully protesting and voicing their opinion in a peaceful manner. Think of it as the modern day Black Panther Party. Though I've never protested myself, I know it is not something meant to spread hate or violence. The ones who claim BLM and act wreckless do not represent the movement as a whole. It's about equality for everyone regardless of color or race. Please don't think everyone wearing BLM are out to harm police officers. Again, it's about equality.

Let me ask you: is there a majority of people who are against equality?? No one in their right mind is against equality, so why protest?

I'll believe this equality nonsense when they start protesting every black-on-black murder in Chicago. If they're all about equality and it's not about race, then where is the decrying all the violence done by 13% of the population to their own people?

Another thing on equality. You don't see Ben Carson, Col Allen West, Larry Elder, etc marching or crying about this "equality." They're black and made their way and started with the same opportunities everyone else has. Equality is already there, BLM wants to give the appearance of inequality.

 

[Snora]

Think about who shops at Walmart

Hicks in the burbs?

 

[kalash]

I'd rather have this:

 

[Sig Sauer Shooter]

Wow. I hope you guys and everyone else reading this know that BLM is not about killing police officers and inciting racism. Yes, don't get me wrong there are some ignorant and class less people who commit violent acts against law enforcement, which I do not agree with at all. BLM is supposed to be a positive uplifting movement, it's not "crap". I've known and heard of plenty of people peacefully protesting and voicing their opinion in a peaceful manner. Think of it as the modern day Black Panther Party. Though I've never protested myself, I know it is not something meant to spread hate or violence. The ones who claim BLM and act wreckless do not represent the movement as a whole. It's about equality for everyone regardless of color or race. Please don't think everyone wearing BLM are out to harm police officers. Again, it's about equality.

Jay, from what I've seen on the news they're racist balloon knots inciting violence against the police. Has a BLM leader ever condemned the violence? If so, I've never seen it....

 

[JayCaliber]

Let me ask you: is there a majority of people who are against equality?? No one in their right mind is against equality, so why protest?

I'll believe this equality nonsense when they start protesting every black-on-black murder in Chicago. If they're all about equality and it's not about race, then where is the decrying all the violence done by 13% of the population to their own people?

Another thing on equality. You don't see Ben Carson, Col Allen West, Larry Elder, etc marching or crying about this "equality." They're black and made their way and started with the same opportunities everyone else has. Equality is already there, BLM wants to give the appearance of inequality.

As a Black American, I do agree that black-on-black crime is serious problem. It's frustrating to see Blacks killing each other and then protesting when an unarmed minority is killed by a police officer. It all needs to stop. When I say, "equality" it's also about not being stereotyped because of appearance, having no prejudice. Ben Carson is Black, but that doesn't mean he has to march or say anything on the topic. People living in urban areas or dealing or living in these areas you'll more likely hear march. I could careless who protests and who doesn't, I don't even do it. I've made my way as well, but somethings you can't ignore.

 

[JayCaliber]

Jay, from what I've seen on the news they're racist balloon knots inciting violence against the police. Has a BLM leader ever condemned the violence? If so, I've never seen it....

Um YES! Many protesters don't want violence to occur at these marches, it defeats the purpose.... and there's no leader dude. Many pastors and parents, etc. have said violence is NOT okay. It's just that some people act badly and people judge the entire group. It's like the same thing that anti gun people due to legal owners and we all hate that.

 

[MachineHead]

If it's all about equality, then we need to reconcile this:

Of the 990 people who were killed by police officers in 2015, the Washington Post reported 258 of them were black. So far in 2016, there have been 708 documented deaths in police shootings, 173 of which have resulted the deaths of African-Americans. Although there has been increased media attention surrounding the police killings of black people — on Saturday videos were released of Keith Scott’s death after he was shot by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina — statistics show the number of police shootings has increased among all races.

http://www.ibtimes.com/police-shoot...ck-people-killed-officers-other-races-2421634

Things need to be fair, absolutely, but the cause needs to fit the evidence and the evidence leads to all lives mattering.

 

[Deleted member 12999]

Did you read this study Jay?

https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.n...gs.amp.html?0p19G=e?client=ms-android-verizon

Sleight increases in uses of non lethal force. No argument from me that there are issues to work on, but they are training related more often than race related.

No significant difference in shootings when they start controlling for actual FACTS.

Fun fact. The study author was black, and surprised by the findings, which indicates his personal position on the issue to me. I've read the entire report, so take that into account before you tell me I'm uninformed. I also teach use of force/firearms in LE, so I'm balls deep in the subject for almost 10 years now.

The media is our common enemy. Cops, 2nd amendment, black people, freedom, they hate it all.

 

[JayCaliber]

If it's all about equality, then we need to reconcile this:



http://www.ibtimes.com/police-shoot...ck-people-killed-officers-other-races-2421634

Things need to be fair, absolutely, but the cause needs to fit the evidence and the evidence leads to all lives mattering.

I agree, it needs to be fair for everyone definitely. The killings of Blacks do not not account for all police shootings, it's a smaller number. Blacks are only like 15% or so of the population vs 60 something percent for Caucasians. All prejudice just need to stop... Hispanic, Caucasian, Middle Eastern, African American whatever... no prejudging based on appearance.

 

[Drix]

BLM supporters are to cop killing as Trump supporters are to racism. Media's going to say what media's going to say, people who dont know any better will parrot it, but in the end the vast majority of people supporting either cause are fundamentally like you or I.

 

[MachineHead]

I agree, it needs to be fair for everyone definitely. The killings of Blacks do not not account for all police shootings, it's a smaller number. Blacks are only like 15% or so of the population vs 60 something percent for Caucasians. All prejudice just need to stop... Hispanic, Caucasian, Middle Eastern, African American whatever... no prejudging based on appearance.

100% Agree.

 

[kalash]

BLM is not about ... inciting racism.
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BLM is supposed to be a positive uplifting movement...
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It's about equality for everyone regardless of color or race.

I can get behind the idea that black lives matter [too]. However, I cannot support the movement by the same name and I'll tell you exactly why. It seems like in the vast majority of cases that BLM chooses to campaign around, start off as nearly complete unknowns - the facts are simply not available to the public minutes after a police shooting - and yet people march for "justice", even though they have no idea what happened. When details do emerge, typically the shooting is justified, yet BLM supporters still protest - what exactly for? The perfect example of this is the case that basically gave birth to the movement - the shooting of Mike Brown. Mike was a thug who robbed a convenience store and, when approached by a cop, physically assaulted him and tried to grab his gun. What is there to protest??? Yet the new BLM movement set the city on fire and looted stores - all because of some imaginary injustice. This has happened again and again and it has completely take away from the group's legitimacy and I can't take them seriously.

Think of it as the modern day Black Panther Party.

Are you sure you want to liken a group that you're defending with a socialist nationalist organization that dabbled with crime? The original idea wasn't terrible but the implementation left much to be desired.

...when an unarmed minority is killed by a police officer.

Since you're on NES, I can only hope that you know that "unarmed" is pretty unimportant and insignificant.

People living in urban areas or dealing or living in these areas you'll more likely hear march.

The fact that urban racial minorities are more likely to face violence has nothing to do with their skin though - we certainly have social, economic, and cultural issues (thanks to LBJ and WJC) but it's hard to cry "racism" when most homicides are black-on-black. Look at Chicago for example - only 3.5% of homicide offenders are white, yet proposals for tougher sentencing are opposed because they are seen as racial; that makes zero sense. Chicago is hell for blacks because of incredibly poor policies that disproportionately affect that particular demographic (again, LBJ made sure of that) and prevent cops from doing their job, as well as deep corruption, not because of cops are racist and are out for blood.

 

[alan226]

Um YES! Many protesters don't want violence to occur at these marches

Unfortunately Jay, therein lies the problem. When you say many don't want violence, that infers correctly that many (or most) do...

 

[JayCaliber]

Did you read this study Jay?

https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.n...gs.amp.html?0p19G=e?client=ms-android-verizon

Sleight increases in uses of non lethal force. No argument from me that there are issues to work on, but they are training related more often than race related.

No significant difference in shootings when they start controlling for actual FACTS.

Fun fact. The study author was black, and surprised by the findings, which indicates his personal position on the issue to me. I've read the entire report, so take that into account before you tell me I'm uninformed. I also teach use of force/firearms in LE, so I'm balls deep in the subject for almost 10 years now.

The media is our common enemy. Cops, 2nd amendment, black people, freedom, they hate it all.

The media is awful man, the WORSE. BLM supporters also need to understand not all cops are out to get you. I've been pulled over twice and I never had an issue. At the same time, if I were aggressive the outcome would've not been a pleasant one. I kept hands on the wheel and did what they asked. Respect works goes both ways. BLM supporters need to treat police right and not assume the police just want pick on them. If there's an injustice just take it to court. Simple.

I'm glad to see things are improving. Many cops are really doing their job... to serve and protect. The media just likes to create issues for press.

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100% Agree.

Respect.I salute.

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Unfortunately Jay, therein lies the problem. When you say many don't want violence, that infers correctly that many (or most) do...

The ones that do want violence as retaliation need to go. They're only furthering the problem.

 

[JayCaliber]

Don't get me wrong guys, when there's a life or death situation and your life is in danger... you do what you have to do. I understand that. Some victims were indeed in the wrong. Cops shouldn't be bashed for protecting themselves when the time calls especially if it's justified.

 

[CTpatriot]

They need to sell alllivesmatter gear.

 

[jct61765]

Don't get me wrong guys, when there's a life or death situation and your life is in danger... you do what you have to do. I understand that. Some victims were indeed in the wrong. Cops shouldn't be bashed for protecting themselves when the time calls especially if it's justified.

But the cops are being bashed. They're being bashed by the blm. They burn, steal and assault anything in their way. The blm is a hate group. If they get off welfare and actually work for a living, then they would be equal. They want respect, then they need to show respect.

 

[Deleted member 12999]

Don't get me wrong guys, when there's a life or death situation and your life is in danger... you do what you have to do. I understand that. Some victims were indeed in the wrong. Cops shouldn't be bashed for protecting themselves when the time calls especially if it's justified.

You sound like the kind of guy I could have a beer with and actually discuss these kind of issues.

 

[JayCaliber]

But the cops are being bashed. They're being bashed by the blm. They burn, steal and assault anything in their way. The blm is a hate group. If they get off welfare and actually work for a living, then they would be equal. They want respect, then they need to show respect.

Right, because all BLM protesters are on welfare, live in the ghetto, commit crime and are racist *rolls eyes* You are judging a whole group man.

 

[kalash]

Don't get me wrong guys, when there's a life or death situation and your life is in danger... you do what you have to do. I understand that. Some victims were indeed in the wrong. Cops shouldn't be bashed for protecting themselves when the time calls especially if it's justified.

You sound like the kind of guy I could have a beer with and actually discuss these kind of issues.

Seriously!

 

[JayCaliber]

You sound like the kind of guy I could have a beer with and actually discuss these kind of issues.

I appreciate it boss. You have to be diverse and see both sides. I can tell alot of people on here don't get out much.

 

[jct61765]

Right, because all BLM protesters are on welfare, live in the ghetto, commit crime and are racist *rolls eyes* You are judging a whole group man.

That is how they are looked at. They can stay out all night every night rioting. Yes they are committing crimes. Again looting, burning etc. With respect comes respect. So far I haven't seen it from them.

 

[jct61765]

I also think Alot of them are being paid to cause trouble. They are being controlled by the left. I have no issues with blacks, asians, spanish. Just be a decent person.

 

[JayCaliber]

That is how they are looked at. They can stay out all night every night rioting. Yes they are committing crimes. Again looting, burning etc. With respect comes respect. So far I haven't seen it from them.

Yeah those people are just crazies man. They come out after the protesters are gone. They're not the real protesters, they're basically the party poopers. They just come to cause trouble. Then ppl remember the march as violent. No pays attention to the peaceful ppl holding signs and marching. Negativity is what ppl focus on for some reason. *cough* Like those damn anti gun people*cough cough*

All joking aside I get what you mean though.

 

[Sawicki1991]

Wow. I hope you guys and everyone else reading this know that BLM is not about killing police officers and inciting racism. Yes, don't get me wrong there are some ignorant and class less people who commit violent acts against law enforcement, which I do not agree with at all. BLM is supposed to be a positive uplifting movement, it's not "crap". I've known and heard of plenty of people peacefully protesting and voicing their opinion in a peaceful manner. Think of it as the modern day Black Panther Party. Though I've never protested myself, I know it is not something meant to spread hate or violence. The ones who claim BLM and act wreckless do not represent the movement as a whole. It's about equality for everyone regardless of color or race. Please don't think everyone wearing BLM are out to harm police officers. Again, it's about equality.

Modern day black panthers. The same group that would lure, ambush and murder white police officers. Yup your 100% correct. They're one in the same. I'm sorry but a black life matters no more or no less then any other skin color. If you think otherwise your a bigot. I will take BLM serious when they start protesting the violence in inner city's and gang related crimes.

 

[Wrench75]

Think about who shops at Walmart

The town I live in is 98% white. Who do you think shops at the walmart in town?