re: Former LSU safety Eric Reid joins Kaepernick protest

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I think it's pretty obvious this is just a way to publicize BLM.

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I think it is a BLM protest as well, but even that movement needs help. They've got valid points, but their message delivery is preventing more broad appeal and understanding of their points.

The BLM leadership needs to be adamantly against violence as a means of protest. They also need to rightfully point out that ALL Black Lives Matter, not just those Black Lives lost at hands of police. We can't have fathers abandoning their children, abandoning the mother(s) of their children and then those people talking about BLM. The lives of the children and mothers matter too. It also matters when a black person dies at the hands of another black person. If we are ever going to fully get the message across that BLM, then it needs to be obvious that BLM at all times - not just when it is a racial talking point.