Black Lives Matter: Racist Provocation with Radical Roots

This article is part of the Organization Trends series. At the time of this writing, prosecutors had just dropped charges against the last three of six police officers accused in the death of Baltimore drug dealer Freddie Gray. The decision closes an ugly chapter in that sad story, in which the highly politicized Baltimore City state's attorney, Marilyn Mosby, accused them of murder. The city descended into days of violence and destruction after Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake infamously gave space to rioters "who wished to destroy." But that riot was only one chapter in a still-evolving story of death and destruction provoked by a false narrative of oppression and police brutality. The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) casts itself as a spontaneous uprising born of inner-city frustration, but it is in fact the latest and most dangerous face of a web of well-funded socialist/communist organizations that have been agitating against America for decades. BLM claims to be non-violent. According to its website (BlackLivesMatter.com), "The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect. ...Black activists have raised the call for an end to violence, not an escalation of it."

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