To me, it's sad they parade mothers of thugs (Brown) who died breaking the law, as an example that policing needs to change. Like they're some kind of martyr. Some terrible injustice was done to him. And nobody has a problem with this. Using BLM in a political race exposes a few things.
The difference between putting those mothers up there and the mothers the republicans used was actually quite different--I did watch some of both of these.
I wasn't happy with either selection from either party as speakers, but if you honestly watched and listened to what both groups said, you would (should) have noticed some very obvious differences in the message
--"crazy bengazi mother" (as I call her): "Hillary Clinton killed my boy! Hillary Clinton lied to me! Shame on Hillary! Shame! She is evil! She killed my boy! Bengazi!"
--crazy mother-lady: "An ILLEGAL ran over and killed my boy! Obama and Hillary let in this illegal, and they killed my boy! Evil democrats! Evil Hillary! Murderer!"
The BLM mothers (let's call them that) at the dem convention last night: "This country has a problem (well, true), No mother should ever have to go through what [we] did (also true), My [child] was beautiful and wonderful [OK, to be fair, it does get murky there, but some of them sure do have a very fair case to make] and we need to work together to deal with this problem (well, certainly true)"
If you actually watched that last night, you would have seen no calls of blame, no calls for civil war or murder. You would have seen a message about a problem that needs to be addressed. Also, no real absolution of responsibility from the mothers. I think it was clear that in this message the bigger problem is law enforcement, but the overall message is that this kind of very real problem needs more unity and effort from both camps--from mothers and parents to recognize the problem and work for a solution. I was honestly surprised by that (I assumed it was going to be as bad as the repubs, so I never intended to watch it; they were on as I was walking by the TV at one point, so I stopped and listened)
If you see division in that, then you are blind and deaf. The republicans trotted out their sympathy bags as a rather gross theater of the absurd. Never a single solution (as aptly reflected in their last 6 years in Congress), but a simple: "Evil murderer that lied!"
The difference between the Repubs and the Dems trotting out grieving mothers for petty politicking is quite stark
repubs: hate, fear, division, blame. no prescription, no attempt.
dems: anger, justice, unity.
Again, if that isn't obvious to the adult watching those blatant contrasts, then the adult in question seriously needs to reflect on the alarming degradation of their cognitive skills over the last ~? number of years.