Blue Lives Matter calls Ben & Jerry’s Black Lives Matter support “dangerous”
Blue Lives Matter has announced a boycott of ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s after the company announced it’s support of Black Lives Matter.
“Jerry’s just recently announced their support for Black Lives Matter along with a misinformation campaign accusing law enforcement of widespread systemic and institutionalized racism. Many companies have offered misguided statements of support for Black Lives Matter in the past, with the false belief that they are expressing support for civil rights,” the group wrote.
They then fervently denounced the idea that Black Lives Matter was a civil rights group.
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“Black Lives Matter is not a civil rights group. Most people have their own personal beliefs about what Black Lives Matter means to them. They think that their personal definition for Black Lives Matter is what the organized BLM groups stand for; this is not the case. While we believe that other companies were misguided, Ben & Jerry’s campaign is dangerous.”
Finally, they concluded by accusing Black Lives Matter of promoting the deaths of police officers around the country.
“Ben & Jerry’s went beyond making a statement in support of civil rights when they actively accused law enforcement of widespread racism. By spreading these false and misleading statements, Ben & Jerry’s lends an appearance of legitimacy to the baseless claims that police officers are killing men based on the color of their skin. This message has inspired the assassination and attempted assassination of police officers, and it costs officers their lives.”
