Black Lives Matter, a noble message with a corrupt organization

(places in the United States where BLM protested in 2020; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests)

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a political and social movement that began around 2013, when George Zimmerman was acquitted in a court case over his shooting and killing of Trayvon Martin. In 2014, following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the movement gained national recognition, expanding from a twitter hashtag into 30 local chapters nationwide. Most recently, after the death of George Floyd, BLM has soared to public prominence and gained widespread attention. However, BLM has gained significantly more notoriety than fame, as they were the cause of numerous riots over the summer and fall of 2020. From May 26 to June 8, 2020, a total of 1-2 billion dollars worth of damage, as calculated by insurance claims, was brought about in 20 states. Violence against public and private property was especially severe in cities like New York and Los Angeles. In NYC, a BLM activist demanded the major and governor speak to a crowd of BLM supporters gathered at the Barclays Center, claiming "...if they don't, the next stop is the Diamond District." Additionally, BLM protests that devolved into riots led to some of the worst looting and rioting NYC had seen in many years. Lower Manhattan looked like a "...war zone..." after numerous stores were broken into, looted, and destroyed. Los Angeles experienced its own BLM-related disruption as protesters blocked traffic on the Pasadena Freeway, looted stores, shot fireworks at buildings, and attacked LAPD officers.

This is unacceptable. BLM had a noble message, which was to bring attention to the downtrodden state of many in the black American community. But eventually the actions went too far, hurt too many innocent civilians, and took credibility away from the movement. BLM also took many social and political stances that were counter to the prosperity of black Americans, such as abolishing the police, eliminating the nuclear family, and adopting intersectional identity politics. Furthermore, the financial activities of the organization have recently come under scrutiny as Patrisse Cullors, a founder of BLM, purchased several plots of real estate totaling 3.2 million dollars. In totality, BLM has become suspiciously close to resembling a racket and engaging in racketeering. This cannot be allowed to continue. As a response to the damage caused by the riots in 2020, all states that suffered should bring law suits against the organization. The evidence in such cases would be overwhelming. Simply search youtube for any video from any news source covering any bit of the summer-fall period of 2020. There must be decisive action against BLM the organization. We are, after all, a country of laws.