A Facebook video of former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement for ignoring black-on-black crime has gone viral.
“I’m trying to figure out if black lives really matter,” an emotional Mr. Lewis said in the video posted on his personal page Saturday. “The March murder rate rose by 29 percent, but we’re not rioting in the streets over black-on-black crime.
“I’m trying to figure out in my mind why no one is paying attention to black men killing black men,” he continued. “Why do we always find ourselves as the victims, and now we have the separation once again that we’re being victimized because of one bad white cop, two bad white cops, three bad white cops, killing a young black brother. But every day we have black-on-black crime, killing each other.
“I know black lives matter, because I’m a black man, but man, stop killing each other. Man, we got to put these guns down in Chicago. Baltimore, Miami, man it ain’t that hard. You got to be OK with earning a living. It ain’t supposed to be easy,” Mr. Lewis said. “If we don’t change what we’re doing not only will our kids not have a future, but we might find ourselves extinct.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Lewis’ video had been viewed more than 2.8 million times.
This isn’t the first time he’s called out the movement for focusing on the wrong issues.
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9 comments:
Well done Ray!!
Now Ray Lewis will be marginalized, maligned and demonized in the black communities for doing nothing more than being honest and telling it like it is. Blacks for the most part don't like hearing the truth and that is the one and only reason for all their social ills. When you do not place a strong value on honesty, society collapses.
Good luck wit dat. You are right on, but you have a bad audience, sorry.
Ray should know!! He was involved in his black man killing. Remember Atlanta?
He's talking to a wall.
They will try and kill him now for speaking out against the Black lives matter Movement. ALL lives matter.
Not so sure Ray Ray is the guy to say this sort of thing.
8:52 how soon people forget.
Well now ain't that the pot calling the kettle black! If I remember correctly, he was accused of killing a black man and rolled on his "potners" to walk away free! Hmmmm...
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