Sure and I agree often times concern for Black on Black crime is used as a distraction. Two things though:
1) The protesters in this instance were not talking about a police shooting. They were talking about a crime bill. Bill Clinton was not changing the subject. He was addressing it directly.
2) Seriously, a lot of activists are now denying Black on Black violence is a problem at all. They insist it's made up by Fox News and White supremacist power structure. They say "most crimes are intra-racial, regardless of race" Which as I pointed out above, ignores the fact that intra-racial Black violence happens way way more than intra-racial White violence, even before you take into consideration proportionality, and then it's mind blowingly out of control.
Yes, and one other thing: if a Republican had made the exact same comments that Bill Clinton made, don't you think the screams about the racist right would be deafening by now? Yes, President Clinton was talking specifically about a crime bill, but if someone from the GOP tried to do the same, it simply wouldn't be allowed. So much for political discourse, I suppose...
Actually no. I think the idea that criminals should be punished for criminal behavior is not really as controversial as BLM/SJWs make it seem.
