BLM Trying To Stop Bill That Teaches School Children How to Deal With Police [VIDEO]

A bill passed unanimously last month by the New Jersey Assembly that would require schools to teach young people how to avert confrontations and properly interact with police draws resistance from Black Lives Matter.

According to a co-sponsor of the bill, Democrat Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver, the bill mirrors “The Talk” that many black parents have with their children, explaining the delicacies of dealing with the police in America.

“Look, I’m just trying to save lives,” said the Assemblywoman, a co-sponsor of the bill which passed in a 76-0 vote back in June.

Despite good intentions, however, the Black Lives Matter movement has expressed its opposition to the bill, claiming it would just create a scapegoat for police brutality, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

A lead organizer of a local Black Lives Matter chapter, Alexis Miller, calls the politicians to block the bill when it reaches the Senate, saying it puts pressure on people rather the police to behave accordingly.
The movement is also rallying its supporters to sign a petition addressed to New Jersey Senators, which so far got more that 1,300 signatures, to stop the bill.

“This bill is clearly designed to create a scapegoat for police brutality, and that scapegoat is New Jersey’s children,” Miller said. “It does nothing to address the laws already in place that protect the immense power of police departments. Students … children are expected to master the idea of respectability politics in order to protect themselves from officers.”

Miller added, “Everyone needs to understand that creating cordial bonds between officers and the community does not negate an officer’s authority to use force. It is simply an illusion.

“Our students should be in the classroom learning measurable subjects and our tax dollars should go towards STEM, the arts, and inclusive history.”

“The bill has come a long way in its current form from where it was,” said Portia Allen-Kyle, a lawyer for the ACLU’s New Jersey office in Newark. “As it stands now, we feel that there is an opportunity here to really empower students and educate them about their rights.”

Sources: foxnews.com, heatst.com