Black Lives Matter - Putting public opinion first is bad praxis and doesn't actually help anyone

As a basic matter, yes: public opinion doesn't determine morality.

As a secondary matter, equating this:

with this (Charlotte 2016):

is absurd.

Sitting at a lunch counter and asking to be served like white guests isn't the same thing as blocking freeways, looting trailer trucks, and setting fire to their contents--among other things.

Well that's good to hear.

Now would you mind giving me your name and address. Its for nothing really important, I just need it just in case some violent fuckwit decides to go on a killing spree in the name of a "righteous cause".