Dover councilman believes “Black Lives Matter” should broaden their views

There’s a Black Lives Matter movement and then there’s an All Lives Matter movement, Tuesday in Dover, Del. people chose to stand behind the latter. Their reasoning, no life is more important than another.

The rally was led by African-American district four Dover city councilman Roy Sudler Jr., who believes the Black Lives Matter movement isn’t wrong, just that they need to broaden their views.

“I would say they’re missing the point because why would you say that one life has more value than another. Why would you say white lives, or police lives, or black lives matter more than all lives,” Sudler Jr. said.

The district Sudler Jr. represents is predominantly black and he realizes his views may not be shared by a majority of his constituents.

“I think their view is black lives matter only, for at least 60 percent out of 100 percent, but I’m challenged with changing their minds to making it 90 to 100 percent that all lives matters,” Sudler Jr. said.

Those who marched with Sudler Jr, like Saundra Caldwell, seem to agree with his views on the Black Lives Matter movement.

“They more so, like, want to put it on a pedestal and say, you know, black lives matter, not all lives matter, but we can’t look at it like that,” Caldwell said.

Sudler Jr. said he knows his views are controversial, but the backing of those who showed up for the rally, including State Sen. Brian Bushweller (D) let him know that he’s on the right track.

“I think the sentiment that he was trying to express here today was we all need to come together, heal these divisions that we have, show respect for one another and we’ll all be better off,” Bushweller said.