i disagree.

no, jerome, i do not believe the "black lives matter" movement had any impact at all, and i think this sort of pandering does more harm than good.

that one group is yelling while another takes an action does not mean that the  yelling group caused the action or outcome.

the people who started this movement and fought through when the going was toughest were the individuals who refused to put down their recording devices in the face of overwhelming intimidation until the courts of the land clarified the behavior's legality. they had nothing to do with black lives matter. the black lives matter movement is a product of the fight that had already been fought to expose the behavior in as close to an objective way as possible (no, you are not objective).

they are the ones who started it, but even they don't really deserve any "credit".

the movement actually came about simply because of the availability of cell phone video. nothing more. we can now watch as the parasites come in to take credit and to corrupt what has so far been a phenomenally righteous development.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerome-karabel/police-killings-lynchings-capital-punishment_b_8462778.html

the ENTIRE movement is about the right to film. anything that comes after that right is established is a consequence of that first victory.