re: Black lives matter question....What do these people want?

Wealth redistribution. That is the true answer.

Defunding the police is a form of wealth redistribution. Social programs are a form of wealth redistribution. Reparations are wealth redistribution. Affirmative action is wealth redistribution. Demanding "diversity" in hiring and promotion is a form of wealth redistribution. Progressive taxes on the wealthy are wealth redistribution. Even looting is a primitive and illegal form of wealth redistribution.

I feel an admixture of pity and scorn for people who are still oblivious to the real aims of the movement and mistakenly believe that it is animated by universal moral precepts. If the objective were mere equality under the law and an opportunity to succeed based on merit, I would support it without reservation. But that is not the motivation.