Soon after the Black Lives Matter movement to end police brutality against Black people began, many police officers and their supporters started organizing under the banner "Blue Lives Matter." It was created to help law enforcement officers and their families, and has pushed for laws making it a hate crime to target police or firefighters. What type of social movement best describes Blue Lives Matter?

A. Alternative
B. Redemptive
C. Reformative
D. Resistance
E. Revolutionary


Answer: D. Resistance

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