OK a few points
1. The Cenotaph was NOT vandalised during a BLM protest.
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2. Football fans complaining about "defunding the police". Really? I'm more familiar with the rhetoric of the "bent coppers arresting innocent fans" as a concern of football fans!
3. The portrayal of BLM as "political" is a deliberate attempt by the right wing media to dilute their message exactly the same as "All Lives Matter" was.
4. The excuse that "they have taken part in a number of anti racism initiatives in the past" is neither here nor there, it carries similar weight to "some of my friends are black" they decided en masse to do something that was bound to be interpreted as racist and did it any way.
If I was the Millwall chairman, I'd have the players take a knee right in front of the fans not in the centre circle but facing them, eye to eye. And if they boo, walk off and concede the match.
I'm done with trying to understand racists this is very much a product of our current xenophobic government and influential politicians like Farage, with hateful right wing media. No tolerance for the intollerant.