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CHRIS SUTTON: I will continue to wear Black Lives Matter badge... equality is more important than organisation's controversial appeal to defund police

There is a difference between Black Lives Matter the message and Black Lives Matter the organisation.

One is about fighting for equality. The other's UK wing has courted controversy by calling for police funding to be cut and an end to free trade with Israel.

I'm not one for delving too deeply into politics but for me, that is not what Black Lives Matter has ever been about. This movement has always been about the powerful over-riding message it conveys - that the lives of black people matter as much as anyone's.

I will continue to wear Black Lives Matter badge. Equality is more important than politics

That is why I supported the campaign in the first place and support it now.