LZ Granderson: I heard early on from a good source that Black Lives Matter was not legitimate. He says he couldn't actually say it out loud, because it was too dangerous; now he can. LZ: From the beginning, I was informed that it was a fake money-making organization and was not dedicated to fixing anything. "I would like to suggest that if I were the lawyer for Derek Chauvin, the cop who was convicted for allegedly killing George Floyd, I was trying to figure out how I would have done a better job," Gershwin said.