You could ask the police the same question since they're actually hired to protect people...

BLM is specifically about police violence, you know that right?

So asking BLM why they weren't present when something happened that had nothing to do with police... is a complete nonsense question?

I have a lot of trouble understanding why so many think this is such a clever "gotcha" retort?

I'm not a huge BLM fan, but accusing them of not doing something that isn't their related to their actual purpose isn't an intelligent counter-argument, imo

It's like if someone died in a swimming pool, and you're like "Where's the coast guard, I thought they protected everyone in the water!"