Bekah Martinez and Garrett Yrigoyen Argue Over Police Support

Bachelor Nation is divided after Garrett Yrigoyen published a declaration in assistance of “Thin Blue Line,” an expression utilized in association with Blue Lives Matter countermovement.

In a prolonged declaration, the 31-year-old revealed that he stands in uniformity with the “hundreds of thousands of men and women of all races that represent this Thin Blue Line.” He described, “It’s important for me to recognize the ones who stand in the gap and put their lives on the line each and every single day for humans of different race and ethnicity, including those who hate them. The Thin Blue Line represents each officer protecting protestors, properties, and businesses while being threatened, attacked, shot, shot at, hit with vehicles, and other forms of brutality.” 

The star, who is engaged to previous Bachelorette Becca Kufrin, included that he’s sympathizes with the “over 300 [law enforcement officers] hurt, shot, or eliminated in simply one week.” According to a NBC News report, various police officers have actually suffered injuries throughout demonstrations. Despite Garrett’s recommendation, which he did not offer sourcing for, the rate of authorities injuries or casualties is not openly clear.

“They continue to put in overtime away from their families, stay silent while being threatened, hated, and assaulted. We can’t judge an entire group of people by the actions of a few. We can’t judge the peaceful protesters by the actions of the few violent protesters, and we sure can’t judge all cops by the actions of a few bad ones,” Ygrigoyen continued. “Remember when they put on the badge they’re still humans, with raw emotion, the more brutality they face the more on edge they become, they make mistakes, they have compassion, and no matter how terrible they are treated or whatever negative is said to them, they still show up for us when we need them!”

He concluded his message by urging his fans to “remember” the police officers throughout the nation. 

His post drew ire from various individuals, consisting of fellow Bachelor Nation members  consisting of Bekah Martinez, Nick Viall and Kendall Long to name a few. 

“Uhhhhh law enforcement CHOOSES to put on a blue uniform. Black people don’t choose to be black. big difference. also “the more authorities cruelty they deal with the more on edge they end up being”…. that’s scary as f–k,” Bekah commented. She likewise composed “it’s interesting” that Garrett was “silent” when he published a plain back square, referencing Black Out Tuesday, however voiced his assistance for police officers. 

“You’ve made your views known before and here’s a great reminder that not much has changed,” she mentioned. 

The circumstance intensified when Garrett reacted to Bekah’s criticism on his Instagram Story. In the post, he screenshotted Bekah’s remark and composed, “I remember you saying how much you loved me to Becca and that you made a mistake for judging me in the past without knowing me… Needless to say you never got to know me, still don’t know me and you’re no longer invited over.” 

Yrigoyen likewise described that he was “advised to not caption” his black square, however firmly insisted that it “doesn’t make me a racist nor does it take away” from the Black Lives Matter motion. 

Without straight pointing out Garrett, Bekah broadened on her position in a different Instagram post.  

“Here’s the thing: being black is not a uniform you can remove on your days off, it definitely does not protect you from the justice system, it is not something you get PAID to be, and it is most certainly not something you can quit or retire from,” she reasoned. “STOP COMPARING THE EXPERIENCE OF A CHOSEN CAREER TO THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING BLACK. You can love a cop, marry a cop, have a brother who’s a cop…and you can still hate the Blue Lives Matter movement and what it represents. you can choose to support cops AND understand that the ‘thin blue line’ flag now represents and signals BLUE LIVES MATTER to the majority of the population.”

In the remarks area, Bekah clarified that she does not “hate cops or don’t think their lives matter,” however she thinks the Thin Blue Line flag “is in direct opposition to Black Lives Matter, regardless of whatever it was originally intended to represent.”

As her last word on the matter, Bekah exposed she made a $1,000 contribution to the National Police Accountability Project in Garrett’s name.

The backward and forward in between Garrett and Bekah has actually relatively picked up the time being, however his fiancée Becca revealed on her Instagram Story that she would deal with the debate on the next episode of Bachelor Happy Hour with Rachel Lindsay.

In addition, she mentioned that she’s having “many conversations” behind the scenes. “Because I’m silent on my IG right now doesn’t mean I’m silent in my life,” Becca composed.

In 2018, Becca and Garrett’s relationship was thrust into the spotlight when Bachelor participant Ashley Spivey published screenshots that recommended Garrett liked a number of offending posts, consisting of some that mock Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg and the trans neighborhood. He excused his actions and described that he didn’t understand “the effect of a double tap or like on Instagram,” however hoped Becca would comprehend.

Then, as it was exposed that Becca accepted a proposition from Garrett, the couple shared they were overcoming the debate together. “The Instagram situation, I don’t condone that,” Becca stated at the time. “I know that he stands by his apology and he feels so bad for everyone that he did offend, and he didn’t mean it, but I just want to move forward and to learn and to grow, and to continue to educate ourselves, and that’s all you can ask for in another person, is that somebody who recognizes if they make a mistake and do something wrong, and want to learn and grow from it, and that’s what he’s shown me.”