2020 Uprising: Enough is Enough

DukeTrout · September 11, 2020, 3:00am

And now a witness has come forward to report that the group that killed him did not identify themselves in any way, they just rolled up and started shooting.

So it was an assassination, plain and simple.

gatto · September 11, 2020, 3:25am

i remember reading somewhere that apparently a whole bunch of people called 911 because they saw men with guns running around, and they had no idea those men were police.

( also, dear god that article has a lot of ads. like every fourth sentence is interrupted with one thing or another )

Wanderfound · September 11, 2020, 3:59am

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the White Liberal

The white liberal must rid himself of the notion that there can be a tension-less transition from the old order of injustice to the new order of justice … the Negro cannot achieve emancipation by passively waiting for the white race voluntarily to grant it to him. The Negro has not gained a single right in America without persistent pressure and agitation. However lamentable it may seem, the Negro is now convinced that white America will never admit to him equal rights unless it is coerced into doing it.

Nonviolent coercion always brings tension to the surface. This tension, however, must not be seen as destructive. There is a kind of tension that is both healthy and necessary for growth. Society needs nonviolent gadflies to bring its tensions into the open and force its citizens to confront the ugliness of their prejudices and the tragedy of their racism.

It is important for the liberal to see that the oppressed person who agitates for his rights is not the creator of tension. He merely brings out the hidden tension that is already alive. Last summer when we had our open housing marches in Chicago, many of our white liberal friends cried out in horror and dismay: “You are creating hatred and hostility in the white communities in which you are marching. You are only developing a white backlash.” I never could understand this logic. They failed to realize that the hatred and the hostilities were already latently or subconsciously present. Our marches merely brought them to the surface.

How strange it would be to condemn a physician who, through persistent work and the ingenuity of his medical skills, discovered cancer in a patient. Would anyone be so ignorant as to say he caused the cancer? Through the skills and discipline of direct action we reveal that there is a dangerous cancer of hatred and racism in our society. We did not cause the cancer; we merely exposed it. Only through this kind of exposure will the cancer ever be cured. The committed white liberal must see the need for powerful antidotes to combat the disease of racism.

The white liberal must escalate his support for the struggle for racial justice rather than de-escalate it. This would be a tragic time to forsake and withdraw from the struggle. The need for commitment is greater today than ever.

Taken from his last book “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” (1967)

KathyPartdeux · September 11, 2020, 10:38am

anon29537550 · September 11, 2020, 11:15am

As expected. Sadly, not shocked.

mr_raccoon · September 12, 2020, 9:40pm

The Bills are going to highlight Black Lives Matter and officer inflicted head injuries to hippies near town hall awareness in upcoming games

Since I got a post here anyways. I’m glad my hometown is getting around to finally having the conversation about this dark moment in this town’s history

Wanderfound · September 12, 2020, 9:50pm

subextraordinaire · September 13, 2020, 12:13am

LA County Sheriff Dept is OUT. OF. CONTROL. They patrol the city north of us and I will not drive in or through it. They are worse that the most hardened gang in LA County and I do not feel safe with them around. I hope Mark Ridley Thomas gets results.

Wanderfound · September 13, 2020, 1:54am

Thanks to Facebook et al, that delay is now down to a couple of months:

https://twitter.com/grantusmcgrant/status/1304727341961101312?s=21

The US flag is now being adopted as a symbol by white supremacists across the globe.

“Leader of the free world”.

FloridaManJefe · September 13, 2020, 2:09am

the new banner of the nazi fascists: black and white “american” flag with one blue stripe.
fuck this. #FTP
Seriously, Fuck The Police
(or, UNfuck the po-po. thanks, @Melizmatic , I like that better but the hashtag remains.)

aLynHall · September 13, 2020, 2:27am

74hc595 · September 13, 2020, 7:04am

Considering that US has always been a white supremacy, that symbol is surprisingly adequate. US just had better PR before.

Wanderfound · September 13, 2020, 7:06am

Wanderfound · September 13, 2020, 7:08am

Wanderfound · September 13, 2020, 11:32am

https://twitter.com/busblog/status/1305078573049372672?s=21

https://twitter.com/daveanthony/status/1305105642781208578?s=21

Wanderfound · September 13, 2020, 11:34am

aLynHall · September 13, 2020, 11:46am

That’s awesome. I never would have thought of mannequins as protest gear, but now it seems obvious.

aLynHall · September 13, 2020, 4:27pm

I guess can see how this could be legit, there are a lot of very angry people. At the same time, I dunno. If it were a TV show, I’d already be expecting the twist where we find out it is staged.

DukeTrout · September 13, 2020, 4:42pm

Seriously, please, please put warnings when you link to the Daily Heil. That is a Do Not Click Zone.

aLynHall · September 13, 2020, 4:50pm

Sorry, sorry. That was thoughtless.

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