I don't condone the actions but we really can't expect every single protester to keep their cool after the Garner and Brown shitshows of a grand jury. If the police system continues to breed blatant racism and a complete and systematic lack of accountability for killing citizens and then denying them any kind of trial, I'm sorry but signs WILL be thrown at one point or another.
exactly.
All this 'concern' over the actions of the protesters tainting their real message is getting old. Its exploding now. This is how these things happen, unfortunately. You can just hope for saftey of people, and thats it. There isn't a file-form way to have an anger filled protest/revolution.
Mully, you hope people behave because of LRADs. This is missing the point entirely. The time for calm and understanding over this is coming to an end. Its going to be ugly, but what else are people expecting? Worldwide protests are happening, they are violent. Its literally the shit jfk and others have all spoken about.
The idea of black people treading lightly while being at the end of their wits is the most astounding thing to come out of these threads. And every time its just that much more sickening.
The justice system nation wide is broken. Social acceptance of murder is happening as long as its black people. Voting isn't solving the problem, as people don't vote to put murderers in office. Americans should all be upset. They aren't. Voting isn't changing that perception, and that is what is needed to actually do things peacefully. Black people, and I know because I'm one of them, have been on our best behavior. Getting educations, running shit, being president, etc... and still, still people buy the idea that its ok to be killed without a trial because you have hulk hogan strength, demon eyes, or resisting arrest. These are the people folks want to tell to organize peacefully because its not productive. What has been productive? Setting a best foot forward has changed nothing of our perception in this country. Are we supposed to rely on the GOP to allow any of our demands to hit legislation..? When they can't even agree with themselves, let alone anything a brown person is suggesting.
So tired of black people being targeted for the way they are reacting to this. Get used to it. Some people are literally, hysterically upset. Some aren't. People are all different. There is no hive mind. We get to watch what happens when you push citizens to the edge.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better unfortunately, because no one else seems to care.
Wag fingers all you want. As if our government/nation/how politics work is providing any realistic solutions.
