Black Lives Matter Launches Weekend Of Rage
Jul 10, 2016 02:55:27 #
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Demonstrations to denounce the fatal shooting of two black men by police officers this week exploded across the nation in what the group Black Lives Matters called a Weekend of Rage.
Following the surfacing of videos showing two African-American men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, respectively, five Dallas police officers were gunned down and seven others wounded during a demonstration Thursday evening. But neither that tragedy nor growing tensions between the police and blacks was enough to quiet the protests.
“This has been a very painful week for the African American community,” said Jeanelle Auston, who organized an event at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Pasadena, California, campus. “The back-to-back killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in Minnesota by police officers have torn hearts across the nation.”
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen, who is African-American, was tightly controlled but clearly furious at a press conference where he stated, “Black Lives Matter, as far as I’m concerned, is a radical hate group; and for that purpose alone, I think the leadership of this country needs to look at little bit harder at that particular group. The consequences of what we saw in Dallas is due to their efforts.”
Protests took place in many major cities, including Atlanta, New York, Rochester, Phoenix, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Nashville, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Paul and Washington, D.C.
Atlanta
The largest demonstration appeared to be in downtown Atlanta, where an estimated 2,000 protesters chanted, waved signs demanding justice and blocked part of Interstate 75/85 in a tense standoff with police.
Mayor Kasim Reed first tweeted, “”Today we have had less than ten people arrested during what has been a peaceful protest. We urge anyone protesting not to enter the highway.” Later he followed with a warning to protesters: “If you enter the highway, you endanger your own life, the lives of innocent motorists & the lives of our officers. We are better than that.”
The tweets were ignored. Footage from local news stations showed the crowd facing off with dozens of police vehicles that were stopped on a local interstate highway.
Baltimore
In Baltimore, about 200 people gathered in protest to march from McKeldin Square to the Baltimore police headquarters. Four people were arrested after some members of the group failed to comply with orders to move out of the street.
Baton Rouge
The FBI issued a riot alert in Louisiana. Judicial Watch reports the alert is dated July 7 and included disturbing images from social media, including one depicting a restrained uniformed police officer getting his throat slashed by a masked individual. Other social media images called for purging and killing all cops in Baton Rouge on July 9 and starting a riot by the courthouse in Shreveport. One social media post says, “It don’t matter what color you are.” Another says, “Must kill every police!!!!”
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About 300 protesters in Baton Rouge started off peacefully, but descended into chaos after several protesters hurled plastic bottles of water and cups of ice at police. Many officers were attired in riot gear, and people could be heard chanting obscenities at the police.
Breitbart reports the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) plans to be in town on Sunday to protest the police shooting of Alton Sterling, according to Minister of Education James Evans Muhammad.
Several protesters told Breitbart News they were unhappy to hear the New Black Panthers – which has made headlines for its incendiary uncompromising black liberation rhetoric – were coming to town.
Phoenix
Demonstrations in Phoenix turned violent when protesters threw rocks and other objects at law enforcement officers during an anti-police brutality rally Friday night. Agitators shouted “We should shoot you!” to officers.
An estimated 1,000 participants chanted: “Black lives matter” and “Hands up, don’t shoot” as they marched. Officers escorting the march weren’t dressed in riot gear.
The violence also caused massive transit shutdowns, particularly on Interstate 10. One of the civil rights leaders that helped stage the march, Rev. Jarrett Maupin, acknowledged the route of the march was changed to shut down Interstate 10. The Arizona Department of Transportation tweeted, “CLOSED: SR 51 SB to I-10 WB ramp is closed due to law-enforcement activity,” which prompted someone to respond, “Law enforcement activity? Do you mean THUG activity?”
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Six people were injured and three were arrested, and police used pepper spray to bring the crowd under control.
New York
Protests occurred in both Rochester and New York City.
A Black Lives Matter protest took over Grand Central Station Friday night leading to disruptions and travel delays, just one day after thousands of activists went on a march throughout midtown Manhattan, taking over Fifth Avenue and Times Square.
In Rochester, some protesters sat in the street chanting “Black lives, black lives” while others stood in front of riot gear-clad police. Police Chief Michael Ciminelli said at a press conference that 74 arrests were made for disorderly conduct and two charges of resisting arrest. There were no injuries.
Law enforcement on high alert
Nationwide, law enforcement officers are on high alert. In many locations they are being ordered to partner up for assignments, wear bulletproof vests, and not to respond to calls alone.
The Washington Post noted police commanders nationwide began pondering Friday not only the significance of the tragedy in Dallas, but whether they need to reconsider how they do their jobs in a more highly charged environment when viral video and angry rhetoric can quickly ignite anti-police sentiment.
The NYPD’s chief of department James O’Neill sent an internal memo stating, “Effective immediately and until further notice, all uniform members of service are to be assigned in pairs,” adding “There will be no solo assignments citywide.”
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Washington Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said she gave the order to partner up at about midnight, hours after the attack in Dallas killed five officers and wounded seven others. She conceded, “Looking at the type of attack that happened in Dallas, a two-man car, a four-man car, a 10-man car, isn’t going to make much of a difference. But it makes the officers feel much safer.”
These orders were echoed in places like Boston, Las Vegas, St. Louis and other urban areas. St Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson gave orders to his officers, adding, “Although locally we are not experiencing any civil unrest, this decision is precautionary and is to maximize the safety of officers and our community.”
Meanwhile Politico reports Attorney General Loretta Lynch encouraged protesters not to allow the “heinous violence” that occurred in Dallas to silence their “important” voices.
“I want you to know that your voice is important,” Lynch during a news conference on Friday at the Justice Department. “Do not be discouraged by those who would use your lawful actions as cover for their heinous violence. We will continue to safeguard your constitutional rights and to work with you in the difficult mission of building a better nation and a brighter future.”
Lynch stressed that she is “deeply grateful” to law enforcement’s commitment to difficult and dangerous work to keep America safe but vowed that the Justice Department would do all it can to help. And she urged peaceful protesters not to give up.
Additionally, Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats’ claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.
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“I will call for white people, like myself, to put ourselves in the shoes of those African-American families who fear every time their children go somewhere, who have to have ‘The Talk,’ about, you now, how to really protect themselves [from police], when they’re the ones who should be expecting protection from encounters with police,” Clinton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“I’m going to be talking to white people, we’re the ones who have to start listening to the legitimate cries coming from our African-American fellow citizens,” she said. “We’ve got to figure out what is happening when routine traffic stops, when routine arrests, escalate into killings … Clearly, there seems to be a terrible disconnect between many police departments and officers and the people they have sworn to protect.”
Breitbart notes how Clinton suggested people who disagree with her agenda are racists. “There is so much more to be done … we can’t be engaging in hateful rhetoric or incitement of violence, we need to be bringing people together … we need more love and kindness.”
To win in November, Clinton needs a high turnout of African-American voters.
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Demonstrations to denounce the fatal shooting of two black men by police officers this week exploded across the nation in what the group Black Lives Matters called a Weekend of Rage.
Following the surfacing of videos showing two African-American men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, respectively, five Dallas police officers were gunned down and seven others wounded during a demonstration Thursday evening. But neither that tragedy nor growing tensions between the police and blacks was enough to quiet the protests.
“This has been a very painful week for the African American community,” said Jeanelle Auston, who organized an event at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Pasadena, California, campus. “The back-to-back killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in Minnesota by police officers have torn hearts across the nation.”
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen, who is African-American, was tightly controlled but clearly furious at a press conference where he stated, “Black Lives Matter, as far as I’m concerned, is a radical hate group; and for that purpose alone, I think the leadership of this country needs to look at little bit harder at that particular group. The consequences of what we saw in Dallas is due to their efforts.”
Protests took place in many major cities, including Atlanta, New York, Rochester, Phoenix, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Nashville, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Paul and Washington, D.C.
Atlanta
The largest demonstration appeared to be in downtown Atlanta, where an estimated 2,000 protesters chanted, waved signs demanding justice and blocked part of Interstate 75/85 in a tense standoff with police.
Mayor Kasim Reed first tweeted, “”Today we have had less than ten people arrested during what has been a peaceful protest. We urge anyone protesting not to enter the highway.” Later he followed with a warning to protesters: “If you enter the highway, you endanger your own life, the lives of innocent motorists & the lives of our officers. We are better than that.”
The tweets were ignored. Footage from local news stations showed the crowd facing off with dozens of police vehicles that were stopped on a local interstate highway.
Baltimore
In Baltimore, about 200 people gathered in protest to march from McKeldin Square to the Baltimore police headquarters. Four people were arrested after some members of the group failed to comply with orders to move out of the street.
Baton Rouge
The FBI issued a riot alert in Louisiana. Judicial Watch reports the alert is dated July 7 and included disturbing images from social media, including one depicting a restrained uniformed police officer getting his throat slashed by a masked individual. Other social media images called for purging and killing all cops in Baton Rouge on July 9 and starting a riot by the courthouse in Shreveport. One social media post says, “It don’t matter what color you are.” Another says, “Must kill every police!!!!”
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About 300 protesters in Baton Rouge started off peacefully, but descended into chaos after several protesters hurled plastic bottles of water and cups of ice at police. Many officers were attired in riot gear, and people could be heard chanting obscenities at the police.
Breitbart reports the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) plans to be in town on Sunday to protest the police shooting of Alton Sterling, according to Minister of Education James Evans Muhammad.
Several protesters told Breitbart News they were unhappy to hear the New Black Panthers – which has made headlines for its incendiary uncompromising black liberation rhetoric – were coming to town.
Phoenix
Demonstrations in Phoenix turned violent when protesters threw rocks and other objects at law enforcement officers during an anti-police brutality rally Friday night. Agitators shouted “We should shoot you!” to officers.
An estimated 1,000 participants chanted: “Black lives matter” and “Hands up, don’t shoot” as they marched. Officers escorting the march weren’t dressed in riot gear.
The violence also caused massive transit shutdowns, particularly on Interstate 10. One of the civil rights leaders that helped stage the march, Rev. Jarrett Maupin, acknowledged the route of the march was changed to shut down Interstate 10. The Arizona Department of Transportation tweeted, “CLOSED: SR 51 SB to I-10 WB ramp is closed due to law-enforcement activity,” which prompted someone to respond, “Law enforcement activity? Do you mean THUG activity?”
image: http://www.wnd.com/files/2016/07/Protests-around-country-7-9-16-tweet-1.jpg
Protests around country 7-9-16 tweet-1
Six people were injured and three were arrested, and police used pepper spray to bring the crowd under control.
New York
Protests occurred in both Rochester and New York City.
A Black Lives Matter protest took over Grand Central Station Friday night leading to disruptions and travel delays, just one day after thousands of activists went on a march throughout midtown Manhattan, taking over Fifth Avenue and Times Square.
In Rochester, some protesters sat in the street chanting “Black lives, black lives” while others stood in front of riot gear-clad police. Police Chief Michael Ciminelli said at a press conference that 74 arrests were made for disorderly conduct and two charges of resisting arrest. There were no injuries.
Law enforcement on high alert
Nationwide, law enforcement officers are on high alert. In many locations they are being ordered to partner up for assignments, wear bulletproof vests, and not to respond to calls alone.
The Washington Post noted police commanders nationwide began pondering Friday not only the significance of the tragedy in Dallas, but whether they need to reconsider how they do their jobs in a more highly charged environment when viral video and angry rhetoric can quickly ignite anti-police sentiment.
The NYPD’s chief of department James O’Neill sent an internal memo stating, “Effective immediately and until further notice, all uniform members of service are to be assigned in pairs,” adding “There will be no solo assignments citywide.”
What do YOU think? Why can’t Obama ‘untangle the Dallas shooter’s motives? Sound off in today’s WND poll.
Washington Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said she gave the order to partner up at about midnight, hours after the attack in Dallas killed five officers and wounded seven others. She conceded, “Looking at the type of attack that happened in Dallas, a two-man car, a four-man car, a 10-man car, isn’t going to make much of a difference. But it makes the officers feel much safer.”
These orders were echoed in places like Boston, Las Vegas, St. Louis and other urban areas. St Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson gave orders to his officers, adding, “Although locally we are not experiencing any civil unrest, this decision is precautionary and is to maximize the safety of officers and our community.”
Meanwhile Politico reports Attorney General Loretta Lynch encouraged protesters not to allow the “heinous violence” that occurred in Dallas to silence their “important” voices.
“I want you to know that your voice is important,” Lynch during a news conference on Friday at the Justice Department. “Do not be discouraged by those who would use your lawful actions as cover for their heinous violence. We will continue to safeguard your constitutional rights and to work with you in the difficult mission of building a better nation and a brighter future.”
Lynch stressed that she is “deeply grateful” to law enforcement’s commitment to difficult and dangerous work to keep America safe but vowed that the Justice Department would do all it can to help. And she urged peaceful protesters not to give up.
Additionally, Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats’ claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.
The ‘Stop Hillary’ campaign is on fire! Join the surging response to this theme: ‘Clinton for prosecution, not president’
“I will call for white people, like myself, to put ourselves in the shoes of those African-American families who fear every time their children go somewhere, who have to have ‘The Talk,’ about, you now, how to really protect themselves [from police], when they’re the ones who should be expecting protection from encounters with police,” Clinton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“I’m going to be talking to white people, we’re the ones who have to start listening to the legitimate cries coming from our African-American fellow citizens,” she said. “We’ve got to figure out what is happening when routine traffic stops, when routine arrests, escalate into killings … Clearly, there seems to be a terrible disconnect between many police departments and officers and the people they have sworn to protect.”
Breitbart notes how Clinton suggested people who disagree with her agenda are racists. “There is so much more to be done … we can’t be engaging in hateful rhetoric or incitement of violence, we need to be bringing people together … we need more love and kindness.”
To win in November, Clinton needs a high turnout of African-American voters.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/black-lives-matter-launches-weekend-of-rage/#CXG7HxtxW2BpLeZm.99
Jul 10, 2016 04:02:33 #
Coos Bay Tom
Loc: coos bay oregon
A Democrat In 2016 wrote:
The murders of the police made things much worse for the cause. Americans as a whole need to learn mutual respect for one another before this nonsense can stop.Hillary to whites: 'We're the ones who have to sta... (show quote)
Jul 10, 2016 04:23:51 #
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
The murders of the police made things much worse for the cause. Americans as a whole need to learn mutual respect for one another before this nonsense can stop.
As I used to tell them in here when they wanted to chastise me about my language to them.........examine cause AND effect and not just cause.......i have a list of about 20 I put on ignore and it cut down the amount of hatred on the entire site...........One could say it was me antagonizing them but since they are gone i'm not trying to antagonize anyone who is not trying to antagonize me, hence proving my point I wasn't the one bringing it to the table in the first place.............
Jul 10, 2016 04:35:52 #
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
The murders of the police made things much worse for the cause. Americans as a whole need to learn mutual respect for one another before this nonsense can stop.
and see that is the problem with this country...what one guy did during the protest is shaped in the discussion as a reflection on others..like the racists use to tell me how the shit I talked to them makes the black race look bad, yet when a white mass shooter does something it is a reflection on no one...not even others who fit the profile of probable mass shooters........that double standard is bullshit for real.............
Jul 10, 2016 08:04:20 #
A Democrat In 2016 wrote:
As I used to tell them in here when they wanted to chastise me about my language to them.........examine cause AND effect and not just cause.......i have a list of about 20 I put on ignore and it cut down the amount of hatred on the entire site...........One could say it was me antagonizing them but since they are gone i'm not trying to antagonize anyone who is not trying to antagonize me, hence proving my point I wasn't the one bringing it to the table in the first place.............
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Mutual respect from both sides, sitting down and discussing the many problems brought to light after a peaceful protest is destroyed by one angry black man. The shooting of the two black men that caused the protest, one whom had a conceal carry permit who was trying to comply with the officer, when the officer freaked and killed him (that was wrong). The other black man was resisting arrest, but deadly force was not warranted.
When the President of the United States announces to the world the wrongful shooting of the two black men, but seems to forget about the killing of 5 police officer that were doing their duties. Where was the call by the President to fly the flag at half mast for the officers killed? Hillary Clinton says we whites need to start listening..................well, Listening is one thing, providing recommendations on how to resolve the problems of white/black equality as compared to black/white intolerance. Oh, can we also discuss the ratio of blacks paying for the support of the black population as compared to the white ratio. Man, we all have a lot to discuss to make our Country better. LET"S GET TO WORK!!
Jul 10, 2016 09:07:28 #
I'm sure that I am like many Americans who are broken-hearted and bewildered by the hate we see from different groups in our once great country. My Christianity, in fact, my humanity, points me toward a love and respect for ALL fellow humans! I want everyone to be free and happy! But when that very freedom has become one without boundaries, then what we have is chaos and groups trying to force us into THEIR way of thinking! Look at our innocent children - don't we love EVERY little baby and child we encounter, REGARDLESS of their color? Yes, the great majority of us do! That innocence is easy to love! Well, every one of us had that innocence at one time. Let us all love and respect other's and STOP listening to so/called "leaders" who tell us THEIR evil agendas but excepting themselves from the very things they want you to do!
Jul 10, 2016 09:33:33 #
A Democrat In 2016 wrote:
Hillary to whites: 'We're the ones who have to sta... (show quote)
The shutting down of highways, and public services, and interfering with average people's daily lives doesn't help their cause. Just the opposite, it causes resentment.
Jul 10, 2016 09:38:32 #
AMEN! What possesses ANYONE to think they have a right to do anything that blocks the rights of others under the law?
Jul 10, 2016 14:52:14 #
Mom8052 wrote:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ br Mutual ... (show quote)
That is wrong....and the right is still trying to take advantage of the situation and point a finger in one specific direction. All of this started when racists starting acting out before Obama was even inaugurated. Gun sales, confederate flags and the whole nine when all the hell black people were doing were relishing a historic moment.....but displays of racism and killing black men nand even little children playing with toy guns in a park or walking in walMart with a toy gun for purchase caused them their lives has caused this pushback and other than deaths, rightfully so........Giuliani and others with divisive rhetoric are not helping the situation none....and like the guy said......it is wrong to lable BLM as a whole based on actions of a few. BLM is a peaceful protest entity and they are not celebrating the death of policemen or anyone else. When racists of any kind take the actions of some and label others..the whole racist process has started and has been fueled........No one with any gotdamn sense is disregarding the young black men or policemen killed........
Jul 10, 2016 14:56:58 #
archie bunker wrote:
The shutting down of highways, and public services, and interfering with average people's daily lives doesn't help their cause. Just the opposite, it causes resentment.
Resentment is what caused it all in the first place......like conversation in OPP..I always stressed examining cause and affect and not just effect.....and until we do...there will always be a disconnect...........Obama has had to have flags lowered 67 times....more than any other President.....and that is not his fault......acknowledging the reality of things is only incitement to those who don't want people to speak out against the unfair aspects of the status quo...........
Jul 10, 2016 20:37:39 #
A Democrat In 2016 wrote:
That is wrong....and the right is still trying to ... (show quote)
2016, Really, I'm asking for your educated help resolving our American crisis! It's no longer a black/white/black situation. I'm trying to be color blind, so how about we work together on a solution to this mess.
Jul 10, 2016 21:33:09 #
Mom8052 wrote:
2016, Really, I'm asking for your educated help resolving our American crisis! It's no longer a black/white/black situation. I'm trying to be color blind, so how about we work together on a solution to this mess.
The same as i said about cops and black men goes the same between others...starting with a mutual respect for differences:
The thing (problem) with cops and young black men is twofold on both accounts-inherent bias towards the other and the lack of education on what is appropriate in a given situation. I am referring to specific actions that work to de-escalate as opposed to exacerbate a situation that has the potential to go wrong.........
Jul 10, 2016 21:38:20 #
A Democrat In 2016 wrote:
Hillary to whites: 'We're the ones who have to sta... (show quote)
Weekend of rage? You mean Friday wasn't enough? Yes Clinton needs a high turnout of Afro-Americans but blacks are quickly becoming pariahs, from their own volition, and there is nothing she can do about that...
Jul 10, 2016 22:32:38 #
PeterS wrote:
Weekend of rage? You mean Friday wasn't enough? Yes Clinton needs a high turnout of Afro-Americans but blacks are quickly becoming pariahs, from their own volition, and there is nothing she can do about that...
so you say that.....what the hell BLACKS are becoming..some people still know how to not label a whole race by the actions of a few, relatively speaking. It is how I look at white racist klan, mass shooter domestic terrorist types and know they do not represent whites as a whole......try that type of thinking and it will show you have evolved...........
Jul 11, 2016 00:01:37 #
Coos Bay Tom
Loc: coos bay oregon
Old Man wrote:
I'm sure that I am like many Americans who are bro... (show quote)
Face book and news media are full of Racism. Maybe we need to protest that. Hardcore right wingers exhibit racism constantly and get cheered on. Where is their honor? People are suffering. Where is the love?
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