nothing says 'peaceful removal' like riot gear Oh hi, it's snipy! You might know me from things like announcing Wonkette's official policy on Syrian civil war and helming your traditional viewing of the Sarah Palin Turkey Day Massacre. What you don't know about me is that I live in North Minneapolis, roughly six blocks from where Jamar Clark was shot and where Black Lives Matters protesters set up an occupation of the local police precinct. Yes, the one where a bunch of white supremacists shot
I keep telling people: what they do to Palestinians is the beta-testing for what they'll do to the blahs and poors at home if and when they get uppity.
This was not unexpected. Everyone from the victim's family to the most liberal congressman in America (Keith Ellison) had said -"go home people". This one became something it should not have. He was killed when police intervened because he was interfering with the EMT's who were trying to take his girlfriend to the hospital. The girlfriend he had allegedly injured to the point of requiring hospitalization. Trust me as a chronic leftist from the place this occurred - it was the wrong battle carried on for FAR too long. My diehardly progressive parents were exhibiting their long suppressed inner racists over this one. Black Lives Matter really needs to learn which battles to fight - and when to call it a day.
So, if presidential protesters can be consigned to Free Speech Zones miles away from where the President is, and Black Lives Matter protesters can be relocated to sites more convenient for the public, why can't abortion protesters be relocated away from the entrances to health clinics?
Nope - that is called "reactive" depression, meaning you have a good reason to be depressed about something. For example, the death of a loved one, or watching Faux News.
That's not what I said - but the protesters in this case refuse to acknowledge this guy was a serial abuser and tried to prevent the woman he beat up from getting medical attention. They portray him as some sort of saint and it rubs many the wrong way, and they have repeatedly reset the bar as the police, city and others gave into their demands. The "protest" morphed into a campout that blocked a major artery through a low income neighborhood and disrupted the lives of many who could ill afford it (and had no part in the incident). The protest became about the protesters and lost any viable message - and they still can't give it up.
"In the tense days after a black man's death at the hands of Minneapolis police, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison stood with protesters as they besieged a police station.
Yet as the protest has worn on, the Minneapolis Democrat has come into sharp criticism from some protesters who call him a "sellout" for joining in a call for them to take down their tents outside the station and to remove their roadblocks.
Ellison has been playing a delicate balancing act, trying to bridge the gap between the protesters, whose goals he shares, and officials who might be able to make the changes they want.
Ellison is Minnesota's only black congressman. He says police accountability is a nationwide problem that must be addressed, but burning bridges [figuratively] won't help advance that policy agenda."http://kstp.com/article/sto...
Video of the encampment and barricades the community, not just eh mayor asked to have moved: http://www.kare11.com/story...
By the way, I see a lot more protesters losing their lives if this is the direction the "Progressive-Libertarian Alliance" over at Salon is pushing #BLM:
Salon.com (what else would one expect from Salon idiots): "Louis Farrakhan, rising: With rap’s superstars at his side, the Nation of Islam leader steps forward in the new fight for civil rights" ... "Beck would be wrong, as usual, to make the ominous links, but the trend does signify something of a shift in attitudes. Black Islam occupies a particular place in the civil rights struggle: Malcolm X’s “by any means” militancy versus Dr. King’s conciliatory nonviolence. The turn toward black Islam might indicate disappointment and an impatience with the lack of progress made during the Obama years." ...
"A radical contingent is emerging, and it appears that Minister Farrakhan is looking to lead a youthful rebellion against what he sees as a dangerously conservative footing. His message is not like the peaceful pleas of Obama and civil rights elders; his anger is more like disciple Killer Mike’s, the rapper who asks on Run the Jewels 2’s most popular song, 'When you n****s gon’ unite and kill the police, motherfuckas?'” http://www.salon.com/2015/0...
They fail to mention Farrakhan's views on "The Jews" and his opposition to interracial marriage - not unlike the white supremacists Patriot Militia, the Oath Keepers (themselves police and military far right whackjobs) who are trying to arm the protesters: http://www.newsweek.com/oat...
That should be real helpful. Another protest movement getting hijacked by far right Libertarians... at which point they've just lost mainstream support. Congrats.
Did Prince do the Minneapolis PD's lighting design? Just asking.
I keep telling people: what they do to Palestinians is the beta-testing for what they'll do to the blahs and poors at home if and when they get uppity.
So they know something about The Negro?
Look, there's only so much rhubarb pie to go around. We'll be having ours served up nice and hot.
These do not sound like the good-hearted yet banal police officers of Minnesota that Fargo has told me about.
Chicago, 1968?
"The p'liceman is not there to create disorder. The p'liceman is there to preserve disorder."
This was not unexpected. Everyone from the victim's family to the most liberal congressman in America (Keith Ellison) had said -"go home people". This one became something it should not have. He was killed when police intervened because he was interfering with the EMT's who were trying to take his girlfriend to the hospital. The girlfriend he had allegedly injured to the point of requiring hospitalization. Trust me as a chronic leftist from the place this occurred - it was the wrong battle carried on for FAR too long. My diehardly progressive parents were exhibiting their long suppressed inner racists over this one. Black Lives Matter really needs to learn which battles to fight - and when to call it a day.
MN Nice is only for white people.
Please send that in.
Interfering with EMTs carries a death penalty now?
So, if presidential protesters can be consigned to Free Speech Zones miles away from where the President is, and Black Lives Matter protesters can be relocated to sites more convenient for the public, why can't abortion protesters be relocated away from the entrances to health clinics?
Nope - that is called "reactive" depression, meaning you have a good reason to be depressed about something. For example, the death of a loved one, or watching Faux News.
That's not what I said - but the protesters in this case refuse to acknowledge this guy was a serial abuser and tried to prevent the woman he beat up from getting medical attention. They portray him as some sort of saint and it rubs many the wrong way, and they have repeatedly reset the bar as the police, city and others gave into their demands. The "protest" morphed into a campout that blocked a major artery through a low income neighborhood and disrupted the lives of many who could ill afford it (and had no part in the incident). The protest became about the protesters and lost any viable message - and they still can't give it up.
I didn't.
"In the tense days after a black man's death at the hands of Minneapolis police, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison stood with protesters as they besieged a police station.
Yet as the protest has worn on, the Minneapolis Democrat has come into sharp criticism from some protesters who call him a "sellout" for joining in a call for them to take down their tents outside the station and to remove their roadblocks.
Ellison has been playing a delicate balancing act, trying to bridge the gap between the protesters, whose goals he shares, and officials who might be able to make the changes they want.
Ellison is Minnesota's only black congressman. He says police accountability is a nationwide problem that must be addressed, but burning bridges [figuratively] won't help advance that policy agenda."http://kstp.com/article/sto...
Video of the encampment and barricades the community, not just eh mayor asked to have moved: http://www.kare11.com/story...
By the way, I see a lot more protesters losing their lives if this is the direction the "Progressive-Libertarian Alliance" over at Salon is pushing #BLM:
Salon.com (what else would one expect from Salon idiots): "Louis Farrakhan, rising: With rap’s superstars at his side, the Nation of Islam leader steps forward in the new fight for civil rights" ... "Beck would be wrong, as usual, to make the ominous links, but the trend does signify something of a shift in attitudes. Black Islam occupies a particular place in the civil rights struggle: Malcolm X’s “by any means” militancy versus Dr. King’s conciliatory nonviolence. The turn toward black Islam might indicate disappointment and an impatience with the lack of progress made during the Obama years." ...
"A radical contingent is emerging, and it appears that Minister Farrakhan is looking to lead a youthful rebellion against what he sees as a dangerously conservative footing. His message is not like the peaceful pleas of Obama and civil rights elders; his anger is more like disciple Killer Mike’s, the rapper who asks on Run the Jewels 2’s most popular song, 'When you n****s gon’ unite and kill the police, motherfuckas?'” http://www.salon.com/2015/0...
They fail to mention Farrakhan's views on "The Jews" and his opposition to interracial marriage - not unlike the white supremacists Patriot Militia, the Oath Keepers (themselves police and military far right whackjobs) who are trying to arm the protesters: http://www.newsweek.com/oat...
That should be real helpful. Another protest movement getting hijacked by far right Libertarians... at which point they've just lost mainstream support. Congrats.