Charlie Rosenberg attended the unfurling of a new Black Lives Matter banner today at the First Baptist Church on Centre Street - to replace an earlier one that was ripped down.
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but they are making progress
By Nancy L
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 11:01am
I see. You're arguing that the central contention of Black Lives Matter movement is baseless but the problem keeping them from making progress is not their merit-less central contention but the personalities and tactics of the people in the movement.
Your ad hominem argument seems frivolous in the context of your central contention--the movement is without merit.
To date, we've seen a lot of progress at the city, state and national level so your argument that personalities are the obstacle is belied by a record of high-profile progress and Democratic candidates racial justice policy platforms.
No Wonder
By Kenneth Johnson
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 11:01am
No wonder Boston tops regular lists of one of the most segregated and racist places in America, this reaction to saying Black Lives Matter is very telling. Then you wonder why Black people reject your authority so much, this is the same shit we've been dealing with our whole lives.
Stating Black on Black crime is justification for being abused and murdered by police officers lets me know exactly how you feel. It's wrong and I am going to continue fighting it.
Murdered?
By anon
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 12:09pm
Name me ONE case where a cop just walked up to someone and shot them for no valid reason, which is what murder is. Go on, I'll wait...
That's not particularly hard to find.
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 12:27pm
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/us-usa-p...
Try again
By anon
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 12:57pm
Someone jumped out at a cop in a dark stairwell of a crime/drug-infested housing project during a drug raid. Accident, definitely. Manslaughter, sure, why not. But murder? Absolutely not.
Ray Tensing.
By Rob
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 4:21pm
Ray Tensing.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/colleges/uc-ne...
Getting warmer
By anon
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 5:10pm
But nonetheless, a known drug dealer who disobeyed cop's orders, tried to drive off and almost ended up dragging the cop. Try again.
Jumped out?
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 6:37pm
Here on my planet, there was no drug raid at all, only a routine patrol in a stairwell... and the victim merely entered the stairwell normally, a floor below the officer, and did not "jump out."
But you are welcome to your own interpretation of the facts, of course, if it helps you maintain your worldview.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Akai_Gurley
There are degrees of homocide
By Kenneth Johnson
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 3:13pm
There are degrees of homocide, but if you take someone's life when there were options available you should be tried for murder.
Tamir Rice was murdered, any other profession in the USA, if your actions caused the death of a person, especially a child, you bet your ass you would out of business or changing the way you do things in a heartbeat.
Also Googling Police Murder Black comes back with over 100k results, there are several lists of Black people murdered by cops, here is one of just the unarmed victims; http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/unarmed/
Officers have options and training, I expect more from them. Give them a raise if need be but they shouldn't be killing anyone, if possible, especially not unarmed people.
Kenneth Johnson
By Pete Nice
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 5:04pm
With all due respect, Tamir Rice had a toy gun and had it out when officers showed up (They were responding to a gun call). There are probably thousands of gun calls a day in the USA, and you can't expect human beings to simply know a kid with a toy gun is going to be at that call when you show up. It was a horrible tragedy, and some questionalbe tactics by the officers, but in no way would that be considered murder in an American Court, and the courts will end up ruling that way as well.
This is one of the reason why O'Fish's comments get 80 up votes on a pretty liberal website because they see where people like you are thinking. These same people know that any reasonable human being wouldn't be able to not shoot Tamir Rice. The fact that they were cops mean nothing. If this was another parent at the playground and he came over running to help someone that he thought may need help, he would also reasonably have some expectation to react a certain way when confronted with a toy gun.
Toy gun
By anon
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 5:37pm
A very realistic-looking toy gun in a neighborhood where (sadly) kids his age are often armed with very real guns - what other outcome can you possibly expect?
Yup, Murdered.
By Rob
Mon, 11/02/2015 - 4:37pm
That wasn't hard.
Ray Tensing.
http://www.wlwt.com/news/trial-in-fatal-traffic-st...
White People Commit the Most
By Sam
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 12:36pm
White People Commit the Most Heinous Crimes, So Why Is America Terrified of Black Men? http://www.alternet.org/books/white-people-commit-...
White on white crime is destroying the very fabric of our nation.http://jacksonville.com/interact/blog/stanley_scot...
Race, Crime and Statistical Malpractice: How the Right Manipulates White Fear With Bogus Data http://www.timwise.org/2013/08/race-crime-and-stat...
White-On-White Crime -- Will White Culture Ever Grow Up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mGXbZHJFb8
White-on-white murder in America is out of control http://www.vox.com/2014/8/21/6053811/white-on-whit...
9 Facts That Show White-on-White Crime Far Exceeds Black-on-Black Crime and How Media Outlets Conceal It http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/03/03/9-facts-whi...
White on White Crime: An Unspoken Tragedy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-coddett/white-...
White-On-White Crime -- Will White Culture Ever Grow Up? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mGXbZHJFb8
Report: white on white crime rate exceeds that of black on black crime http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2014/08/report-wh...
When Will White Americans Take a Stand Against White on White Crime and the Culture of White Youth Lawlessness? http://www.pensitoreview.com/2013/07/31/when-will-...
White on White Crime: "83 Percent of White Murder Victims Were Killed by Fellow Caucasians"
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4f2_1432253945#wubW...
Don't White People Kill Each Other, Too?
And yet we keep hearing about black-on-black crime because it fits the false media narrative. http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2012/04/wh...
correction
By Aaron81
Tue, 09/26/2017 - 9:29am
The last source link here was taken down. The article can be found here.
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