Black Looting Matters

[_ajax18]

I wonder if any of charges were brought that would stick against these people? Somehow I doubt it. We've gotten to a point in this country where you stand a better chance in court if you're out looting as part of a BLM protest than if you were a salon owner who opened up your shop and went to work against Covid social distancing rules, unless of course you were doing Nancy Pelosi's hair. Public officials shouldn't be expected to live by their own social distancing guidelines of course. Hannity made a very good point that once you don't have equal protection under the law, the constitution is worthless.

The Chicago Police Department released surveillance footage showing dozens of suspects looting a store in the Windy City’s West Side neighborhood during protests over the police-involved death of George Floyd.

Video showed dozens of people swarming the West Chicago Avenue business, which sold electronics among other items, around 1:45 p.m. on May 31.

Many were captured taking whatever merchandise they could find over a roughly 25-minute period. At least one person violently kicked and shattered a protective covering under a counter that housed additional items.

Police said they’re seeking the public’s help in identifying those involved. They released still photos of 23 people suspected of committing a burglary during the incident.

The looting incident took place on a day when Chicago police arrested 699 individuals and saw 132 officers injured, according to WBBM-TV.

Some Chicago officials have recently criticized Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) handling of the protests and soaring crime.

“When you look at everything that’s happening right now in this city, the city is in total unrest. In my opinion, I think the mayor has lost the confidence and the control of this city,” Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale (D) told the Fox News Channel in early August. “She’s listening to the wrong people, and the wrong people are the ones that [are] really leading this unrest in the city of Chicago. You know, the aldermen are the ones that are elected by their constituency, and there’s a total disregard of listening to the aldermen, who know the pulse of this city, know the pulse of their ward.”

In late July, Lightfoot accepted President Donald Trump’s offer of federal law enforcement officials to help fight crime in the city but rejected the idea of federal troops keeping watch on protests as previously seen in Portland.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020 ... -protests/

[_Gunnar]

Hannity made a very good point that once you don't have equal protection under the law, the constitution is worthless.

If only Trump believed that! Trump, who heartlessly separates, abuses and imprisons innocent children from their immigrant parents for legally seeking asylum; who pardons those who work for him, If they break the law on his behalf, who offers to pardon wealthy felons willing to donate money to him; who pontificates about law and order in a nomination speech in which he also boasts about openly violating the Hatch Act; who urges his supporters to provoke violence against peaceful protesters, in the hope they will retaliate in kind so he can condemn all of them, peaceful or not, while excusing even the most violent of his own supporters, etc.

Trump has even proposed the idea of violating or amending the Constitution itself via executive order, namely the 14th Amendment, because it is incompatible with his racist, xenophobic bigotry!

Make no mistake, those protesters who cross the line and engage in violence and mayhem deserve to be prosecuted and punished, no matter how just the cause for which they are protesting, but, according to the best available evidence, 93% of the BLM protesters protest peacefully, and most, if not all, of the mayhem and looting is committed by unlawful opportunists trying to maximize and take advantage of the confusion for their own selfish purposes, or to make the lawful, peaceful protesters look bad, and couldn't care less about BLM or any other worthwhile issue. There have been some BLM demonstrations and protests even in the modestly sized, rural city where I live, but none of them have engaged in violence or looting -- probably because Trump has not yet sent any of his goons here to provoke it!

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

"... 93% of the BLM protesters protest peacefully..."

Oh. Ok. Whew.

- Doc

[_Icarus]

White Extremists Terrorize and Loot: 18 Videos of Destruction Black People Will Be Blamed For

Black Protesters Beg White People to Stop Destroying Public Property | NowThis


The fact that ajax only sees BLACK people looting is telling, the fact that Brietbart has never once posted an image of WHITE people looting is telling. And for those with mental disorders who may think I'm saying ALL VIOLENCE and ALL LOOTING has been done by White Supremacists (as Doc has dishonestly accused me of saying), that is not what I'm saying. But a little perspective is called for when you have such partisan idiots posting blatantly deceptive pieces from racist right wing outlets pretending to give a crap about crime.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

"White Extremists Terrorize and Loot: 18 Videos of Destruction Black People Will Be Blamed For"

This is actually a very legitimate post by, uh, Icarus. !!!

I urge everyone to click on the link and think, very hard, what those white people's motivations are. Ajax. Are you going to now place blame on all White people now that it's been shown that 'only' 93% of White people protest peacefully, and 7% have been shown to incite others to violence, commit all sorts of violence, and are running this country into the ground with these acts of anarchy? You have some very serious introspection ahead of you when it comes to placing blame on an entire group for their 'culture' when, uh, Icarus has shown very clearly White people have serious issues to address within our own.

- Doc

[_Icarus]

Scatman looks white too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=y ... pp=desktop

[_moksha]

Icarus has shown very clearly White people have serious issues to address within our own.

Yeah, but couldn't we think of them as white freedom fighters helping support the reelection of Trump so he does not have to go all martial law on our butts and declare himself the Autarch?

[_moksha]

I think I understand where Ajax is coming from since he has championed the same message for years. What I don't understand is the future direction of the country now that the Republican party has embraced white nationalism.