Posted on 08/13/2014 5:36:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The nation’s LGBT leaders have joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) to pen an open letter of solidarity in response to the killing of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager who was shot and killed by police on Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri.
The coalition of co-signers noted that Brown’s killing transcends LGBT rights. All equality movements are a deeply-connected fabric of the country and its unfulfilled promise of liberty and justice for all, the open letter said.
“It’s an issue that encompasses all communities that have experienced injustice,” said HRC spokesman Adam Talbot. “We can’t be silent because LGBT people come from all races and backgrounds.”
Although 30% of Ferguson’s population is white, data released by the Ferguson police department reveals that African-Americans comprised 94% of arrests, 92% of searches, and 86% of vehicular stops. The police force is reported to be 93% white.
Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the nation’s first HIV/AIDS service organization, told msnbc it signed onto the letter because the U.S. is in the midst of a dangerous epidemic, as young individuals of color and their parents are left in fear each time they leave the safety of their homes....
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On an episode of South Park, Eric Cartman once said, if your gonna kill someone, you better make sure that person is the same race as you..blacks killing blacks is just fine since they are both of the same race..during the July 4th holiday I think 14 people were gunned down, by gang members of course..not a peep from the media, unless it was to support our rights to a gun being taken away, nothing about what is actually going on in Chicago..we dont know what happened here, what the story is, but you will always have idiots who come out and find any reason to riot as long as they can get some “Free stuff” out of it..just like with Rodney King, Id bet 90 percent of the morons rioting had no idea who he even was, they just wanted a big screen TV
Queers, freaks and perverts got your back and stand in solidarity with you Mike .... oh wait, never mind you’re dead.
That story is heartbreaking. There are so many sickos in the world, including the so-called parents of the 13yo victim.
What’s frightening is that now, thanks to the internet, young people can access the sick stuff with just a click of a mouse. Who knows how many will become predators as a result.
A story which was mainly ignored by the left and the media much like black on black crime but as I read FR lately I see some would rather side with the radical left, homosexuals, black panthers, and Sharpton.
the gays have lumped in with the blacks. womder if the blacks will now do so.
if they do it means they don’t mind skin color being the same as a person’s sexual preference. and yeah i said it the way i said it. because one of them you cannot change.
It’s perfect. Republicans should jump on this in November. 60 Senate seats, baby.
All about the left using this to get out the vote in Nov.
Homosexuals, black panthers, Sharpton, liberals, all they need is La Raza.
Another Zimmermann issue for the left and sadly some on our side might fall for their B/S
The left are using this to get their base out to vote and use their hatred of the cops to make AD’s and say blacks are not safe
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We, the [lunatic fringe][African-American community][Moon People], stand in solidarity with [the rest of the lunatic fringe][oppressed peoples everywhere][antiquated relics from the Summer of Love] in protesting the heinous and outrageous [murder][oppression][hassling] of [Trayvon Martin][our sexually diverse brothers and sisters][lunatics]. This tragic incident continues a long train of abuses against [African-Americans][dwarf jugglers][crazy people] and sadly demonstrates the need for [draconian new laws][months of media hand-wringing][additional government handouts] to ensure it does not happen again.
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Do you think the U.S. is failing as a nation as the open letter from LGBT leaders suggests?
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So are they going to riot and burn and steal too????
They want to be drama queens about it.
Exactly. that’s what it’ all about.
They did this with the ‘white Hispanic’ shooting of St. Treyvon. Getting blacks motivated to get to the polls, despite their record unemployment under Obama.
This is an attempt to forge alliances with the civil rights movement.
All on the down low of course.
who the hell cares what the lgbt community thinks about anything....they are 1.6% of the population and wield FAR too much influence. What gays have to do with a black kid getting shot is beyond me...
You picked up on the sarcasm.
“So are they going to riot and burn and steal too????”
Well, they may scratch, slap and pull some hair.../s;)
what is the point of pointing out racial makeups in an anglo-saxon nation? are they asking for balkanization - a racially segregated community and racially segregated city government? how do arrests factor in? are they only arrests of locals or are they arrests of anyone who wanders through?
The median annual income for that town is $37,000.
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