That's a two-way street, Gwen. Watch out what you wish for.
What Americans saw in Ferguson is Thuggery and Lawlessness, it is not "a new civil rights movement".
If you (Gwen Ifill, as a journalist, HA!) don't seek the truth and don't call out your own profession to obscure the truth, you have no business sprouting 'insights' on new civil rights movement.
They hope that there is a new civil rights movement so they can create more victims. And blacks are now being eclipsed by Hispanics and the biggest minority group. Hence, something needs to be done to put blacks on top again—maybe not in numbers, but in influence.
Is she talking about the Immigration Law?
Fixed it.
So she is implying Obama is not a leader!
Well, it sounds like these protestors are becoming Tea Party members
they’re not saying, “Pass a law.” They’re saying, “Enforce the current ones.” Tea Party leaders have been saying this for years. Stop passing so many laws ands concentrate on the ones you already have and enforce them. A simple request.
They’re not saying, “We’re going to wait for a single, singular leader to tell us which way to go.” They’re saying, “We’re going to lead ourselves.”
And there you have the next volunteers for the Tea Party. Many are tired of waiting for a leader to come, now they want to lead themselves.
These kids don’t even know they are part of the Tea Party yet, but will very soon
Americans of any color or creed do not now have nor will they ever have ANY RIGHTS which permit them to behave unlawfully.
‘Civil Rights’ was never about ‘equality’. It always was about what blacks want as it is now.
The whole ‘equality’ thing is just how they sold it to whites...
Oh wait. ...there's nothing left to loot & burn! ...Nevermind.
That's a two-way street, Gwen. Watch out what you wish for.
OK. Do current laws allow a cop to shoot someone who's attacking him?
The "New Skewl" civil rights movement is who let the dogs out where a thug who assaulted a cop starts riots where fatherless 4 th generation welfare gangstas loot big screen TVs, Nike Air Jordans, hair extensions and 12 packs of forty and Mad Dog 20/20.
This is what the civil rights movement has devolved to and it is a farcical parody of the movement Dr King gave his life for. Gwen Ifill should be ashamed of herself
Rights to demand, "Gibsmedat?"
I think not.
Of course not, Gwen.
They're saying "We're gonna loot these wide-screen TV sets by ourselves, then grab some free liquor and have a party."
Clearly that's the essential nature of this "New Civil Rights Movement" that has sprung up. But please keep on fooling yourself, Gwen, so that we can continue to laugh at you.
What Americans saw in Ferguson is Thuggery and Lawlessness, it is not “a new civil rights movement”.
Actually, that is exactly what the “new civil rights movement” is all about. The right of thugs to commit crimes and assaults on “the Man” with impunity and riot and loot when their basic human right to criminality is infringed upon. Society has to learn to take it’s beat down stop complaining
No Gwen! This is a SNIVEL Rights Movement. I don’t get to lynch a cop so I am going to snivel about it!
civil rights for thugs and uncivil looters!
judge them by their character, please, not the color of their skin
And there is something which we can’t miss in what feels different to me than Trayvon Martin, it feels different to me than Rodney King; these are all situations in which justice was questioned.
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The case is only at the Grand Jury stage so the courts or ‘justice system’ that set off the Trayvon or Rodney King reaction are not even yet involved. Honestly I haven’t a clue what she is talking about.
What America also saw in Ferguson is race baiters and the media jumping to a conclusion that has no basis in reality. The logical outcome of what the screamers are asking for would be blacks policing themselves.
How's that working for Africa?
What I saw in Ferguson is the strongest possible affirmation that policemen SHOULD do their jobs and should not be condemned before the facts are known. I've never felt so strongly about the need for law and order and not short circuiting or pre-guessing the judicial process.
Gwen is a special combination of ignorant and stupid.
The long term outcome of Ferguson is going to hinge on whether the physical evidence and ballistics show Brown was charging Wilson at the time the fatal shots were fired.
Gwen is betting against that. Given how little of that part has made it into the public sphere she probably isn’t even aware of it. Or how stupid of a bet she’s making.
It’s very similar to Trademark: where the narrative was undemined and made irrelevant by the fact that he was beating Zimmerman’s head into the ground when Zimmerman pulled the trigger.
If anything Gwen (and a lot of other people) should be scared of the bet they’re making: if the underlying facts of their narrative don’t play out as expected they either skink away with reduced credibility OR the double down on a very inflammatory and inciteful lie ... with predictable results.