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'We have nothing to lose but our chains,' #BlackLivesMatter organizer speaks in Iowa City
The Cedar Rapids Gazette ^ | February 6, 2017 | Vanessa Miller

Posted on 02/07/2017 2:50:33 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Hahahaha! There are so few black people in Iowa that one of the ladies in my office was on perpetual jury duty. We hardly ever saw her.
1 posted on 02/07/2017 2:50:33 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If black people really want to lose their chains, they would stop electing democrats.


2 posted on 02/07/2017 3:00:40 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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They will never lose their chains. They are self imposed.


3 posted on 02/07/2017 3:08:48 AM PST by richardtavor
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ignorance is the greatest enslaver.


4 posted on 02/07/2017 3:12:37 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Her lip quivering, Patrisse Cullors’ heart sank.

I’m glad both lips weren’t quivering, she might have killed herself.


5 posted on 02/07/2017 3:12:54 AM PST by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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“If we allow this, if we allow ourselves to go silent, if we sweep this moment under the rug, they will continue to kill us and think it’s OK,”

"Okay" is not exactly the right word. But when thugs are raised to attack others and attempt murder, killing those predators is the only safe option.

6 posted on 02/07/2017 3:21:08 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You have chained YOURSELVES with the Democrat Party, idiots!


7 posted on 02/07/2017 3:24:10 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Guilty, or not guilty, in the killing of Trayvon Martin — a black 17-year-old who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer while on his way home from buying candy at a convenience store.

Let's not forget that he was a 17 year old violent thug.

As long as you keep portraying the killings of violent black predators by people exercising their right to self-defense as if these thugs were just innocently minding their own business when someone decided to use them for target practice, you will remain bound by chains. When you begin to accept that you have to stop raising young black boys to be uncivilized brutes, and that you need to make some changes in your culture, then you will truly begin to throw off your bondage. The truth, as the old saying goes, will set you free.

8 posted on 02/07/2017 3:30:37 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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Dishonest reporting once again. He was killed when he decided not to continue home and instead tried to beat Zimmerman to death.

Stealing phrases from the Communist Manifesto such as “nothing to lose but our chains” rubs me the wrong way, as well.


9 posted on 02/07/2017 3:31:37 AM PST by FreedomForce
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was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer while on his way home from buying candy at a convenience store

Just to get the story straight:

was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer while trying to bash Zimmerman's head on the concrete

Of course the "little boy shot for buying candy by evil white Hispanic gun nut" plays better for certain crowds.

10 posted on 02/07/2017 3:37:42 AM PST by tbpiper
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No matter how you set the T. Martin story straight, tens of millions of Americans are invested in the lie set forth by the popular media.


11 posted on 02/07/2017 3:42:41 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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What was needed here when Zimmerman was released is a postmortem affadavit from the District Attorney that had Trayvon Martin survived, he would have been charged with Florida code 782.051 -- Attempted felony murder based on the fact that Z's head was wounded plus the testimony of the neighbor who saw it.

Too late now, but Z should never have been charged, especially after his justifed release after intense questioning by law enforcement, but reinstituted significantly later under social pressure.

12 posted on 02/07/2017 3:50:09 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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Yes, he should have never been charged, but a significant minority of FL people believed T. Martin and always will.


13 posted on 02/07/2017 3:51:56 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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What chains? I’ve seen a lot of black people, and I don’t recall ever seeing one in chains. I’m sure I’d have remembered


14 posted on 02/07/2017 3:54:22 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: jazminerose

Chains are the last thing to loose when considering they lost their brains a long time ago.


15 posted on 02/07/2017 4:00:43 AM PST by mazda77
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To: richardtavor

meal ticket, rice bowl ,free ride, etc.


16 posted on 02/07/2017 4:01:47 AM PST by BTCM (Death and destruction is the only treaty Muslims comprehend.)
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To: Theodore R.

What was needed here was a President who had some respect for the rule of law, instead of using every incident he could to inflame racial division and the blame game.


17 posted on 02/07/2017 4:03:34 AM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the only thing black folk are burdened with in the US are Doritos


18 posted on 02/07/2017 4:04:25 AM PST by brucedickinson
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Black folk being led by scumbag tribalist who only seek to quench their anger , in the end with their own blood....
Wake up or know God wants abdifferent direction than hate.


19 posted on 02/07/2017 4:06:33 AM PST by aces (Got Jesus?)
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““If we allow this, if we allow ourselves to go silent, if we sweep this moment under the rug, they will continue to kill us and think it’s OK,” she said.”

Snookums, it IS okay to kill thugs who are slamming your head into a sidewalk. It should happen more often.

L


20 posted on 02/07/2017 4:11:29 AM PST by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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