Violence toward Black Lives Matter activists erases any doubt: We live in a time of racial strife

The Washington Post's The Fix ^ | November 27, 2015 | Janell Ross

[2ndDivisionVet]

First there was that incident at the Trump rally in Alabama. You know, the one where a protester with, shall we say, some ideas that are not terribly compatible with those of Trump or many of his supporters, showed up. He wound up on the ground, taking a beating and throwing some punches of his own before security booted him from the gathering.

And then this week, much of the country learned of news that what has seriously been described as masked men shot five people protesting what they believe to be a questionable police shooting near a Minneapolis police station late Monday.

Details of the first event are, despite what conservative media outlets have all but insisted, pretty clear. They were, after all, caught on tape. The particulars surrounding the second event — the shootings in Minneapolis — are developing. Three people have been brought into custody, while another suspect was released.

But there are some early hints of a possible theme here that cannot ignored. In both cases, protesters who identify themselves as connected to or concerned with the goals of the still relatively young Black Lives Matter movement became the targets of what appear to be politically motivated violence. Yes, politically motivated violence directed at one's perceived political opposition, other citizens.

Violence, it seems, has reemerged as a kind of political commentary or expression, right here in the United States. Americans, or at least people living in the United States, have twice in the last week used violence in an attempt to silence or intimidate other Americans engaged in political protest....

[Patton@Bastogne]

Sons O’ Barrack ...

[anton]

Violence is only ok when black persons commit it. Then it is called “protest” and if anyone is seriously injured or killed the perpetrators are called “knuckleheads.”

[1rudeboy]

I'll be the WP had this story ready to go from the outset. If things had gone for a while longer without controversy, the headline would've read: Disinterest toward Black Lives Matter activists erases any doubt: We live in a time of racial avoidance.

[1rudeboy]

be = bet

[FlingWingFlyer]

"You know, the one where a protester with, shall we say, some ideas that are not terribly compatible with those of Trump or many of his supporters, showed up. He wound up on the ground, taking a beating and throwing some punches of his own before security booted him from the gathering."

Maybe it wasn't a very bright idea for BLM boy to "protest" at a Trump rally. You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you Janell? I'll bet there aren't any KKK boys over at the BLM protest in Chicago right now. Some people are just smarter than others.

[skeeter]

The only thing erased here is the writer’s intelligence.

[DoughtyOne]

What charges were filed against Trump guests at that event?

Who killed how at the BLM protest?

BLM are simply innocent protesters?

The Left sure does get mileage out of this nonsense.

[Yaelle]

Ahh, a President with African heritage has removed all evil stains of racism from this great land. Like MLK envisioned, finally we all are judged solely on the content of our character and we don’t even notice skin color any more.

[ealgeone]

Let's see if we have this narrative correct. BLMs come to a political rally, start disrupting the meeting, won't leave when asked to and then when removed aledge they are beaten, sworn at, etc with no video documentation whatsoever in an age of complete saturation of social media.

Got it.

[driftless2]

Whatever happened in Minnesota one thing is certain: the first reports from the mainstream media in a black-white confrontation will be at the outset automatically condemning of the white party. Details will be vague, but the media will make an assumption about innocence before all the facts are in anyway.

[demshateGod]

BLM keeps pushing, killing cops, knockout games, and finally some blowback...see, we're still a racist nation.

[Rome2000]

Here is what Obama started in Kenya in 2006, and what the USA will devolve into by the time he leaves.

Supporters of Raila Odinga(BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN), the leading presidential challenger, rallied in Kibera, a slum near Nairobi.

Mr. Odinga’s (BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED IN KENYA FOR)followers tried to march from Kibera to Nairobi.

A supporter of the presidential challenger Raila Odinga (OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED FOR IN KENYA IN 2006) in Kibera, a sprawling slum near the capital, Nairobi.

Odinga supporters riot in December 2007

[ctdonath2]

“You know, the one where a protester with, shall we say, some ideas that are not terribly compatible with those of Trump or many of his supporters, showed up.”

You mean the guy who was photographed elsewhere protesting with a shotgun? The guy who supports violent rioting as an expression of political speech? The guy who didn’t expect to be on the receiving end of his own tactics?

[IronJack]

So when ferals riot and burn down buildings in Ferguson, Crown Heights, Watts, Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, ... that's ok. But when a crowd of whites put the beatdown on a loudmouthed disrupter, or a group of whites shoot a gang of animals attacking them, then violence has become a throwback to Jim Crow racism.

Sure, guys. The biggest advocates of violence in the Black Lives Matter movement are the members of the Black Lives Matter movement. Spare me the sanctimony.

[EDINVA]

“... people living in the United States, have twice in the last week used violence in an attempt to silence or intimidate other Americans engaged in political protest....”

Isn’t this what has happened for the past few decades every single time a conservative is invited to speak on a college campus? Twice in the last week is nothing!

[BookmanTheJanitor]

We live in a time of racial strife

...and the author makes a living out of exploiting it.

[oldplayer]

Where’s the guy hitting his forehead saying “Not this S%%% again.”

[jimbug]

As soon as we get rid of the current resident in the WH, I think we are going to see a lot of his brethren crawling back into their holes.

There is a tremendous amount of pent-up white anger towards blacks, and I think the only thing holding it back is the threat of martial law by Obama if a race war breaks out during his administration.

[windsorknot]

We live in a time of racial strife

If that's the case, who might take some responsibility for that?