Posted on 05/03/2018 7:13:22 PM PDT by simpson96
Matt McGorry, an actor known best for roles in "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Orange is the New Black," was arrested during a Black Lives Matter march last month in Manhattan, police said.
The 32-year-old NYC native was charged with disorderly conduct and a vehicle traffic violation during a NYC Shut It Down protest on April 16, according to cops.
The anti-police brutality activist group was honoring Decynthia Clements, a 34-year-old black woman shot and killed by Illinois police in March.
Officers accused McGorry of blocking traffic when the group passed through W. 122nd St. near Lenox Ave. in Harlem. He defied several demands to get out of the street, cops said Tuesday night.
McGorry addressed the arrest last month in a Medium post titled "A Tale of Two Cities: Making Black Lives Matter in the 'Liberal Bubble.'"
"In the age of Trump, the racist rhetoric of our country and the escalation of violence is suddenly highly visible to white folks in ways it never had been previously," McGorry wrote.
"But abuse stemming from the inherently oppressive nature of the police — even in the most liberal cities, like New York City or Los Angeles (my current home) — has never received the attention it deserves from its white residents," he added.
The actor said this was his fifth time marching with activist group since it started in 2015, after the police-involved deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
"As white people, it is long overdue that we summon the courage and political will to follow the lead of people of color and show up for racial justice."
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Therapy has been a huge part of my growth & happiness as a human being. I can’t imagine where I’d be without it. Anyone can benefit from therapy and it should be free to everyone. Angers me so much when people who want or need it can’t afford it.
I think he needs a few thousand more sessions.
The stupidity is breathtaking, on several levels.
I guess stupidity is to be expected with the lack of real education within our educational system. Is it any wonder that businesses are looking to non Americans to hire? Yet teachers complain they do not make enough money, while the majority of them have been performing at substandard levels for decades.
What is it with male feminists?
Keep him on his meds, please. He’s a threat to himself and sane people.
Can we set up a GoFundMe site to buy him a straightjacket and ball-mouth gag, or at least a Hannibal Lechter mask?
Oh, what does he do for a living? I don’t consider being a faker, aka actor, as a real job for people like him. It’s more like an “acting out session” with a psychiatrist.
The smug is strong in that one.
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