Trash in the steet was an appropriate memorial for Michael Brown. But the same trash on a Christmas Tree is racist?
Posted on 12/04/2018 9:56:07 AM PST by Innovative
Two Minnesota cops were placed on paid leave Friday after a photo of a Christmas display with “racist” ornaments outside a precinct surfaced on social media. The tree, displayed outside the Fourth Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department, was littered with police tape, an empty can of Steel Reserve malt liquor, a cup from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, bags of Takis chips and packs of Newport cigarettes, CBS reported. Black Lives Matter Twin Cities posted the photo online last week and it quickly spurred outrage from members of the black community as well as local officials.
“These pieces of trash were deliberately chosen to represent how certain officers feel about the community they serve: that black people are a stereotype to be mocked and the lives of those they serve may as well be reduced to trash in the gutter,” said City Councilman Phillipe Cunningham.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vehemently spoke out against the incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
UPDATE:
Minnesota police commander demoted after furor over racist Christmas tree
https://nypost.com/2018/12/04/minnesota-police-commander-demoted-after-racist-christmas-tree-furor/
why would someone believe that police tape, certain foods and drinks are emblematic of the black community. Sounds like we have a racial problem right there. These people are really sick.
What? No Clinton Xmas Condoms?
Do tell.
You know them personally?
Identifying and honoring items used in the ghetto is racist?
Trash in the steet was an appropriate memorial for Michael Brown. But the same trash on a Christmas Tree is racist?
With BLM in their neighborhood, they suffer racism.
With BLM in their neighborhood, they suffer racism.
They suffer from generalizations and assumptions, you say?
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