Posted on 01/31/2023 3:49:47 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
On Friday night, a viral video depicting the extrajudicial police killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old unarmed Black man from Memphis, prompted helicopters in Philly to hover near my house in West Philly.
The reason? Media and police were preparing for potential mass protests following the public outcry.
The situation was infuriating. There was so much premeditated presumption of a potential riot, damaged property, and another racial uprising. I began to be triggered by the last time such a viral traumatic video caused an uproar. In 2020, the extrajudicial police killing of George Floyd, another unarmed Black man, led to massive protests—and scores of innocent diverse protesters being teargassed by Philadelphia police. I was hoping that history didn't repeat itself.
Fortunately, the few protests that did occur in the city were peaceful and didn’t lead to more injustice from the police.
But then chaos broke across Philadelphia on Sunday night—and a different energy was felt. Packed crowds, public intoxication, reckless behavior, and damaged public property could easily be seen throughout Broad Street and South Street as the Eagles are now headed to the Super Bowl.
This kind of behavior is treated as a celebration and is affectionately told to everyone as “it’s a Philly thing.” And while there are some people of color who are a part of this rowdy bunch, it’s impossible to deny that if they weren’t alongside white people acting this way, the situation would be completely different. And after first saying this five years ago when the Eagles previously went to the Super Bowl, I can now confirm this is true.
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Commies, those young rats are the commies.
Our public schools are invested with them, so we can expect it to get much worse. Especially the big cities in the blue states..
Yea White Privilege - go, whitey, rah rah rah. I am sure that is what all those Phily black players (which is 90% of their team scream every game). What an idiot this author Earnest Owens is.
or a groupie ...
Does anyone believe this crap anymore regarding “white privilege”?
Cops are 40 times more likely to be murdered by a black man than vice-versa, but that’s white privilege for ya.
This clown takes his tortured race baiting dishonest argument to the limits of the extreme. He knows full well there is no comparison between the multitude of black riots, burning stores, attacking people, looting, multimillions in destruction and gunfiring and the occasional celebratory drunken sports mini riots in one city that never reaches the proportion of an institutionalized black riot.
Post of the day!! LOL!!
When Biden said he was rooting for the Eagles in the Super Bowl because Don Henley was a great singer, he went on to say, he was hoping that Glenn Frye would rejoin the band soon.
They’re saving their really big “mostly peaceful” protests when the iggles win the big show.
Or lose, really any excuse to riot.
His boyfriend must be so proud.
All of these cracker BLM and Aunt Teefer fans are only fans so the Blacks don’t knock the crap out of them. “Most of my best friends are black!”
This person annoys me.
Bad behavior, whether in commission of a crime, or celebration that your team won, is neither excusable nor to be tolerated.
Calm down ernie.
I thought it was Passchendaele. 🤪
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha
Only a "roadie"?
Joey Biden was the spiritual heart and soul of that band. Sure, he drove their 18-wheeler and made all their train-travel arrangements with Angelo, the conductor, but he was so much more! In fact, there might not have even been an Eagles band if Joe hadn't introduced Henley to Linda Ronstadt at the "Enchantment Under the Sea" dance in 1955. Furthermore, the song "Take it Easy" was written by Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne in tribute to the mighty contributions to music that Biden had made. He was the best man when Henley married Stevie Nicks for goodness sake!
The only reason the Eagles got back together, in 1986, was because Joe needed an operation for complications from sickle cell anemia, which he had contracted as a young black student at Delaware State University. Reagan's racist healthcare system wouldn't pay for it. And yet, you say, "only a roadie"...c'mon, man!
Lol! Poor Joe. Bless his heart.
Great response. I am humbled.
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