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Mayor Accused of Racism After Tossing Bottlecap Near Black City Councilman (video)
YouTube ^ | June 12, 2010

Posted on 06/12/2010 6:39:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Mayor Tommy Battle, acting in frustration with councilman Richard Showers, threw a plastic bottlecap into the dais at the end of Thursday's city council meeting.

A member of the audience, the Rev. Mitchell Walker of Church Street CPCA, later that night sent a strongly worded email to Battle, as well as dozens of church and community leaders. Walker demanded an apology.

"Well, I can just say for me," wrote Walker, "to see an elected authoritative Caucasian male mayor totally lose his cool and have the utter gall to throw something at or near a senior African American male Councilman ... I'm just speaking for me ... very much carries 'racial' overtones."

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To: Nashvegas

I live in Huntsville. I don’t think Showers will EVER go away!


21 posted on 06/12/2010 7:03:12 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Thanks Zero! I actually miss the Clintoons being in the White House!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wow. Sounds like the New York City Council. They haven’t thought of throwing bottle caps yet, I don’t think.


22 posted on 06/12/2010 7:08:23 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Major Matt Mason

I don’t think it’s because of criticism of Zero. They know he’s a fraud, too. They will still vote for him out of racial solidarity (those who bother to show up for him, and those numbers will be way down next time), but they know.


23 posted on 06/12/2010 7:20:18 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Depends. If the fella was standing there worried about the Island of Guam tipping over if we put a few more Marines on it, or some such other dumb arse idea, the guy should’ve shoved bottlecaps up both his nostrils, and told him to sit down and shut up and quit being stupid, I don’t care what color he is. I suspect the guy at the podium was proposing some REAL solution to a REAL PROBLEM, and it gets totally frustrating to have to spend time educating the man, when there was work to be done.

Seems like the man was rather upset about a bump in the road and there were no cones on it to tell him not to drive in it and wanted to meet the guy at 6:30 am to LOOK at it. Had the scene been reversed and the city employee asked the councilman to meet him there at 6:30 am too LOOK at it, with that same smart arse attitude, they would’ve called him a racist for disrespecting the FINE city councilman. There’s no placating the racebaiting idiots. Skrew them!


24 posted on 06/12/2010 7:30:40 PM PDT by RowdyFFC
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Two words:

Bull

and

Sh*t


25 posted on 06/12/2010 7:32:01 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: Drill Thrawl
race baitors

They are their own worst enemy.

26 posted on 06/12/2010 7:33:23 PM PDT by bigheadfred (I said free association. Not freely associate.)
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To: livius
Did you read the one about the NAACP attacking Hallmark last week because they thought a talking greeting card referring to a “black hole” was actually saying “black whore” and was meant to be a racist slight? These people are race-obsessed, nutz, and dumb as posts.

Saw the video of the complaint. What I found interesting is one woman pointed out that she could hear the "r" in the pronunciation of hole, even though no one asked her.

27 posted on 06/12/2010 7:34:28 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: livius
I thought that was very Niggardly of them. Just like the time they wanted the College Professor fired for using the word “Niggardly” in his class.

Remember, ignorance IS an excuse.

28 posted on 06/12/2010 7:36:54 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Obama, proving Hillary right that it takes a Village Idiot.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

EVERYTHING is race to these people.


29 posted on 06/12/2010 7:37:41 PM PDT by Colvin (Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

30 posted on 06/12/2010 7:56:03 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Mr. Mojo

As Mrs. RQSR has said often “If one wishes to be offended, one will be offended”.

The Blacks in government, and the race baiters such as Jackson, and Sharpton have about worn out the being offended crap.

This guy so offended by the tossed bottle cap is so pure and unbiased that he immediately began his spiel with race identity, and accusations of racism.

I’m just speaking for me, but he was IMO waiting for the opportunity to be offended himself, but had to settle for being offended for another black person instead.


32 posted on 06/12/2010 8:27:06 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (The Left draws criminals as excrement draws flies. The Left IS a criminal organization.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What I would like to do is put my foot in the Reverend’s azz up to the ankle.


33 posted on 06/12/2010 8:42:53 PM PDT by SkipW
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Well, I can just say for me," wrote Walker, "to see an elected authoritative Caucasian male mayor totally lose his cool and have the utter gall to throw something at or near a senior African American male Councilman ... I'm just speaking for me ... very much carries 'racial' overtones."

Yeah, but a bunch of blacks going about the country sucker punching people at random ISN'T racist, right?

34 posted on 06/13/2010 9:11:07 AM PDT by calex59
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