[Art.] "The Black Panther Party did not believe in rioting," [Billy "X"] Jennings said. "It was formed after the Watts riots (in Los Angeles) and most of the destruction happened in the black community. So one of the first party policies was to forget mass rioting in the streets because it is so unorganized and properties and homes are destroyed."
Uh, Billy, nice try, Superfly, but that ain't what the Panthers were saying back then; I'm old enough to remember, and yes, I was paying attention. The Panthers were telling the brothers, "Don't riot over here -- let's go over on the other side of the underpass, let's burn down white people's houses, let's beat the piss out of white people out in the street, let's burn their businesses down!"
And they were all about, "if the piiiigs come up in here, then we're gonna do this, and this, and that." That was the Panthers. Funny you seem to have forgotten.
That's what the Panthers were putting around back then.
Robin of Berkeley has a great column today on these riots and the fact liberals are the true racists. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/liberal_racism.html
I do know that my ex-brother-in-law teaches others how to demonstrate and agitate - he did for the protestors in Seattle where they broke windows, etc. He is white.
I also know when I looked at photos of the active "rioters" I saw white faces with hoodies and scarves. Just like the guys my ex-bil teaches.
I think white "activists" were at least partly responsible for the demonstrations turning ugly.