Posted on 01/03/2015 7:24:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Local activist DaRius Ali of Operation Help or Hush arrives in Dutchtown to look at apartments for the organization's transitional housing program on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Ali is among a group of protesters living in area motels, preparing to stay in St. Louis long-term by moving into apartments subsidized by the organization.
A group of protesters stormed St. Louis police headquarters on New Year’s Eve, shouting and pushing their way inside, only to be met by a line of aggressive police and pepper spray.
Their plan for a sit-in inside the lobby was one of the boldest actions they’ve taken in five months of protesting, and the act suggested that in 2015 the movement won’t be going away.
The marches, the sit-ins and other demonstrations in the 150 days following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, are the same kinds of actions protesters are planning for the new year.
It’s a playbook that has puzzled many in the St. Louis area who aren’t sure what the protesters are asking for, how long demonstrations will continue, or even who is leading the charge.
That’s because while the protesters are drawing on civil rights movements of the past, they are also drafting their own blueprints.
They’ve engaged in conventional civil disobedience, such as rallies and highway shutdowns. And yet, tools such as Twitter have allowed protest organizers to mobilize quickly with no need of a single leader or a centralized message.
They’ve clashed with establishment civil rights leaders, such as the Rev. Al Sharpton at a recent march in Washington.
Their perspective shows a difference in tactics and generations. While the protesters are of all ages, most are millennials. Many are women.
“We’re the lost generation,” said Kayla Reed, 24....
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
Don’t forget the CRS of the DOJ.
Photoshop
See #19.
Nothing new there, squatters are every where and who is providing that subsidy?
Those two white “protestors” holding that sign remind me of the hippies and their “peace” movement. Idiots.
Local activist DaRius
Activist? Sure wish whites had activist.
“unarmed black teenager”
Drink!
And dang, it’s early to start.
I’m sure eventually we will pick up the tab as the whole neighborhood goes Section 8.
Who is paying for these out of town protesters’ room and board? Follow the money and it will be revealed who wants to destroy our great nation.
DHS had a whole hotel rented outside of Ferguson for their employees as they waited for that protest, when the burning of buildings happened. There was a thread here about it.
DHS was upset when someone found the place, as it was a classified op. The room and board may be being paid by them??? Unknown. However Obama and Holder were promoting the protests.
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