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Black Lives Matter Was Gaining Ground. Then a Sniper Opened Fire.
The New York Times ^ | July 9, 2016 | Michael Barbaro and Yamiche Alcindor

Posted on 07/10/2016 11:07:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It felt like a watershed moment for a scattered and still-young civil rights movement.

Inside Black Lives Matter, the national revulsion over videos of police officers shooting to death black men in Minnesota and Louisiana was undeniable proof that the group’s message of outrage and demands for justice had finally broken through.

Even the white governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, in a pained public concession, embraced the movement’s central argument. “Would this have happened if those passengers — the driver and the passengers — were white?” he asked. “I don’t think it would’ve.”

Then, in an instant, everything changed.

Black Lives Matter now faces perhaps the biggest crisis in its short history: It is both scrambling to distance itself from an African-American sniper in Dallas who set out to murder white police officers and trying to rebut a chorus of detractors who blame the movement for inspiring his deadly attack....

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacklivesmatter; blm; civilrights; complainers; crybabies; dallas; waaaambulance; waaah
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1 posted on 07/10/2016 11:07:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You are one of the best contributors here, Keep it up.


2 posted on 07/10/2016 11:10:58 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: EliRoom8

I’ve heard he’s a little crazy and dangerous but I still like him :)


3 posted on 07/10/2016 11:18:00 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Black Lives Matter Was Gaining Ground. Then a Sniper Opened Fire.

The creation of that nutcase sniper was the direct result of mental deficients' agitating the creation of chaos (and obviously, murder) under the guise of special black thug privilege, and their ridiculous interpretation of "Justice, the Freedom of Speech", Second Amendment "Peaceful Protest" concept.

TOTAL FAIL!

But what can we expect from a savage, primitive subculture pack of animals?
And of course, the Race Pimp Industry enablers' continuing only means of support...

4 posted on 07/10/2016 11:21:04 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Never get to say what I’d really like to do to the owners and writers of these rags.

It’s freedom of the press. The founding fathers didn’t know that conservatives were gonna be such dumb ####s and not buy ANY big name media outlets!!


5 posted on 07/10/2016 11:25:26 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The NYT is an enabler of the Black Lies Murder movement, just as they supported The lies of Stalin in the 30s.


6 posted on 07/10/2016 11:25:59 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("And, if you're not queen, my dear, think you that you're wronged?)
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To: publius911

We have people who hate cops.

BLM clearly doesn’t care about black on black slaughter.

They haven’t done anything to end it in places like Chicago.

They’re a racist movement, pure and simple.


7 posted on 07/10/2016 11:26:32 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gaining ground in certain locales only. Disrupting other people means loss of ground. And they're losing any ground they thought they had. 😠
8 posted on 07/10/2016 11:29:52 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

If you go to the NYT website, at least use an adblocker so you don’t give them any ad revenue.


9 posted on 07/10/2016 11:30:10 PM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I read the entire article. Thank you for posting. The NY Times, as is typical, subtly tries to debunk the concept that BLM foments events like the Dallas massacre.


10 posted on 07/10/2016 11:30:22 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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...trying to rebut a chorus of detractors who blame the movement for inspiring his deadly attack....

Oh please, their "peaceful" chants directly call for killing cops and white people. They're a "protest movement" like Islam is a 1st Amendment religion - name only.

And exactly like Islam, what they really are is a terrorist organization.

11 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:12 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Their rhetoric abetted by the media, resulted in the murder of five cops.

Words kill. Try as they might, distancing themselves from it doesn’t change the fact it inspired a black racist to find whites to murder.

We wouldn’t let the KKK get away with racism - and we didn’t absolve Dylan Roof of his hatred of blacks.

Time to apply the same standard to the black racist leadership of BLM.


12 posted on 07/10/2016 11:31:57 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Black Lives Matter now faces perhaps the biggest crisis in its short history...

Good. I hope it utterly destroys them. Permanently.

13 posted on 07/10/2016 11:32:30 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
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What I love about this is that Hillary’s campaign strategists are having a stroke trying to decide how to play this. Trump has no worries - the absurdity of the BLM stuff and now the assassination of the Dallas officers speaks for itself. Hillary can have 100% of the black vote (go ahead and take it!) but the lessons of this, which may evolve further over the course of the summer, will cause her to lose 6x as many non-black voters at the margin. Good luck with that math.


14 posted on 07/10/2016 11:32:52 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Give me a break.

A madman gunned down cops in cold blood and the media and our government officials all cheer.


15 posted on 07/10/2016 11:32:55 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Talisker

Funny, I thought that was what the NYT does every time a mass shooting happens in the country - blame the NRA for the twisted actions of a deranged gunman.

If you want to be consistent, you must apply the same reasoning to BLM that you do for the NRA.

The again the hypocrisy of the NYT is evident for all to see.


16 posted on 07/10/2016 11:35:37 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: BlessedBeGod

BLM is hoist on its petard.

After all, there is the racist conceit black lives matter above other people.

The name of the movement is the message, stupid.


17 posted on 07/10/2016 11:37:36 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Hillary needs to play the race card to gin up black turnout.

Trump doesn’t have to pander to racist hotheads.

Hopefully, Hillary will continue to be a gaffe machine.


18 posted on 07/10/2016 11:46:26 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: r_barton

I do not ever attempt to read NYT, ever, due to their reputation.


19 posted on 07/10/2016 11:49:00 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("And, if you're not queen, my dear, think you that you're wronged?)
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To: Tzimisce

“Young civil rights movement.” Huh?

Dr. King talked about a country where character mattered more than the color of one’s skin, he talked about equal treatment under the law and brotherhood among all of God’s children.

Words that inspired a nation to sweep aside bigotry, hate and injustice.

BLM is the exact opposite of those civil rights movement ideals.


20 posted on 07/10/2016 11:57:00 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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