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Activists for black lives release plans to "Shut Down Graceland"
Fox 13 ^ | Aug 15, 2016 | Zach Crenshaw

Posted on 08/15/2016 9:50:55 AM PDT by KeyLargo

Activists for black lives release plans to "Shut Down Graceland"

by: Zach Crenshaw Updated: Aug 15, 2016 - 8:39 AM Loading

It's been the summer of protests, and now another one is planned.

The Coalition of Concerned Citizens, including Black Lives Matter protesters and others groups announced their plan to "Shut Down Graceland."

Protest leaders say the mass demonstration is planned for 6:00 PM Monday. They said they specifically chose Graceland because it is Elvis week and they know it will raise awareness.

>>RELATED: City leaders release statement on planned protest at Graceland

Leaders say they also chose Graceland because "it demonstrates one of Memphis's most common forms of financial inequality and because the site has ties to...the death of unarmed teen Darrius Stewart."

We feel like we still haven't been answered," said Frank Gottie, a community leader. "They're givin us the runaround."

>> PHOTOS: 'Black Lives Matter' protesters take over I-40 bridge

If carried out, the Elvis Week demonstration will be the third high-profile protest by Black Lives Matter and other groups in the last month.

Most recently in front of Graceland, where some protesters were detained for blocking traffic.

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At the time, activists said they wanted their demands met by the city, which they admitted would take time.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox13memphis.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attentionseeking; blacklives; blacks; blm; elvis; hillary; mediabias; memphis; obama; protestors; rioters; riots; tennessee
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To: max americana

https://youtu.be/YhCc8MtxHns


21 posted on 08/15/2016 10:08:17 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true ... and it pisses people off)
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To: KeyLargo

Rename it GhettoLand or JiveLand.


22 posted on 08/15/2016 10:08:52 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: knarf

ok


23 posted on 08/15/2016 10:09:22 AM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: KeyLargo

Elvis died on my 10th birthday.
having my mother crying all day and night sure put a damper on the festivities..


24 posted on 08/15/2016 10:09:59 AM PDT by mowowie (Press 2 for Deportation)
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To: KeyLargo

I think most people are well aware of BLM. Very well aware. It is a violent racial superiority hate group that are the new shock troops for Obama’s revolution.


25 posted on 08/15/2016 10:10:03 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly white woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: KeyLargo

Graceland?

Talk about low-effort.


26 posted on 08/15/2016 10:11:11 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: AppyPappy
Cue “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy



Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant ____ to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Mother ____ him and John Wayne

27 posted on 08/15/2016 10:11:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: KeyLargo

Elvis traveled armed at all times, if I remember right.


28 posted on 08/15/2016 10:11:27 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: SamuraiScot
Elvis traveled armed at all times, if I remember right.

Televisions were in constant fear.

29 posted on 08/15/2016 10:12:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Rename it GhettoLand or JiveLand.

How about "Raceland" ?

30 posted on 08/15/2016 10:13:31 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: KeyLargo

But I’ve reason to believe
We won’t will be received
In Graceland


31 posted on 08/15/2016 10:14:06 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: KeyLargo

Making a list...

THe American Flag
White people
Businesses (owned by mostly white people)
Elvis (white guy)
John Wayne (white guy)
Milk (because it’s white?)
White Christmas ( because it doesn’t mention black snow?)

By their logic (they should also protest)...

Internet (was mostly invented by white people)
flight
TV
Air Conditioning
Fast Food
Automobile
Bicycle
zippers


32 posted on 08/15/2016 10:14:17 AM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: HangUpNow

We were going to go a couple of years ago but we got hit with an early blue norther and ended up driving down through Dallas instead. I really am over it. I was never an Elvis fan anyway. It was scary enough going through Atlanta and Nashville.


33 posted on 08/15/2016 10:15:17 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: vette6387

Whitehaven used to be a great place in the 1950s.


34 posted on 08/15/2016 10:16:49 AM PDT by TBall
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To: KeyLargo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOBOhRECoo


35 posted on 08/15/2016 10:17:09 AM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: KeyLargo

See him right now
Kick him right in the head
Step on his blue suede shoes


36 posted on 08/15/2016 10:17:45 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: KeyLargo

Balthazar


37 posted on 08/15/2016 10:18:21 AM PDT by mowowie (Press 2 for Deportation)
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To: KeyLargo

“Graceland because it is Elvis week and they know it will raise awareness.”

To, ccc and blm: I’m already aware of you and your actions.

I know who sponsors you. I know your end game.

Speaking for myself, I will act accordingly.

5.56mm


38 posted on 08/15/2016 10:23:54 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: KeyLargo

39 posted on 08/15/2016 10:25:08 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: SamuraiScot
Elvis traveled armed at all times, if I remember right.

He wanted to give President Nixon a pistol (a Colt .45) in a personal visit.

Presidential aides were initially OK with setting up the meeting, but they balked at letting Elvis hand-deliver a weapon to the President in the Oval Office.

After some back-and-forth, Egil Krogh finally set up the meeting. Elvis gave Nixon a gun, and Nixon gave Elvis an official badge of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), which was the predecessor of the DEA.

40 posted on 08/15/2016 10:25:18 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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