Moss Point resident paints over black fist painted by mayor in front of city hall

WLBT TV ^ | July 2, 2020 | By Desirae Duncan and Lindsay Knowles

[Islander7]

MOSS POINT, Miss. (WLOX) - A Moss Point man says the mayor’s recent painting in front of City Hall is “racist” and that’s why he painted over part of it Wednesday morning.

First thing Wednesday, Loper used black paint to paint of the fist, leaving the words “BLACK LIVES MATTER” alone.

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“All lives matter but (a) black power symbol is just like the stars and bars in the Confederate flag,” said Loper in a Facebook post. He added that the fist is “racist and not needed in Moss Point.”

[Islander7]

Shortly after, he (The mayor) took to Facebook, saying his painting “was vandalized by a white man that lacked the cultural competence and understanding of the pain, adversity, and experience of the BLACK LIFE.”

[Islander7]

PING MISSISSIPPI PLEASE

[MuttTheHoople]

Very dangerous to paint over black fists in Moss Point, MS

[mrmeyer]

Expect more of this

[BenLurkin]

Black Supremacism

[I want the USA back]

The black fist is angry, violent and racist.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

It is the symbol of Black Nationalism. The mayor is incorrect.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Pushback - a dribble here, a dribble there, gaining momentum a bit at a time.

 

 

[rockinqsranch]

The raised closed fist is a symbol of Marxism. Has nothing to do with racism unless you consider the fact Marxism is racist, but then try to get that through the heads of the Media.

[virgil]

The person who painted over it was correct.

[Sybeck1]

Moss Point is like 100 percent black

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

He should paint a hammer and sickle in front of city hall.

[Vermont Lt]

Black Liberation is probably more accurate. And that is not a good philosophy for blacks or whites.

[Gay State Conservative]

I’m gonna be spending the day in Manhattan in a couple of weeks.While there I’ll make it a point to walk past Trump Tower with a great big Hot Fudge Sunday.And,clumsy me,I’ll drop that Sunday right where it says “black lives matter”.

[CodeToad]

Make sure it is Vanilla ice cream.

[a fool in paradise]

It is racist.

James Brown said real black power was when he moved himself up from shining shoes outside a radio station as a boy to owning that station as an adult.

[suthener]

“I’m gonna be spending the day in Manhattan in a couple of weeks.While there I’ll make it a point to walk past Trump Tower with a great big Hot Fudge Sunday.And,clumsy me,I’ll drop that Sunday right where it says “black lives matter”.”

Sounds like a good plan. Take 1000 of your friends with you.

[kearnyirish2]

Are all the bills paid by the residents of Moss Point?

[Fedora]

Mayor Mario King appears to have ongoing issues with some of his fellow residents: Moss Point Mayor Facebook rants on the “horrible people” in this “*** *** stupid state”