State of emergency in Charlotte.

[sheshe2]

“I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation.” — Malcolm X

Now comes Charlotte, North Carolina.

Another questionable police shooting has ignited a power keg of rage and frustration from underserved people in that city. We could be talking about Tulsa, Oklahoma as well, but fortunately the citizens of that city have remained relatively peaceful. Interestingly, the shooting in Tulsa was even more shocking, because unlike the case in Charlotte we saw the video.

So now, once again, there will be a call for peace and for open "dialogue" with all members of the community. I think it's interesting that there is always a call for dialogue AFTER the violence and protests start in the streets. Where has the "dialogue" been in these cities throughout the years?

The usual suspects are saying that this was not a racial issue of black versus white, because the police officer who shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott was black.

This is wrong on so many levels, and it ignores the real issue: Better police training and community policing practices. This should be our focus. So much of this could be avoided if police officers were properly trained. If you are a racist or color aroused police officer, no one will know if you are properly trained and follow your training in the right way. If you are not properly trained, you will shoot an unarmed black man on camera for all the word to see.

Full Story: http://field-negro.blogspot.com/2016/09/state-of-emergency-in-charlotte.html

[uppityperson]

2. Crochet doilies. That'd be productive.

[lovemydog]

3. I pray for everyone there.

May we have justice and may these horrific shootings stop.

[Blue_Tires]

5. I see the usual low-post count concern trolls are all over GD...

Just like clockwork They always seem to have a particular interest in rioting and black-on-black violence...



I only recently cleared my ignore list of 400+ names, and I'm in no mood to start that all again...

[sheshe2]

7. Yup.

That and all the 'post removed'

Gah!.

[lovemydog]

8. Yeah, I've noticed it too.

The minute there's protests they freak out.

They're misinformed & racist.

[sheshe2]

10. I saw an intersting vid here tonight.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028180159#top

Comments are very....hmmm insightful.

[wildeyed]

6. We have had "dialog" here for years.

And now the police are straight up lying to our faces. They are lying about what happened to Keith Scott and they are lying about what happened in the protests last night. I feel like vomiting.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Black police

showing out for the white cop.

[Coolest Ranger]

11. We are angry here in NC

can you blame us? We been putting up with that mess all our lives and we're sick to death of it. I been talking to people on facebook all week. I have family out in Charlotte I always worry about. They tell me they are also sick of it. I mean they threatening to take folks food stamps away if they get caught protesting. What the hell kind of bull shit is that?

At this point I'm of the attitude that if you are not with us, your freaking against us. Its easy for someone white who enjoys a privileged life style to tell us to pull our pants up, put our hands up, well we did that, guess what, WE STILL GETTING SHOT.

I don't blame the protestors not one bit.

[Bok_Tukalo]

14. What kind of bullshit is that? The typical Internet kind of bullshit.

http://www.snopes.com/charlotte-tells-rioters-anyone-caught-looting-will-lose-welfare-and-food-stamps-permanently/

[Coolest Ranger]

15. Yea you know what

its fine to totally debunk something. We hear so much crap these days we don't know what to believe but you don't have to come at me disrespecting me like that.

[Bok_Tukalo]

17. That was disrespecting? I thought it was disdain for the bullshit.

Nothing to do with you.

[Coolest Ranger]

18. and you go on my ignore list

if I want to be disrespected I'll go into general discussion

[Bok_Tukalo]

19. Whatever, dude.

<OPE>

[Coolest Ranger]

16. and FYI

my relatives who told me this, they don't go by what they read on the internet. They don't even have access to a computer. They not even computer savy. That's what they are hearing in their own neighborhood.

[YoungDemCA]

12. "Urban riots....are born of the greater crimes of the white society"

Urban riots must now be recognized as durable social phenomena. They may be deplored, but they are there and should be understood. Urban riots are a special form of violence. They are not insurrections. The rioters are not seeking to seize territory or to attain control of institutions. They are mainly intended to shock the white community. They are a distorted form of social protest. The looting which is their principal feature serves many functions. It enables the most enraged and deprived Negro to take hold of consumer goods with the ease the white man does by using his purse. Often the Negro does not even want what he takes; he wants the experience of taking. But most of all, alienated from society and knowing that this society cherishes property above people, he is shocking it by abusing property rights. There are thus elements of emotional catharsis in the violent act. This may explain why most cities in which riots have occurred have not had a repetition, even though the causative conditions remain. It is also noteworthy that the amount of physical harm done to white people other than police is infinitesimal and in Detroit whites and Negroes looted in unity.

A profound judgment of today's riots was expressed by Victor Hugo a century ago. He said, 'If a soul is left in the darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.'

The policymakers of the white society have caused the darkness; they create discrimination; they structured slums; and they perpetuate unemployment, ignorance and poverty. It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society. When we ask Negroes to abide by the law, let us also demand that the white man abide by law in the ghettos. Day-in and day-out he violates welfare laws to deprive the poor of their meager allotments; he flagrantly violates building codes and regulations; his police make a mockery of law; and he violates laws on equal employment and education and the provisions for civic services. The slums are the handiwork of a vicious system of the white society; Negroes live in them but do not make them any more than a prisoner makes a prison. Let us say boldly that if the violations of law by the white man in the slums over the years were calculated and compared with the law-breaking of a few days of riots, the hardened criminal would be the white man. These are often difficult things to say but I have come to see more and more that it is necessary to utter the truth in order to deal with the great problems that we face in our society.

- Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking at the American Psychological Association's Annual Convention, September 1967

http://www.apa.org/monitor/features/king-challenge.aspx

[wildeyed]

20. Bookmarking that quote

It will be handy to use against the MLK meme warriors attempting to leverage his memory in support of white supremacy.

[ismnotwasm]

13. This is so heartbreaking

Godamit, we (whites) miss the point at every excuse