Black Power v. White Power (Ferguson Versus Bundy Ranch)

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Two Americas: Ferguson, Missouri Versus the Bundy Ranch, Nevada

Bob Cesca
August 14, 2014

As we noted yesterday, we can’t help but to contrast law enforcement’s reaction to protesters in Ferguson, Missouri versus law enforcement’s reaction during the Bundy Ranch fiasco.

1) The Bundy Ranch: On one hand, a large group of armed white men marched in a line of battle while at least one civilian rifleman in a sniper’s perch trained his weapon at Bureau of Land Management officials. In reaction, the government didn’t fire a single round or canister of tear gas, and eventually retreated, conceding the disputed ground to the Bundy militias. It’s important to note that the protesters turned out in support of a man who refused to pay his taxes and grazed his cattle without paying the accompanying fees. This man, Cliven Bundy, and his supporters threatened secession and armed revolt against the United States government.

2) Ferguson, Missouri: On the other hand, unarmed African American protesters in Ferguson, enraged and grieving from the death of an (again) unarmed black man named Michael Brown who was shot in the back by a police officer, have been confronted for several days now by police in full military regalia. This time, the rifleman in the sniper’s perch is a police officer — his scope trained on the protesters.

In Ferguson, law enforcement is vastly overreacting in the face of peaceful protesters, while at the Bundy Ranch, law enforcement vastly underreacted in the face of armed secessionists and scofflaws.

What’s wrong with this picture? Better yet, what’s wrong with the following pictures?

read more: http://thedailybanter.com/2014/08/two-americas-ferguson-missouri-versus-bundy-ranch-nevada/

[napkinz]

1. ...

[freshwest]

2. You hit one out of the ballpark again, thanks.

[Downwinder]

3. Anyone want to deny White Privilege?

[napkinz]

5. this guy and his party ...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. Yes, he should be here in a few minutes IMHO.

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[bravenak]

26. TBH, I expected him to be here by now.

[sheshe2]

4. Nailed it!

[napkinz]

6. ...

[sheshe2]

7. Tears.

[napkinz]

10. and fears (what every mother must contend with every single day)

[napkinz]

29. ...

[sheshe2]

36. I love that,

children don't see color they see another person.

Thanks for that napkinz.

[napkinz]

37. you're welcome sheshe ...

just came across this one from Being Liberal:


https://www.facebook.com/beingliberal.org/photos/a.180479986274.135777.177486166274/10152354448201275/?type=1&theater

[Odious justice]

12. He was left on the street for four hours?

That doesn't seem true.

[Odious justice]

13. Unless it was part of an onging crime scene investigation.

A cop shot him....I don't think they would just leave hm there.

[napkinz]

14. yeah, it is

For those who would call that statement hyperbolic: When was the last time that an unarmed White person was gunned down by the police? When was the last time a White teen was left to rot like strange fruit, face down in the middle of the street for four hours, his blood pooled beneath him?

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/13/they_are_not_here_for_us_and_they_never_were_michael_brown_and_americas_war_on_black_children_partner/

[aikoaiko]

9. If there had been LEO on the bridge by the Bundy Ranch, they would have stepped on the gunman's neck

[christx30]

17. And been shot to death by the gunman's friends. n/t

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

11. Rachel Maddow presented this same tragic and hypocritical disparity on her show last night.

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How much more blatant could the bias be? Same with Bush protesters being put in F̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶S̶p̶e̶e̶c̶h̶ ̶Z̶o̶n̶e̶s̶ cages far, far away, while armed TeaPartiers get up close and personal to President Obama. Yet the RW claim their rights are trampled upon.

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.

[AverageJoe90]

15. And a very real disparity it is.

People are waking up, but it's going to take time, still. After all, the original Civil Rights Movement wasn't created in a day.....

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

21. True, but the Civil Rights Movement seems to have suffered serious setbacks in recent years as

RW groups have sought to basically bring racism out of the closet--as if it's nothing to be ashamed of--and to turn back many of the advances. Seems now it's the "racist rights movement" that is gaining momentum.

[napkinz]

16. the RW claims there is a war on White Americans

Yet it's African Americans who are dying.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

22. The war on white Americans is about as real as the war on white American Christmas. Yet the party

using those lies as rallying cries are about to take control of both houses of congress.

I really thought we were on a trajectory away from all that BS, but the RW saw that happening and enacted a pretty successful battle plan against such progress. The arc of the Moral Universe was already disappointingly long but it was bending toward justice, however the RW have grabbed onto the forward end of it and are twisting it back upon itself. We really need to wrest it from their control, but that does not seem an strong or imminent prospect.

[napkinz]

27. it's real only in the minds of FOX viewers and Rush listeners

in that alternate universe, where climate change is a hoax and man co-existed with dinosaurs and slaves were well-treated and the president was born in Kenya and the poor are just lazy and God sends hurricanes to punish gays and ...

[MNBrewer]

24. The RW is always 1. 180 degrees around from being correct and 2. projecting

[LynneSin]

18. Remember Hurricane Katrina - White people 'found' things but black people 'looted' them

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

23. Yeah, as if god dropped the stuff into the whites' paths, but told the blacks,

"get it yourself." And after they did said, "Verily, dudes, I didn't mean for you to steal it!!"

[napkinz]

25. I read in another thread that that graphic was created by one of our own

DU member Arcane1

edit: see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025387246#post1

[napkinz]

28. compare & contrast ...

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[Uncle Joe]

19. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, napkinz.

[mountain grammy]

20. K & R and thanks.

[gollygee]

30. K&R

[cyberswede]

32. What do you think would happen if armed black people showed up on the streets in Ferguson?

Why didn't those same white armed militia nuts who showed up in Bundy "after the protesters got tased" also show up in Ferguson to after those protesters were tear-gassed?

[napkinz]

34. that was fast ... I missed it ... a troll?

edit: must have gotten his/her talking points from Hannity or Rush

[napkinz]

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