They Matter. All Black Lives Matter.

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Can we share this instead of that cop picture please
11:36 PM - 4 Dec 2014


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This is gorgeous: Students in Quebec were asked to send protest route to cops. Their reply: #ICantBreathe #EricGarner
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#ICantBreathe Protesters in Paris march in solidarity with #EricGarner and #MikeBrown #BlackLivesMatter #GrandJury
7:30 PM - 6 Dec 2014 Washington, DC, United States


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About 100 protesters upset with the Eric Garner decision gathered in Bryant Park Thursday: http://ny1ne.ws/rf2HaF
1:13 AM - 12 Dec 2014



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This lil kid out rallying for #AkaiGurley in the rain today! Sign reads "NYPD: don't shoot, I'm 6!" #nyc2ferguson
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FIRST THEY CAME FOR BLACK MEN, AND WE DID NOTHING #BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe #EricGarner #ShutItDown #Ferguson
6:16 PM - 6 Dec 2014


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"I don’t trust dispassionate people in a world on fire." <<< THIS. So much.
1:22 PM - 6 Dec 2014

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[steve2470]

1. big kick & big rec! nt

[brer cat]

2. Teach your children well,

Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you'll know by.

[sheshe2]

3. Yes~

and tears.

Don't shoot I'm six!

[helpmetohelpyou]

4. .

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[pinboy3niner]

5. I was proud to be one of the 3 DUers joining a Justice for Trayvon march in L.A.

Black lives matter. Period.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. major props ! wish I lived somewhere where people cared. nt

[pinboy3niner]

11. My DU compatriots on that march were DUers ellisonz and Fire Walk With Me

I posted a report on our experience here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1252

[Cha]

6. Of course, #BlackLivesMatter!! mahalo she

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Keep the thoughts ALIVE ! I fear it's the next

new cycle. Sad.

[flvegan]

8. *ALL* lives matter.

I know, it's not as photogenic, but speciesism sucks too. Just 2 cents more, not instead, but beyond.

[Avalux]

10. YES. ALL LIVES.

Once we get the hang of it, the world will make the shift.

[pinboy3niner]

12. All lives matter, but the most pressing problem is the taking of black lives

There is a well-founded reason for focusinig on #blacklivesmatter.

[flvegan]

17. Interesting.

#missedthepoint
#everylifematters

[pinboy3niner]

20. #black lives lost at far higher rates

#what's so hard to understand about that?

[flvegan]

21. So you've failed to grasp the definition of the word "all" have you?

Do please keep in mind I've gone far beyond black/white/human. You seemed to get it at first.

#clueless
#speciesism
#thishashtaghasmadethistupid
#Idontknowhatalifeis
#livesonlymatterasfarasIcare

[pinboy3niner]

22. Have I failed--or have you?

How is the focus on black lives lost inapropriate?

[flvegan]

28. "All"

Look it up. It's a word.

[pinboy3niner]

30. "Disproportionate"

Look it up. It's a word.

[flvegan]

34. Tell me of this.

Please. Compare all v your little window.

[pinboy3niner]

42. My "little window" says we have a police excessive force problem

My "little window" also says the documented evidence indicates that this is a much bigger problem with black male victims of police brutality and excessive force.

I see no problem in focusing on the most significant part of the problem first. And I wholeheartedly support the slogans...

"Hands up. don't shoot!"

"Black lives matter."

[KMOD]

25. Yes, all lives matter,

So why do you feel the need to dismiss the focus on certain lives, even though they all matter.

I'm glad you've been able to go beyond black/white/human, but you seem to fail to see that many in the world have not.

[flvegan]

29. I don't.

I don't dismiss, most of everyone else does. *ALL* is what it is, subject to the "focus on certain lives" being more important right now, even though they all matter.

Oh dear, I fear you won't get that. LOL

[KMOD]

33. It's very clear that you don't get it.

All lives matter. Everyone gets that part.

Yet you seem very concerned about anyone stating that black lives matter.

I find it very hard to understand that you, who claims to feel that all live matter, would take umbrage with that.

[flvegan]

36. Do you? You get it?

All lives matter, huh?

Care to share about the rest of your emotional, baseless response?

[KMOD]

38. Excuse me?

my emotional, baseless response.

It's that really the depth of your intelligence?

[sheshe2]

43. Why are you doing this?

You feel the need to jump on and derail ones thread. Why is that?

Is it that black lives mean less to you as they are being taken at a far higher rate that whites?

[sheshe2]

13. yes all lives matter.

yet that is not the point of my Op.

Show me the statistics that show more white men are being stalked, profiled and murdered by cop. The disgusting use of excessive force toward people of color is not being used on white men. That is a fact.

Oh wait here is the Bundy Ranch. White men draw on federal agents. They walk away scott free. Bundy is a thief that have cost the taxpayers millions. They fucking walk.



Michael died cause he was black and Wilson just plain hated him.

Four and a half hours they left him uncovered in the street.



Don't play with me.


The response to the peaceful protests?






Why did this not happen to the armed men at Bundt's Ranch, yet it happened to unarmed black men in Ferguson?

[flvegan]

18. Congrats.

I've been here a long time and I've never seen anyone miss it like this.

"yes all lives matter"

Back that up outside your emotional post, please.

Reminder: ALL lives. Go ahead.

[sheshe2]

23. Since you have been here for so long

you must be aware that we have one hell of a racist problem going on in this country. Do black lives not matter to you at the rate they are being taken? It far exceeds white men dying at the hands of the cops. You do know that correct?

And do not tell me I am being emotional, that is a mans way of trying to shut a woman up. Trust me I know, my ex did it all the time.

[flvegan]

31. That's an emotional response, like it or not.

As I stated and you can't grasp, all lives matter to me. They don't to you, it seems. It's not black or white. When you get a grip on "all lives matter" maybe you see it too, and it's not such a political football.

Best to you.

[sheshe2]

40. Yes it is emotion and sadly you feel no emotion for black men being slaughtered in the street.

When you can grasp that fact we can talk. And yes, you did your righteous male smack down on me. You are not superior to me in any way. Yes all lives matter, yet if you can not and will not see what is happening before your eyes then I am profoundly sorry for you. BLACK MEN ARE BEING SHOT WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE AT A HIGH RATE! You seem totally unaware of that fact. You say you care about all lives, yet you don't seem to care about their lives.

Hands up Don't Shoot!

[KMOD]

27. you are being rude, imo

I've been here a long time and I've never seen anyone miss it like this.

Back that up outside your emotional post, please

Your words.

If all lives matter, why the heck does it bother you so much that we are focusing on some lives? They all matter, right?

[flvegan]

32. Why does it bother you so much that I focus on them all?

"They all matter, right?"

YOUR words.

[KMOD]

35. in my words, yes, they ALL matter

You are the one, who it seems feels that parsing all, into some groups, is a problem.

You claim you believe that all lives matter, but you seem very offended by discussion where one part of all is examined.

[flvegan]

37. I doubt you can prove up that claim. n/t

[KMOD]

41. au contraire

I think you've done a fine job of proving that yourself.

[sheshe2]

44. Thank you, KMOD

that was a nasty smack down from him from a male to a woman. It is the way to shut her up. It was the way to shut ME up. I am not the hell sitting down and shutting up.

Congrats.

I've been here a long time and I've never seen anyone miss it like this.

"yes all lives matter"

Back that up outside your emotional post, please.

Reminder: ALL lives. Go ahead.
Don't blame me. I voted for Kucinich.

Thank you~

[cwydro]

14. Yes. They do. ALL lives.

All human lives.

And in my opinion, all living creatures.

Not always a fan of you flvegan, but this post is spot on.

[sheshe2]

16. We are focusing on black lives here for a reason.

How Often are Unarmed Black Men Shot Down By Police?

We stand today, two weeks after the shooting Death of Unarmed John Crawford, a week and a half after the Police Shooting Death of Unarmed Michael Brown, about a week after the shooting of Death of Ezell Ford in Los Angeles, in the wake of the Choke-Hold Death of Eric Garner in New York, years after the shooting death of unarmed Sean Bell and Amadour Diallo also in New York, years now after the Shooting Death of Unarmed and Hand-cuffed, Face Down Oscar Grant in Oakland, years after the shooting death of unarmed Kendrec McDade in Pasadena, a decade after the asphyxiation of unarmed Johnny Gammage in Pittsburgh, more decades after the choke-hold police Murder cover-up of Ron Settles in Signal Hill, the Police shooting of Eula Love over a $22 water bill payment in 1979, and of so many others.

We are told these are isolated incidents. We are told that they are simply the Officers procuring their own safety and if only the "suspects" had surrendered or obeyed they would still be alive today.

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How often does that record get put on in the iPad when Police want to drown out the cries of an outraged public, until they forced to find out what really happened and it's not anything like the Police initially claimed? How often do Police shoot and kill unarmed suspects who pose no real threat to them? How often does this happen to Black People? How often does it happen to White People? Or anyone?

The truly frightening thing is that we apparently don't know. We have no idea. Not even a clue. We've been tracking the statistics about Crime for decades at individual police agencies and in the FBI Uniform Crime Report, But those reports don't document exactly when Cops become Murdering Criminals. This fact - which has sparked police riots and racial unrest going all the way back to the 1960's - is still a mystery.

According to Fivethrityeight.com - no one tracks this.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/24/1324132/-How-Often-are-Unarmed-Black-Men-Shot-Down-By-Police#

Bullshit!

[flvegan]

19. All living creatures.

Thank you, not looking for fans and respect those that call me out/tell me so.

[pinboy3niner]

15. My white privilge means I don't face what THEY face

But my conscience demands that I support them and oppose injustice wherevere it manifests.

[sheshe2]

26. I so love you pinboy!

My white privilege means I don't face what THEY face


But my conscience demands that I support them and oppose injustice wherevere it manifests

.

[Solly Mack]

24. K&R

[ucrdem]

39. Great post!

Powerful images. K'n'R!

[pinboy3niner]

45. I rarely change my avatar

This was an exceedingly worthwhile and meaningful exception.

[napkinz]

46. kick

because we must not let the right-wing exploit a tragedy to stop a just cause


edit: I guess it's too late to kick this thread