"Protester" Hung by Noose at Berkeley Before #BlackLivesMatter Oakland Million March

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32. From the comments, one I whole heartedly believe in and emboldened the important parts:

LaShonda K 
ABOUT THIS… Just MY Thoughts…


http://www.dailycal.org/2014/12/13/effigy-apparent-lynching-hung-sather-gate-saturday-morning/


There were several cardboard cutouts depicting lynching victims found on various parts of UC Berkeley’s campus this morning. We (Black Folks at Berkeley) don’t know who placed them there and what the motive was behind it. I have verified this Myself with Black student leadership!


During the #BlackLivesMatter and #Ferguson2Cal movement on UC Berkeley’s campus and in the surrounding area, non-Black led groups have latched onto the movement as well. Some have turned this movement into other movements and some are just using their privileges to irresponsibly protest ‘a cause’ because they can… 


While it is true that #AllLivesMatter… That statement is synonymous to statements such as #IDontSeeColor and I am #ColorBlind. These statements water down the focus that #BlackLivesMatter.

Historically we were considered a ‘fraction’ of a person, and we are talking about BLACK lives at the moment… Although All Lives DO matter, some people don’t even consider My life, or any other Black person to constitute a ‘full’ life… or a life worthy of Mattering. 


There is a Peaceful and Well-Organized Rally & March being held right now by our Black Student Union and other things scheduled for this weekend.
 I am almost willing to bet a certain extremist group may have had something to do with it. There were more than one and they depicted actual lynching victims with names.

OUR Black student leadership did not do this and it was not part of anything I am aware of. 
It’s really difficult when ‘Other people’ take ‘OUR’ matters into THEIR own hands and do things like this. Ultimately, lynchings are a very sensitive subject and I wish people would STAY IN THEIR LANE when trying to ‘support’ a cause or movement.

Putting up things like this overnight, with no people or literature to explain the history is Reckless and Inciting Confusion and Anger on a #NationalDayofAction… We don’t know if this is in “Solidarity” or a Sign/Threat… Again, I appreciate true “ally-ship”, but people need to chill… #LetUSTellOURStory #StayInYourLane
#BlackatCal #Ferguson2Cal #BlackLivesMatter #Berkeley #BerkeleyAlum