Presuming is the same as assuming, and you know what they say about that. Problem is, this time it's going to start a war that will devolve into a race war.
There's already been a race war ongoing. That's what folks are protesting about. It didn't just start because somebody killed and shot police officers.
The part you don't get is the people starting this war are going up against America's private military, and will eventually involve the National Guard.
Oh I get that and I'm sure Blacks do too. But that's nothing new. The National Guard has often been used to kill black protestors.
It will also cause the loss of all major support.
The people who support Civil Rights will continue to support this Civil Rights movement because they aren't advocating anyone kill cops.
I'm not sure what major support you're talking about though.
There is a reason MLK was very much against violence as a way to bring about change. When your protest is, "we are against unnecessary killings so we are going to commit murder," even the hipsters laying in the road over by Lennox are going to get up and go home. While not a hipster, I am a perfect example. The cops are out of control and militarized and need to be reigned in and brought back to being PEACE OFFICERS as they were designed to be... unless they are getting ambushed then all bets are off and I hope they bring the pain.
Not everybody during MLK Jrs time responded non-violently. That didn't slow the support of that movement anymore than the violent protests of the some will slow the support of this movement.
You, and others, are parading two criminals out in front of the world as your messiahs. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
You can save your stupids as there is nothing about me that's stupid. My Messiah sits on His throne in heaven. :thumbsup:
Two people lost their lives and due process was bypassed. I'm sorry they don't meet your definition of someone whose life should have been valued.
You want people to feel sorry for those killed by cops? Don't parade in front of people 2 guys who attacked cops, one of whom went for the cops gun.
I'm not parading anyone. The two of which you speak are just part of the tapestry. And I'm sorry their lives didn't meet your approval that they should become focal points for people's outrage over the larger issue.
Protestors have Tamir Rice that most of the rational world would rally around.
People said the same thing about Rosa parks and Claudette Colvin. My apologies that the black community and those concerned about these atrocities couldn't coordinate to arrange the killing of a more innocent, more respectable Tamir Rice to precede that of Mike Brown or Eric Garner.
At one point I was planning on hitting the streets if the cops who shot him was not charged and tried. Instead, I am staying home regardless because now the idiots are killing cops in the name of two criminals who fought the cops. Again, STUPID!
That's your right.
