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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"...they had Pizza, hotdogs, cookies, jazz and voter registration!!!" Protest in Bentonville AR
This is my Nieces' first protest march ... I'm so proud of her !!!
"...One white lady had a white shield T - shirt", "there was an old white lady with her cane and her sign", "... more white people with white power signs than black people"
We now have another ground pounder and activist who's activated !!!
so proud of her !!!
Of course she social distanced with masks
Bentonville Arkansas area is 50,000 people and 3% black
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"...they had Pizza, hotdogs, cookies, jazz and voter registration!!!" Protest in Bentonville AR (Original Post)
uponit7771
Jun 2020
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Ah, she mentioned the 3 cities make up a larger area where Wal Mart is head quartered
uponit7771
Jun 2020
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Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)1. ...
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)2. thx !!
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)4. It is remarkable
Protests are happening in places I never thought possible, with participants I never expected to see.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)3. We had over 4,000 in Fayetteville, AR, last week.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)5. Ah, she mentioned the 3 cities make up a larger area where Wal Mart is head quartered
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)6. Two separate counties.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)7. I live on the other side of the lake and
don't get local tv (satellite) but I did hear there was tear gas in the first couple of days. Is that correct or just a rumor from the bubbas?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)8. Yes, she said there was tear gas until a couple of black guys brought shot guns to the protest to...
... keep the knuckle heads out.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)9. wow. That must have been a scene.