Predominantly Black armed protesters march through Confederate memorial park in Georgia (July)

[TomCADem]

In Georgia, when a Black armed militia started marching through streets, the Governor promptly declared a state of emergency a few days later and call in the National Guard.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-stone-mountain/predominantly-black-armed-protesters-march-through-confederate-memorial-park-in-georgia-idUSKBN24605G

(Reuters) - A predominantly Black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta on Saturday, calling for removal of the giant Confederate rock carving at the site that civil rights activists consider a monument to racism.

Video footage of the Independence Day rally posted on social media showed scores of demonstrators dressed in black - many in paramilitary-style clothing and all wearing face scarves - quietly parading several abreast down a sidewalk at the park.

Many of the protesters carried rifles, including military-type weapons, and some wore ammunition belts slung over their shoulders. Although African Americans appeared to account for the vast majority of the marchers, protesters of various races, men and women alike, were among the group.

One video clip showed a leader of the demonstrators, who was not identified, shouting into a loudspeaker in a challenge to white supremacists who historically have used Stone Mountain as a rallying spot of their own.

[live love laugh]

3. Maybe they want to defend themselves?

[live love laugh]

7. I mean like all the white supremacists who've been brandishing guns

for too long without any comments from the likes of you.

[kysrsoze]

4. Is there something wrong with what they're doing, as opposed to armed white protesters?

Enjoy your stay.

[TomCADem]

5. Quite frankly I am not a fan of self-annointed militias...

...patrolling the streets regardless of race. I just post this to point out the hypocrisy of the right when they celebrate and defend white vigilantes exercising their Second Amendment rights, but freak out when minorities seek to exercise these same rights.

I would be happy if we could just outlaw folks patrolling around with guns, because do you really want viligantes doing that on Election Day, for instance?

[Gothmog]

2. I love this fake ad

Link to tweet

[live love laugh]

8. That's good.