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ghostsinthemachine

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Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:27 PM Apr 2015

How President Johnson dealt with the other Baltimore riots:

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President Lyndon Johnson

What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re so surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for three hundred years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.


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More at link: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/28/3652006/baltimore-race-riots-1968/

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How President Johnson dealt with the other Baltimore riots: (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 OP
I don't know why anyone is surprised. stage left Apr 2015 #1
I'm not deaf - what would 840high Apr 2015 #2
I don't think I said you were. stage left Apr 2015 #3
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