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Protesters take to streets of Seattle following Ferguson decision:
BY Josh Kerns - November 24, 2014
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Seattle Monday evening after a grand jury in Missouri declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting that left 18-year-old Michael Brown dead and sparked weeks of unrest in August.
A group staged a "die-in" in Seattle's Westlake Park, laying down in the street before marching to Capitol Hill and then onto the Central District.
KIRO Radio's Brandi Kruse is with the demonstrators and reports while there is anger, there has been no violence...
Mayor Ed Murray urged calm in a speech following the decision.
"My message to the young African American men in Seattle today is this:
While we do not have the answers today, we in this city are listening to you.
Your city hears you. And your city loves you.
In this hour of pain, your city is absolutely committed to moving forward with you, together, towards greater peace and greater justice.
My message today to all Seattle residents is to ask that we all reach out to our neighbors - across racial and cultural lines in particular - commit to a promise of making our city a better place."
Seattle is located in King County, and was named after William Rufus King and its flag and logo was a royal crown. But a motion was passed to change it to the image below of Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Like the WTO. The tear gas looked pretty with colored lights reflecting on it at night.
The scene on the ground as compared to the surrealness of the round the clock coverage on television, was less rightwing now, and quite painful.
VIDEO:
He quotes the Brown family and that they want major change, not violence, to be their son's legacy. He says there are real problems and 'Communities of color are not just making it up.'
That has been proven over and over again and the rights of POC must be acknowledged and their stories heard and used to make major changes. The process of learning is not going to be easy in the face of media induced willful ignorance.
The phrase, 'God help us' comes to mind. If not that, 'Grow up, people!'
Glad she is talking about this so well. I've posted these before, the video and pictures:
There is no way this isn't about Obama.
Thanks, Sheshe! Awesome prespective from him. Enjoy the week. Winds howling here, stay strong GF!
This is the second Bircher generation and they're feeling bloodlust and want this.
I grew up with this crap, thank gawd not in my family, but I've heard it. And I said to to a DUer on the phone, it's not as much as about race as it is about a fourth reich.
It's a fascist coup in slow motion. And funded by the Koch and other such. It's ultra libertarianism on steroids. And black people are just convenient as punching bags. Take a look at this that I found on the SPLC website, it's a real eyeopener, YoungDemCA:
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/12/anarcho-capitalists-seen-as-cousins-of-the-patriot-movement/
Take a good, hard look to see how deeply embedded they are. The KKK and Nazis used to openly proclaim how they'd provoke a race war to have the chaos overwhelm the federal government so they'd take over. They're not kidding, the methodology is working for them so well. They can no longer be ignored.
Will he lose this essential support group?
And rant on this man, if anyone dares:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022953975#post12
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