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Originally posted by coker737 View PostI pray for all that wear the blue. Mostly the Clevland PD. Your going to have yer hands full next week with every PAID thug that will Disrupt that town. Cleavland as we know it will be changed. Open Carry in Cleavland is being halted. WHAT?????
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Originally posted by Tbar View PostDeclare BLM and its supporters a Terrorist Organization.
A response to your petition on Black Lives Matter
Thanks for participating on the We the People platform.
You recently signed a petition asking the Administration to "Formally recognize Black Lives Matter as a terrorist organization."
In the wake of the tragic recent events in Dallas, Falcon Heights, and Baton Rouge, the President brought together law enforcement officials, civil rights leaders, activists, faith leaders, academics, and state and local elected officials this week to encourage frank conversations about the steps we can take together to build trust and ensure justice for all Americans. As part of these conversations, the President directly addressed the concern that the "Black Lives Matter" slogan, social media movement, and the associated protests are somehow inherently anti-police:
"I know that there are some who have criticized even the phrase 'black lives matter,' as if the notion is, is that other lives don't matter. And so you get 'all lives matter' or 'blue lives matter.' I understand the point they're trying to make. I think it's important for us to also understand that the phrase 'black lives matter' simply refers to the notion that there's a specific vulnerability for African Americans that needs to be addressed. It's not meant to suggest that other lives don't matter. It's to suggest that other folks aren't experiencing this particular vulnerability.
"And so we shouldn't get too caught up in this notion that somehow people who are asking for fair treatment are somehow, automatically, anti-police, are trying to only look out for black lives as opposed to others. I think we have to be careful about playing that game, just because that's not obviously what is intended."
This is a difficult time for our nation and this is a charged debate that stirs deep emotion. Speaking at the memorial service in Dallas earlier in the week, the President emphasized that progress requires, in part, Americans on all sides to “stand in each other’s shoes and look at the world through each other’s eyes.” He added:
"With an open heart, those protesting for change will guard against reckless language going forward, look at the model set by the five officers we mourn today, acknowledge the progress brought about by the sincere efforts of police departments like this one in Dallas, and embark on the hard but necessary work of negotiation, the pursuit of reconciliation.
"With an open heart, police departments will acknowledge that, just like the rest of us, they are not perfect; that insisting we do better to root out racial bias is not an attack on cops, but an effort to live up to our highest ideals. And I understand these protests -- I see them, they can be messy. Sometimes they can be hijacked by an irresponsible few. Police can get hurt. Protestors can get hurt. They can be frustrating.
"But even those who dislike the phrase 'Black Lives Matter,' surely we should be able to hear the pain of Alton Sterling's family … and know that his life mattered to a whole lot of people of all races, of all ages, and that we have to do what we can, without putting officers' lives at risk, but do better to prevent another life like his from being lost.
"With an open heart, we can worry less about which side has been wronged, and worry more about joining sides to do right. Because the vicious killer of these police officers, they won't be the last person who tries to make us turn on one other. The killer in Orlando wasn't, nor was the killer in Charleston. We know there is evil in this world. That's why we need police departments. But as Americans, we can decide that people like this killer will ultimately fail. They will not drive us apart. We can decide to come together and make our country reflect the good inside us, the hopes and simple dreams we share."
The White House plays no role in designating domestic terror organizations. The U.S. government does not generate a list of domestic terror organizations, and therefore we are not able to address the formal request of your petition. We encourage you to engage with your community in the ongoing discussion of how we can better build trust and safety in our communities.
Thank you for your participation in the We the People platform. We'll be back in touch soon.
-- The We the People Team
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Originally posted by coker737 View PostI like it BUT
IMHO, This is just what the POTUS wants. Martial Law
Exactly. What we need to do is pray for those in this movement. The bible states to pray for and love out enemies. If that doesn't work then it is time to open up an extra large can of whoop on them and let God sort it all out.
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Makes me wonder....
January 11, 1972
Trouble began on New Year's Day, when 20 black men and women from Chicago checked into a Baton Rouge motel. City police soon began receiving complaints from local merchants that the group was vigorously canvassing their neighborhoods asking for contributions. Some witnesses say they represented themselves as a young artists group, while others allege that they handed out Black Muslim literature. The group also announced a street rally for early last week, to be followed by a march to city hall.
Though Baton Rouge Mayor Woodrow W. Dumas knew of the planned demonstration, there were no police at the rally, which attracted about 200 people, many of them merely curious. Several white newsmen were present; one, Robert Johnson, may have suffered irreparable brain damage when some in the crowd attacked him for no apparent reason.
White Devil. When the first police did arrive, there followed an inane conversation between a sheriff's deputy, Major Marion M. Binning, and a tall, slender man, later identified as Samuel Upton, whom Binning took to be in charge. "Are you the spokesman for the white, Caucasian race?" asked Upton. "No." "Who is?" "I don't know." "Is he on his way?" "I guess he is." "We'll wait for him."
More police appeared and took up positions at either end of the street, where the demonstrators had parked three cars so as to block the intersections. A deputy approached Upton and his men—all dressed in somber, single-breasted suits and some wearing crimson bow ties—who were now lined up across one end of the street, and requested that the cars be moved. "You white devil," Upton shouted, "either you or I are going to die today!" Another cop moved to penetrate the line of blacks. Someone grabbed him. There was a scuffle, and then shots.
No one has yet established who fired first or why. It is equally unclear whether the blacks were armed; the police have recovered no weapons other than their own. Some police admit shooting at the blacks, and one theory is that the two officers who were killed were shot accidentally by fellow cops. More likely, once the fighting started some of Upton's men grabbed guns from the police, then turned the weapons on them. Both dead policemen, Deputy Ralph Hancock and Deputy DeWayne Wilder, were shot with police guns; so were Upton and Thomas Davis, who were also killed. Of the 31 injured, 14 were police. Twelve blacks were also hurt, several by angry, club-wielding police searching for Upton's friends—all but three of whom have been captured.
Both blacks and whites are still puzzling over the background and intent of Upton's group. From Chicago, Elijah Muhammad, head of the Black Muslim movement, denied any knowledge of it. No one has any idea what the blacks had in mind.
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