I haven’t said much about Ferguson because you can’t change evil. Zimmerman was an evil creep who assaulted a female cop long before murdering Trayvon Martin. I guess, per Zimmerman, the cop Zimmerman assaulted had it coming too??!! And Darren Wilson is part of a bigger problem that EVERYONE keeps overlooking: Ferguson is a small town of ~22,000 people. there should have been so much community relation, such that officers knew residents by name, personality, etc., and HOW to diffuse an UNARMED situation, given FEMALE COPS take down guys larger than them (armed or unarmed) WITHOUT using their weapon or even stick. Wilson’s initial conversation (how he spoke, acted and expected Brown to act) was part of his own upbringing and direct KKK association.
but it’s funny how people say rioting is not okay, because harm was done to a black person. but they’re the same people who dismiss the following riots (below) as trivial, not related, not important, or *are completely ignorant of them*, which is part of the problem today – believing that their family’s migration to US (during Jim Crow/whites only), and getting a job (while white) and education (that they assume, while white, that blacks fail to do) IS the American dream. Yet, many, who had jobs were still murdered AND denied education & basic rights (Medgar Evers, Martin L. King, Viola Liuzzo, James Chaney, Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman — yes Jews were denied equal rights during Jim Crow as well).
knowledge of all history is the only way we can move forward, otherwise, we’re simply repeating history with the same results:
AND these are riots that LAW ENFORCEMENT participated in and/or initiated, or armed others to facilitate, along with NRA!
Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TU013.html
St. Louis race riot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis_riot
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176788/East-Saint-Louis-Race-Riot-of-1917
Harvey Clark – black WWII veteran rioted out of home and building BURNED TO GROUND to prevent blacks from moving in:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95519826
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-21237709.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero_Race_Riot_of_1951
Slocum, Texas Massacre:
https://www.facebook.com/ZinnEducationProject/photos/a.10150481152574677.373088.121352639676/10152265114524677/?type=1
Jesse Washington lynching, Waco, TX – black male removed FROM JAIL w/ law enforcement help and then lynched after a Jim Crow-whites only, anti-6th Amendment, judge, juror and executionertrial
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5401868
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.W/w/washington-jesse-photos.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington
Rosewood, Florida riot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre
http://www.myblackhistory.net/Rosewood.htm
rosewoodflorida.com
Oh, and how could I forget the Ole Miss riot started by ku klux klansman Ross Barnett Sr. (over integration), with his fellow klan, William David McCain (Meghan McCain’s relative) and Paul Johnson. Barnett later went on to become Governor of Mississippi, and now has buildings, streets & parks named after him, wait for it…. because he’s considered an American patriot. 😐
so… don’t complain about Ferguson’s riot, until the original riot starters’ names are removed from public places and street names. I just passed the ULTIMATE riot starter’s street name: confederate Jefferson Davis Parkway. over 650,000 died over his riot started to KEEP slavery. and member of Jefferson Davis’ losing team, Nathan Bedford Forrest, created the ultimate riot club: KKK, which is providing funding and support for Darren Wilson. schools, streets and buildings are named after Forrest.
