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"Dozens of demonstrators today stormed restaurants and targeted white diners in New York and California as part of a 'Black Brunch' protest against alleged police violence."
"Carrying banners, the chanting protesters entered a number of venues in New York City that they identified as 'white spaces', including midtown eateries: Lallisse, Maialino and Pershing Square. Once inside, they 'disrupted' customers' meals by reading out the names of African-Americans killed by police, including Michael Brown, 17, who was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson last August. Addressing staff and patrons, they shouted: 'Every 28 hours, a black person in America is killed by the police. These are our brothers and sisters. Today and every day, we honor their lives.'"
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I will give them this, they have the art of the non sequitur down.
I would be clapping at every name read.
Interrupt my meal, I'll mock your stupid political stunt.
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?"
Another advantage of diversity.
Can we stop with the "diversity is our strength" yet?
Go on black people, piss on your liberal white supporters in NY !!! Probably most of those diners have personally and literally (in the literal sense of the word literally) killed a couple of college bound honor students themselves. A couple of them probably have personal slaves too.
It doesn't really help to read off EVERY name, since not every person was killed by cops was innocent and "shot for being black".
If you think every black person shot by cops is a victim then you are essentially arguing that blacks should be above the law. They're not.
Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade.
#black lives matter. Why? Because they're black? Asian lives don't matter? White lives don't matter? The sense of entitlement in the black civil rights movement these days is pretty outstanding.
Re: "Why target brunch?"
Get to sleep in late before the protest and still have the afternoon free.
I am Laslo.
They're looking at it all the wrong way. It's performance art, this way they get brunch AND a show. Brilliant.
It's probably some rule for radicals or other that depends on news coverage.
I guess 2015 really "will be a year of fresh ideas mixing with tried and true organizing tactics."
But PETA was there first.
Yes, brunch is the one to target. Nice pastries and lamb lollipops.
Today at noon, I will protest in front of a bacon cheeseburger.
Maybe they targeted brunch because there are more people there than during breakfast?
I support making White Costal Lefty Elites (WCLE's) uncomfortable during brunch. Mainly because I'm nowhere near there, and it's hilarious.
Ann Althouse said...
Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade.
The dregs are the weekday breakfast diner trade.
Upscale, NYC Sunday brunch with Loxs and sparkling wine is Liberal turf...
Trying to find out more about that statistic.
Politifact covered it, but focused on Marc Lamont Hill saying "unarmed" black people were killed. That was not true. It appears this statistic, as it is, also includes black people killed by "vigilantes".
The study was done by one person with the "Malcolm X Grassroots Movement". It did not study how many white people are killed under similar circumstances.
Why get yourself worked up over iffy statistics? Its the same for the "1 in 4" rape groups..
Do people just want to be outraged and get attention for it? I kinda think so.
I wonder how the tips were that morning.
They're harassing the very people they feel safe to harass. I doubt they'd try this stunt in a truck stop frequented by motorcycle gangs and local roughnecks.
There's also something unseemly about the SJW insistence on making race the focal point of everything. Unless you have actual evidence that blacks are being targeted due to their race--and not simply disproportionately affected due to other factors like poverty and location--then you're just being a bigot and have no place where the adults are talking.
Brunch is not the dregs of the restaurant trade. Brunch is the big thing.
I don't get this "Brothers and Sisters" business. I certainly am not going to claim all white people as my brother and sister. I am not responsible for all white people.
would have probably yelled back "every hour and fifteen minutes, a black person is murdered by another black person. Go find a nice street corner in the middle of gang territory for your protest. They need to hear it more than we do."
They should name sandwiches after them in tribute.
"Two Michael Brown Gentle Giant Burgers coming right up!"
"Maybe they targeted brunch because there are more people there than during breakfast?"
Or that's where they feel safest pulling this. Stereotypically, anyway, brunchgoers tend to be upscale, left of center, guilt-ridden whites who would probably look at their eggs benedict sadly while this was going on. There are of course eateries where this would have resulted in much punching.
I feel bad for the restaurant owners, who of course had nothing to do with any of this and don't deserve having their low-margin business suffer.
They should try it in a Korean restaurant. That would be fun.
I am Laslo.
Ann Althouse said...
Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade.
Because Brunch is SWPL.
No justice, no pie.
Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade.
Maybe they thought Sunday brunch was an upscale activity? They would not care to tangle with a restaurant full of white blue collar workers.
Martin Luther King must be crying in his grave.
Funny . . . here in flyover country, in suburbia, Sunday morning brunch is when you want to go out to dinner immediately after church, without waiting for lunchtime to hit.
But I don't think any of these people have set foot in a church in a long time.
Ann Althouse said...
Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade.
Why would WHEN this action is taking place even be on your radar screen, let alone causing a puzzlement pause?
Squirrel?
CStanley beat me to it.
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?"
I would have loved to have said this if accosted by these protesters. Targeting brunch was the perfect set up for this comment.
I'm certain that I would receive an earnest and outraged harangue in reply, and I'm also fairly certain that the irony would be lost on them.
Still. It would be worth it.
I don't get this "Brothers and Sisters" business. I certainly am not going to claim all white people as my brother and sister. I am not responsible for all white people.
You're not a minority who has been sold "you're under attack every waking moment of your life."
No justice, no lox.
@Rob
Them's fightin words.
Why target brunch?
In NYC, Sunday brunch is the biggest thing, it isn't a small thing at all. Remember, the majority of NYC'ers don't cook at home, and they sure don't go to Sunday morning church. People wait in line for brunch at places like Sarabeth's and Good Enough To Eat for HOURS.
It's also a very, very, very white thing. I always assumed it was because NYC blacks were still in bed until the afternoon (except the ones in church, and they're in church).
Laslo! Haw!
The more I think about it, Sunday brunch might be the most white thing in Manhattan. What is whiter? The Cloisters? Even it has school groups coming through, with their stupid same t-shirts denoting what horrible school they all go to. Otherwise it would be so white that blacks wouldn't even know to go there to protest. The Metropolitan Opera? Maybe. The Bowery Ballroom/Irving Plaza? Maybe.
Brunch back twice as hard.
"Sunday brunch might be the most white thing in Manhattan."
A KKK rally is arguably less white than Sunday brunch in Manhattan, because at least there's a chance of a black guy being at the KKK rally to ask for directions for how to get away from the KKK rally.
God Bless Oakland! The White Guilt stupid people and criminals and protesters tend to gravitate towards Oakland, greatly enhancing the environment of the remainder of Northern California.
The restaurant scene in Dr Zhivago came to mind ("No doubt they'll sing in tune after the revolution!")
In general, police entitlement, militarization and excessive force ARE serious problems in the US, and not only for black people (though there's no doubt that have it worse). But by making this exclusively a racial issue, these activists almost guarantee they'll make no progress. And then choosing Michael Brown as the victim to rally around compounds the tactical stupidity. The NAACP was much smarter back during the civil rights era -- particularly in choosing Rosa Parks rather than Claudette Colvin:
http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2014/02/claudette_colvin_a_forgotten_civil_rights_hero.html
For decades, Oakland would have "Take Back The Night" rallies urging young Black men to stop shooting each other. Mothers of shot children would participate. But they never seemed to work. Good to see Oakland has moved on. I predict "Root Causes" by 2016.
No justice, no lox.
Nope.
No justice, no quiche.
(I stole that)
Althouse:
"Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade."
These are very unsophisticated people who doubtless believe that "brunch" is a particularly sophisticated thing that white people do instead of thinking about their roles in holding down the black man.
Next, these people are not likely to get organized in time for breakfast. I noted in one of the pictures of the interruptions that the young man reading the names of the dead was leaning nonchalantly on a counter. To get a bit of rest from his oppression I suppose.
Finally, the "black killed every 28 hours by the police" is another lie.
CStanley said...
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?"
:)
Did any patrons leave without paying, or accost the protesters? Did any waiters or managers protect their patrons from this disturbance?
Lack of details make this report mere propaganda, not trustworthy reporting. But hey, journalistic narrative requires no facts.
If they do this in Milwaukee, I hope they show up wherever Sheriff Clarke might be eating. The results would be fun to watch.
One of the things I've noticed is that the tea party-types are angry with and yelling at the government, whereas the occupier and leftist-types are angry with and yelling at the people.
Beginning to think maybe we do need to let another 20 million Mexicans in so the black population becomes more insignificant? Does this thought make me a bad person?
Brunch is the most pretentious of meals.
The pretentious are focused on what others perceive, which means they are among the most susceptible to guilt trips.
It *had* to be brunch.
Apparently, not all lives matter. I wonder if this message will reach the people.
"Why get yourself worked up over iffy statistics? Its the same for the "1 in 4" rape groups.."
It's what they do. What else is there to do on Sunday in New York ? They made a movie about that one time.
Why brunch ? The protestors are afraid to be on the street at night.
Why is it described as black brunch? Brunch seems to be a white thing, and the brunch would belong to the ones eating it not the ones disrupting it.
Re: "'Every 28 hours, a black person in America is killed by the police."
It seems if we can get it to twenty-four hours things'll be safer for black people. Then you just have to find that repeating time of day, and stay inside for 5 or 10 minutes. Solved.
I am Laslo.
They best not show up at the Mexican diner where I get my huevos rancheros.
no justice no piece of cheesecake
The black people killed by other black people, far more numerous, will not be addressed due to the inconvenience to the Narrative. Because these black people are racists.
Michael K said...
What else is there to do on Sunday in New York ?
LOL. Funny. Haha.
People in NYC have NOTHING TO DO !!!. That's the problem.
Black lies matter!!
How many is dozens of demonstrators? Presumably if it was 10 dozen they would have said over a hundred instead of dozens. 24 would be plural dozens. But what about 18 or 1.5 dozen?
The numbers came from a 2007 U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics report, which stated that blacks were victims of 7,999 homicides in 2005 and said that 93 percent were killed by people who shared their race. (It wasn’t clear to us where the blogger’s 9,000 figure came from.)
Using the number 8,500, that translated to 21.65 blacks murdered each day by other blacks."
Puts that blacks killed by cops number into perspective doesn't it.
Brunch itself shouldn't get a bad rap--it's one of those weekend rituals where you can treat yourself to something fancier than breakfast and cheaper than lunch, and booze early in the day in a socially acceptable way. Sure, it can take a long time (people usually brunch in larger groups) but as long as they tip accordingly, it hurts no one. If you don't like the long lines, pretentiousness of some brunch menus, or have the time to spare, then you don't brunch.
Now, many of these particular brunch goers may be SJWs themselves who encouraged the sort of behavior of these bigoted protesters (who want to turn recent police killings into a race thing because that's all they can understand, these latter-day George Wallaces). But regular folk who want to have a pleasant meal, and the restaurant staff that want to make their tips? They don't deserve this crap.
jr565 said...
"21.65 blacks murdered each day by other blacks."
Which leads to the question, how many black lives were saved by the actions of police which resulted in the death of a black man?
"Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade."
My theory is that the organizers consider brunch to be "toney" and thus the people going to brunch are especially privileged.
And privilege is a crime.
Similar tactics
http://youtu.be/LmfRMeU6pQ8
#ChickensLivesMatterToo
Well, it's something new anyway.
I was recently hanging out on a politically-oriented old friend's FB feed and when every questionable police killing of a black male gets reported it is indeed overwhelming. Also Ferguson never left whereas I'd say most suburban types of my acquaintance, white and otherwise, have no idea that is still going on.
"Whites were far more likely to be shot by the police than blacks when their crime rates are taken into account. [in NYC]
Whites were 5% of all suspects shot by the police in 2013 though they committed only 2% of the city’s shootings — a 250% disparity. Blacks were 75% of criminal shooters and 79% of police shooting victims — virtual parity."
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Michael Brown was chosen to publicise precisely because he was such a terrible example of police overreach.
What better way to get the majority of reasonable people to dismiss abuse of policing power as a legitimate discussion item than to put forward this thug as a poster boy?
Ugly as this episode is, it does have the advantage of bringing various elements of the Democratic Party coalition face to face, which their leadership generally tries to avoid. Brunchers, disrupters, and restaurant staff can all get a good look at their political allies.
"Which leads to the question, how many black lives were saved by the actions of police which resulted in the death of a black man?"
SJWs don't want to consider that question, otherwise they'd have to face the inconvenient fact that Rudy Guiliani has saved thousands of black lives when he was mayor of DC, and Al Sharpton has indirectly caused several black deaths.
I always thought brunch was more of a yuppie thing than a white thing. The yuppie class has a smattering of blacks and lots of Asians. Brioche French toast with blueberries is not any kind of ethnic white dish. It is consumed exclusively by overworked yuppies in a vain attempt to prove that all their hard work will lead to a luxurious life at some point n the future. It's an aspirational meal.......I have the vague sense that a lot of those protesters have eaten a brunch or two in their time.
"Ferguson never left"
What does that mean?
This would've made an outstanding Seinfeld episode.
"21.65 blacks murdered each day by other blacks."
Doesn't matter. These protesters don't care about black lives. They are only concerned with power.
I wish the article had said who was behind this organized protest. Newspaper reporters are missing the story.
Why is it described as black brunch?
Alliteration, obviously. It's not supposed to make sense.
Protestors here had a 'die in' in the food court of a mall where someone was murdered (and not by the cops). This is better than that, at least!
These demonstrators are applying the same sort of collective punishment to the brunchers that leftists like to apply to their 'class enemies'.
It's a vigilante form of 'justice', in which Wrong Persons are made to suffer for their being, not for their acts.
Too early for me.
Isn't there a mid-afternoon "Linner" or a "Lupper" protest?
What do we want?
ATTENTION!
When do we want it?
ALWAYS!
The Libertarian part of me applauds this action and the realization of people that the police are the violent instrument of the state.
The brunch eating part of me wants to eat my Eggs Benedict in peace.
God, I hate brunch, as does every cook I know worth their bones. I spent a number of years endeavoring to be invaluable for dinner service, just so I wouldn't be scheduled for brunch.
Brunch is a shit service. Chances are, everyone back in the kitchen is miserable, hungover or still drunk from partying. They're pissy because they've broken the hollandaise a couple of times and Chef left instructions to really push the salmon, which is no longer at its peak of freshness. So, you run a blackened salmon special with a creole butter sauce. The bartenders are bitching at the kitchen, because the celery for Bloodies is wilted, which means it'll be a dry kitchen during service.
In other words, it's very likely that when you sit down for brunch, you're in a hostile environment. I never go out for brunch.
When I got a kitchen of my own, I refused to do brunch. I haven't had to do brunch for over 15 years.
Did I mention that I hate brunch?
I think they are using the list from "Stuff White People Like"
Breakfast places ends up at #38 on the list.
You just knew the comments were going to be funny didn't you?
P.S. Who cares? I mean really. Who cares?
Just imagine that being attempted in Texas, especially after Luby's and concealed carry.
@Chef Mojo
So you don't care for brunch?
and my verification text was menAu.
Read Anthony Bourdain on brunch - a meal to clean out the refrigerator.
@paco
I meant to emphasize differences in coverage. Ferguson and related issues were covered all day, every day from the first days on the black-oriented feed. Elsewhere, coverage was comparatively slow to get started, then fell off the radar after the grand jury decision and immediate aftermath around Thanksgiving. If you weren't a news obsessive, the cleavage was even more pronounced, no matter your political persuasion. In other words, it's quite possible for educated people to have no clue that huge protests have been going on around the country with mike brown as a focal point, and to think that is over and done with. For many it fell off before the grand jury decision.
"bringing various elements of the Democratic Party coalition face to face, which their leadership generally tries to avoid"
I think it is hilarious that there probably wasn't a single Republican in that restaurant.
DeBlasio voters facing each other.
Read Anthony Bourdain on brunch - a meal to clean out the refrigerator.
I prefer Brinner. Cracker Barrel here I come!
Mojo: Brunch is a bad concept. Dim Sum before noon, though....
(Hey! How come last time I only had to check the Not A Robot box, and this time I was forced to type in a house address too? Huh? Did I do something to lose your trust? Don't leave me hanging here.)
Ann Althouse said...Why target brunch? That's what I can't get my head around. Brunch is the dregs of the restaurant trade
Tank nailed brunch as Stuff White People like but I thought you might also appreciate this definition from Urban Dictionary:
Brunch
A group of Caucasian people.
I had dinner with a brunch of friends.
by Mesolimbo August 25, 2008
"Read Anthony Bourdain on brunch - a meal to clean out the refrigerator."
Hopefully you will be able to get rid of the sea food and won't find it necessary to do some kind of "special" with it on Monday.
Should they not have targeted the donut shops?
I always thought brunch was an excuse to start boozing early.
One of our local breakfast places has a sign up that says "Bruch without a cocktail is just a sad, late breakfast."
Whoops! That should be "Brunch without a cocktail...".
The solution is volley fire!
The commenter "May Bee " says
"I don't get this whole brothers and sisters business"
I would say that I agree. When the white drug dealer on my block got arrested a few years back, I didnt lean out my window and cry out tot he police
"Leave my white brother alone!"
I actually had to restrain myself rom yelling
"Good riddance"
Those restaurants in Oakland are tourist traps in Jack London Square. I guess they don't want to piss off the locals!
As always, just swap some names to see if it's racist!
"Hordes of white people stormed soul food restaurants and read the names of every white person killed by a black person."
Protest as theater is un-serious protest.
But I'm sure it served its actual goal of making the protesters feel good about themselves.
I loved The Soft Jazz Brunch in a downtown Baltimore hotel with all the black church ladies in their wonderful hats.
Why target brunch? Because black don't crack and must eat 3 meals a day. They feel discriminated against by those who can get by on just two. "Why do we have to pay for three meals a day when whitey only has to pay for two?" they must be saying to themselves...
"I wish the article had said who was behind this organized protest. Newspaper reporters are missing the story." That's because the whole story is a press release by the protestors trying to get some attention for whatever the hell it is they want. I'd love to see a story on how these folks are financed. Russian, Iranian or Saudi money would be my bet. The efforts of folks who don't know much about America to break our power.
In the linked article there are photos of the "protesters" disrupting the brunch.
I cant help but notice that in almost every photo that ive seen of these typesof "protest ", there are one or more "protesters" taking a "selfie" of themselves
In one photo I saw the other day, there were 4 protesters taking "selfies"
they weren't even taking photos of the protests.Justof themselves. They seem to be a pretty self-absorbed bunch
One story I saw on the subject said they wanted to disrupt the "bourgeois".
Yeah, nothing polishes your street cred like that.
I'm loving it! You have to know that 99% of these people eating brunch are flaming liberals and deserve it.
The ambush murders of Hispanic and Asian policemen are an EXCELLENT way to demonstrate that #blacklivesmatter.
Restaurants posting HELP WANTED signs in their windows and handing out job applications would help prevent these sorts of disturbances.
Sigivald:
Perhaps they were auditioning for a part. Many will try, but few will be chosen for paid gigs. Doesn't every child dream of becoming a Sharpton, Obama, etc.?
Oh, well. The girls can always parade their choice cuts in a PETA or FEMENist parade. I suppose the boys could express their "pride" or something.
... and then afterwards they can all meet in hipster coffee shops and praise themselves for how uncomfortable they made the sheeple.
The fact that the NY protesters turned up at brunch, instead of the funeral of the two dead cops, represents a triumph of prudence over Phelpsiness.
They should do this at a Waffle House. They serve brunch 24 hours a day, everyday. They should try it at about two AM; however, if you don't have a gun, you might be turned away. They want everybody to have a fair chance.
"Restaurants posting HELP WANTED signs in their windows and handing out job applications would help prevent these sorts of disturbances."
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=i%27m+gonna+get+you+sucka+jobs&qpvt=i%27m+gonna+get+you++sucka+jobs&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=C261426A01B26B5D910FC261426A01B26B5D910F
Does Waffle House allow guns? I seem to remember an off-duty cop getting asked to leave a Waffle House because he was open carrying. Poor baby.
"Once inside, they 'disrupted' customers' meals by reading out the names of African-Americans killed by police, including Michael Brown, 17, who was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson last August."
No names of those killed by police were provided in the article, except for Michael Brown.
If Michael Brown, a thug who unnecessarily picked a fight with a cop, is their poster child, then they don't have a case I give a damn about.
"I'm loving it! You have to know that 99% of these people eating brunch are flaming liberals and deserve it."
I don't know--with my luck I'm sitting there eating my hamburger with a fried egg on top of it and a Guinness and happy I got some counter space with the long line of yuppies out the door and then this mess happens.
Though, far worse is if they're blocking traffic. Traffic is bad enough as it is without this nonsense.
Brando - some collateral damage is acceptable!
"Brando - some collateral damage is acceptable!"
This is the price I must pay to have a fried egg hamburger.
This is the price I must pay to have a fried egg hamburger.
Think of the children.
I imagine the thinking that went on here:
"Ok, we have an issue here and we want to get more people on our side, and those on our side already to become more motivated. The issue of course is cops shooting black people, because racism. I got it--let's block traffic for everyone, and harass upscale leftist diners in big cities who likely already agreed with us! By inconveniencing them, they're sure to see that our cause is just!"
"Of course! The one thing you think when someone's interrupting your meal or keeping you from getting to work in time is 'I bet they have a great reason for doing this, and I should support it!'"
Laslo Spatula said...
Re: "Why target brunch?"
Get to sleep in late before the protest and still have the afternoon free.
Nailed it.
(And maybe a snack or two from the restaurant.)
Hilarious to see lrftie People of Pallor targeted by the feral Africans, no? #pantsupdontloot
Counter argument:
Every 4 hours* a black person is killed by another black person. Whose side are you on?
*Estimate based on FBI data for 2013: 2245 black victims where the perpetrator was known to be black plus 91.5% of 37 victims where the perpetrator was unknown = 2279 black on black crimes. This assumes that the percentage of the unknown perpetrators were the same as the known perps. 2245/(189+2245+20) = 2245/2454 = .9148
2279/365 = 6.24 victims/day
24/6.24 = 3.8 hours/victim rounded up to 4 for rhetorical simplicity.
Note that this underestimates the frequency with which black people are murdered by black people, so the real numbers are slightly worse.
Some have asked for background on who's actually organizing this: http://www.spookmagazine.com/meet-black-brunch/
I'm socially-politically conservative, find this protest tactic generally offensive, but am struggling to understand it from their point of view. Maybe, just maybe, they have a point or two. They don't make it easy to pause, listen, and think with an open mind.
Part of the problem is some of the participants and/or their radical supporters on Twitter who spout some pretty sick stuff that seems at odds with the article above, in which they sound much more reasonable. Note the (legitimate?) concern about white radicals taking over from blacks protesting peacefully. Some of their supporters on Twitter are not peaceful, and are known for being verbally abusive and physically threatening.
There are several things I find troubling about this new tactic. Perhaps the biggest is the "I can do whatever I want because of the sheer incandescence of my self-righteous outrage, and you *must* be respectful and supportive (or else)". If diners try to be neutral and (more or less) ignore the protesters... they are branded as hostile and disrespectful. If someone seems upset that a protester is yelling in her face she is accused of being racist (as opposed to having a problem with a**holes yelling in her face). The painfully obvious question is, How would these same people react if someone did the same thing to them? If I am not free to say no, why am I obliged to say yes?
But even in the above article there are some odd contradictions. I'd like these protesters to spell out *exactly* what they want to see happen. Let them show us their cards.
Since there were no puppets, this isn't legit.
"I'd like these protesters to spell out *exactly* what they want to see happen."
It sounds like they want to see if they can intimidate others into parroting their agenda.
"In each restaurant, they also asked diners to stand and raise their fists in the air 'for black life', according to Yahoo! News. At several venues, 'a good number' of customers apparently did so."
"The fact that the NY protesters turned up at brunch, instead of the funeral of the two dead cops, represents a triumph of prudence over Phelpsiness."
Ahem.
garage mahal: "Does Waffle House allow guns? I seem to remember an off-duty cop getting asked to leave a Waffle House because he was open carrying."
Sounds "relevant".
Tell us more.
"I'd like these protesters to spell out *exactly* what they want to see happen."
The goal is to put all city police forces under direct federal supervision. They do not want the police to be accountable to the people who pay their salaries. They want them to be accountable to a Justice Department bureaucrat, preferably from the civil rights division.
Clear?
I will drink at any coffee shop that offers a "Mike Brown":
Extra large with seven shots.
And I can't even have caffeine anymore...
@Richard, that's disgusting.
Big Mike, getting tasteful about these assholes gets old. I'm pretty sure they're going to provoke something tragic and sooner rather than later.
Remind me again why I should worry about "disgusting":
http://tinyurl.com/mp89jg3
INNOCENT black man killed and no one gives a crap.
http://www.isupportjamielslaw.com/
richard mcenroe:
Murdered by illegal aliens, aka Obama's Dreamers. Jamiel will be a faint memory. #SomeLivesMatter
You'll like this if you can get to Facebook, Paco-- not only do you get all the self-righteousness of the Portland jerks in their own words, but there's a pretty impressive display of Stockholm Syndrome from some of the people they shouted down.
I still say that even if the 100-year-old vet had decided to kick their asses, he wouldn't have been able to do it nearly as hard as the NYC cops.
"For decades, Oakland would have "Take Back The Night" rallies urging young Black men to stop shooting each other. Mothers of shot children would participate. But they never seemed to work."
On one episode of "The First 48" (a show that follows real cops investigating real homicides) a crime-ridden neighborhood was having a Peace Bowl football tournament with kids in the middle of the day to promote peace in the neighborhood when a shooting broke out that sent the kids and crowds running. Sad but true. I think one person, not at the tournament, was killed.
RE: "Brunch"
Chef Mojo (and others) are right in general, but there ARE some restaurants that specialize in nothing BUT brunch and do a dynamite job. One such used to be (although no longer there) "Andy's" in Denver during the late 60s near Cherry Creek. It served a supurb champaign (unlimited-price fixe) brunch--everything prepared right in front of one on the serving line. So Brunch can be done right, but will agree that such places are few and far between these days w. the cost of food and booze..
Two more cops shot in the Bronx remind me again not to be disgusting.
"Which leads to the question, how many black lives were saved by the actions of police which resulted in the death of a black man?"
Fen's Law: the Left doesn't really believe in the things they lecture the rest of us about.
ie. you are taking them at their word when they scream "black lives matter". But they don't really care about black lives, so arguing against their apparent hypocrisy is a waste of your time.
You have to figure out what their real motive is. And its certainly not preventing black deaths.
Ethnic cleansing.
#BlackBrunchNYC are targeting "White Spaces" with their protests. So now, the issue is not just cops but white people in general.
And how is a restaurant that serves brunch a "white space". If you come in during "brunch" but want to order "lunch" its basically the same thing. And none of these restaurants is refusing to serve black people.
College Professor Kathleen McCartney faced outrage when she states that "All Lives Matter" in regards to the two cops being let off by grand juries.
She then had to correct herself and say that "Black Lives Matter" She also said she would be a "white ally" in the fight against institutional racism.
That a college professor would apologize for saying something so obvious shows that this movment is not based on facts of the case but on pushing a narrative about institutional racism.
Even though, there was no indictation that institutional racism played a part in either case or in the finding the cops not guilty.
History repeats first time as tragedy then as farce. We are now in the farcical stage of the civil rights movement. and we are similarly at the farce stage of the Feminist movement.
This is because both movements already won and got 99.999999% of what they wanted. Citizenship, the right to vote, the right to eat at what these protesters are now calling "white establishments" Etc etc etc.
And no one in the modern world is saying we should go back to slavery or Jim Crow or take away women's rights to vote. So Westers grievance merchants come across like the biggest spoiled brats. There is real racial injustice but it aint where people are eating brunch.
And no one in the modern world is saying we should ... take away women's rights to vote.
Not so fast my friend.......
I understand many people feel inconvenienced. As an African-American male I have felt inconvenienced, afraid, disrespected, and embarrassed on the several times I have been innocently pulled over or frisked even as a child walking or riding my bike from work. Really, can you just eat your waffle? As a 16 year old child ,can ride my bike home from work instead of being man handled by two grown white men? How would many of you feel if your white child was being man handled by two grown black men. Ignoring racism and ignoring it is not going stop it from happening.
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