"No Justice. No Tree" . I LOVE it! They were supposed to light up the tree at Rockefeller Ctr now.

[jillan]

Good for the protesters! Stop the festivities. People are being legally murdered in the streets, a tree lighting ceremony just doesn't feel right tonite.

[Cha]

1. KICK! "No Justice No Tree"!

[rhett o rick]

2. Great! I think Jesus would approve. nm

[jillan]

13. Exactly!

[jwirr]

14. So do I.

[Enthusiast]

58. Jesus didn't go in for trees anyway. Or lights, for that matter.

[marym625]

3. LOVE IT!

[tanyev]

4. Oh noes! Gretchen Carlson is going to be soooo upset!

Gretchen Carlson on Garner Decision: ‘Hope Nothing Happens… We’ve Got The Tree Lighting Ceremony’

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025905431

[babylonsister]

12. The humanity!

[napkinz]

5. K&R!!!

[greatlaurel]

6. The NBC news was complaining about protestors at the tree lighting. Nothing about justice

for the murder of Mr. Garner. The tree was so much more important than a man's life. NBC is disgusting.

"No Justice. No Tree" Good luck to the protestors. I wish them success and safety.

[jtuck004]

9. Some things never change...

...
In May, a black New York City undercover cop who was running after a suspect with his gun drawn was shot to death by a white officer. Boarded-up buildings, broken windows and jobless young men still populate that Brooklyn block. And Lee, who wrote, produced and directed the film, insists the racial disconnect at its heart still exists.

“White people still ask me why Mookie threw the can through the window,” Lee said in an interview. “Twenty years later, they’re still asking me that.”

“No black person ever, in 20 years, no person of color has ever asked me why.”
...

http://thegrio.com/2009/07/04/do-the-right-thing-turns-20/

We are still having the same conversation.

[leftynyc]

59. Reminds me of the sign I keep seeing

saying "I can't believe I'm still protesting this shit".

http://www.alternet.org/woman-behind-powerful-mike-brown-protest-photo-defies-respectability-politics

[jwirr]

16. Isn't NBC right across from the center? Probably gripping about that.

[jillan]

18. Fox is right there too. I'm sure they are going to have fits over this.

[CincyDem]

51. I think NBC is in the Rock building 46&5th maybe?? Fox is over on 6th in the mid 50's maybe ?

Fox is probably half a mile from the tree. Doesn't mean that won't have fits - just not in their backyard.

[LiberalElite]

57. No, Fox is in the same neighborhood -

6th Ave. bet. 47th and 48th.

[still_one]

29. Just refer to them as NBC with the "news" suffix, or for that matter all the others. So NBC has an

opinion, that's nice. so do the people out their protesting

Oh, and by the way NBC, the protest is news

[rbrnmw]

7. k&r

[Augiedog]

8. Murderous cops and right wing heads explode in outrage and indignation

How dare the down trodden and brown targets mess with the Jesus tree!!!

[procon]

10. Oh, now it makes sense.

Thanks for filling in the missing pieces. I'm a left coaster and didn't get the connection. Civil rights issues trump trees, so power to the protesters!

[Dawson Leery]

11. kick

[mainstreetonce]

15. Are they really not going to light the tree?

I am so disappointed that celebrities are performing.

[jillan]

17. I'm more disappointed that people are getting murdered in the streets of the USA.

[mainstreetonce]

19. I am saying the celebrities

Should support your view by not performing.

[jillan]

20. Agreed :) Like when Garth didn't perform because of Ferguson. We all need to stand together.

We can light a tree anytime.

[misterhighwasted]

21. Agree about the celebrities

[mainstreetonce]

23. Garth Brooks canceled appearances because of Missouri

And his wife just performed in NY.

Time to burn my Tricia Yearwood CDs.

Darius Rucker looked like he was crying,but he sang.


And they are going forward with lighting the tree.

[misterhighwasted]

27. Good for Garth. Probably in their contract tonight.

Maybe they were issued a freakin gag order from the NYPD not to take sides at the lovely tree lighting.

[mainstreetonce]

32. You are right

And the NYC police are protecting them ,but really? It hurts to watch them sing

[Beaverhausen]

40. They might have taped the performances yesterday.

[mainstreetonce]

41. No

Live performances

A camera caught Lauer and his group viewing the protests on an IPad.

[Fred Sanders]

22. And the tree is smack dab in the middle of the Center of The Media Universe....ground zero of the problem.

[cwydro]

24. Did they light it? nt

[mainstreetonce]

25. Not time yet

They will

[LiberalElite]

28. just before 9, right? this

Didn't use to be a multi hour extravaganza

[cwydro]

45. I thought it was supposed

to be earlier.

[LawDeeDah]

26. K&R

[humbled_opinion]

30. A man was brutally murdered

as onlookers gawked and righteous men pronounced that they had the power to do what they did, no I am not talking about the man that some believe was murdered nearly 2000 years ago at Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem to free all men of sin, I am talking about an unobtrusive U.S. citizen named Mr. Eric Garner who was put down by multiple white men on the streets of NYC, because they believed they had righteous power over him and claimed that they had the power to do what they did, and were upheld in their lawlessness just like those same Roman soldiers were upheld in theirs nearly 2000 years ago....

and the saddest part is some still think it is OK to celebrate and light a holiday tree? Tell it to Eric Garners family, tell it to Trayvon Martin's family, tell it to Michael Browns family and the many thousands more who are murdered by righteous men who believe that they have the power to do what they did...

No trees this holiday only tears....

[jillan]

31. Wonderful rant!

[misterhighwasted]

42. Thank You. You speak the truth.

[hopemountain]

54. "no trees this holiday only tears"

i imagine if i were a parent with small children we would not be attending the tree lighting tonight and your & jillian's reasons would be used in explaining exactly why we would not be attending. so sad!!!! thank you.

[rbrnmw]

33. Billo this is our war on your Christmas

[LiberalElite]

38. ^^^^^^^

[mainstreetonce]

34. Tree is lit

May all get home safely

[HuckleB]

36. Are you there, or is this on TV?

Just curious how it happened. I can't get recent coverage.

[mainstreetonce]

37. TV

NBC NY with all the Today show hosts.

[cwydro]

47. Are they even talking about

the protests???

[mainstreetonce]

49. Not a word

That show is over now.

[blkmusclmachine]

35. Let the worthless peons have their little "demonstration" tonight, then back to 1% business tomorrow

morning. The 99% will feel like they got something done, but they got SQUAT!

The 1% have spoken.

[ReRe]

39. I heard that too. "No Justice? No Tree!"

What gripes me is that they even planned the tree lighting for today. Or that the City didn't put off the Grand Jury announcement until tomorrow. Fuck. Just cancel Christmas.

[misterhighwasted]

44. Intentional I am sure. Keep the distractions coming..Move the news along

More power to thosa who did what they did tonight in protest, to show the truth about the happy effin for profit holildays.
Cops murdered a man & his six kids don't have their dad this holiday nor any other. Ever.
Militarized Industrial Police Department seem to be untouchable.

Sorry sad day.
Wake up America

[ReRe]

50. [phone]

[misterhighwasted]

52. Your Tag Line is SO Very Appropriate, ReRe

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it."~~George Orwell

[ReRe]

55. It's so true, isn't it?

I've used several different ones, but when I seen that one it just stuck.
Describes the times we live in to a "T".

[misterhighwasted]

56. Yes. Night to all.

Join you tomorrow.

[George II]

43. That's it? No explanation???????

[jillan]

46. Seriously? You need an explanation?

[George II]

53. Well since the tree was lit as scheduled, I suppose I don't "need an explanation", eh?

[rhett o rick]

63. I find whatever it is you're trying to do here comical. Keep it up. nm

[woo me with science]

48. Huge K&R

[Enthusiast]

60. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[yuiyoshida]

61. K&R

[truedelphi]

62. Yep, I felt that way when Obama pardonned the turkey too.

Why was there Justice for a turkey and not for Trayvon or Michael? (Not that this is the President's fault, as it's a time honored ceremony.)

But we need to let officialdom know where our hearts are this "holiday"season. (Holiday having derived from the word "holy" and people's lives are holy and must be honored before any Holy Days can be celebrated.)