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Am I Next? (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2014 OP
K & R Liberal_Dog Oct 2014 #1
K&R Stardust Oct 2014 #2
K&R Solly Mack Oct 2014 #3
Kick valerief Oct 2014 #4
K&R, with tears. nt brer cat Oct 2014 #5
K&R.... daleanime Oct 2014 #6
Look at that sweet little face in that first picture.. Peacetrain Oct 2014 #7
My heart breaks as well Peacetrain. Such a beautiful face. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #35
Your eloquence here deserves high praise. Seems like ever since Mike Brown was executed, KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #48
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #32
It breaks my heart that we have to have this conversation to begin with madokie Oct 2014 #37
thinking the same thing, peacetrain NJCher Oct 2014 #69
K&R azurnoir Oct 2014 #8
It needs to stop. K&R nt TBF Oct 2014 #9
That first picture . . . Brigid Oct 2014 #10
Oh Lordy why are so many ignorant and hateful. Unarmed civilian. Shame on us. Nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #11
Yes, shame on us sea sheshe2 Oct 2014 #18
And we're all in the same family.... ReRe Oct 2014 #38
The family of man, yes ReRe. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #44
That's what I'm talking about. Get mad, real mad, and change the nation. Vote. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #13
That is fricken' awesome photography Android3.14 Oct 2014 #14
That pretty much sums up everything for me. Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2014 #20
kick navarth Oct 2014 #15
K/R. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #16
Powerful. Thanks for posting. nt City Lights Oct 2014 #17
Am I next? etherealtruth Oct 2014 #19
"you could be" sheshe2 Oct 2014 #21
Gun culture is racism. nt onehandle Oct 2014 #22
Beautiful and powerful, saw them all at the link.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #23
UNFUCK AMERICA! Kath1 Oct 2014 #24
I am not one to shy away from profanity, lol. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #25
Yeah, she! Fuck yeah! Kath1 Oct 2014 #26
Embrace profanity. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #71
Powerful. K&R LoisB Oct 2014 #27
K&R nt avebury Oct 2014 #28
Thank you. SheilaT Oct 2014 #29
Beautiful sheshe2 marym625 Oct 2014 #30
They need a new chant: ReRe Oct 2014 #36
It sure does marym625 Oct 2014 #41
I am still hyperventilating from that one. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #39
Thank you marym625 Oct 2014 #40
That's what scares me marym... sheshe2 Oct 2014 #42
I don't think that's the case here marym625 Oct 2014 #59
Thanks. Shared to my FB page and to a Socialist page to which I belong. Rev. KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #50
Sorry. fell asleep marym625 Oct 2014 #58
Scary Kath1 Oct 2014 #76
I would say marym625 Oct 2014 #83
K&R ReRe Oct 2014 #31
Yeah. Kick. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #33
Yes TheVisitor Oct 2014 #34
Welcome to DU and I thank you TheVisitor. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #45
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Oct 2014 #43
Thank you WillyT~ sheshe2 Oct 2014 #46
Thanks again. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #47
The pictures that say it all daredtowork Oct 2014 #49
It's a movement. nolabear Oct 2014 #51
Let's move it forward nolabear. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #52
+1+1+1! nolabear Oct 2014 #75
That first photo really got to me shireen Oct 2014 #53
Unfuck America --- Eloquence in two words. lpbk2713 Oct 2014 #54
Wow, the caption on the first two photos could well be calimary Oct 2014 #55
Beautiful Children, she! Thank you and thanks to 3chicspolitico for these heart Cha Oct 2014 #56
The "UnFucking of America" sheshe2 Oct 2014 #60
.. Cha Oct 2014 #62
Re-instituting the ban on overt propaganda would be nice too. Veilex Oct 2014 #79
love the "unfuck America" sign AtomicKitten Oct 2014 #57
KnR Hekate Oct 2014 #61
Powerful photos. I really love the "Unfuck America" sign! C Moon Oct 2014 #63
K&R!!!!!!! napkinz Oct 2014 #64
I do not like waking up on Sunday morning to this stuff! coldbeer Oct 2014 #65
k & r merrily Oct 2014 #66
Powerful. And to those young men in the 1st pic - yes you WILL be next. BumRushDaShow Oct 2014 #67
K&R Scuba Oct 2014 #68
That is one appropriate sign! Enthusiast Oct 2014 #70
Thanks. Powerful photos. ms liberty Oct 2014 #72
The "Stolen Lives" should be on bill boards all over this country. L0oniX Oct 2014 #73
k & r... n/t prairierose Oct 2014 #74
This is what a police state looks like. antiquie Oct 2014 #77
k&r... spanone Oct 2014 #78
love that fifth photo yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #80
k n r cui bono Oct 2014 #81
an american problem noiretextatique Oct 2014 #82
k&R Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Oct 2014 #84

Peacetrain

(22,875 posts)
7. Look at that sweet little face in that first picture..
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 08:49 PM
Oct 2014

If that does not stop and make you cry to think that little child is standing next to a sign.. wondering if he will be next..

This little boy who should be riding a bike..playing video games.. reading a book.. playing ball with his friends.. anything but having to stand next to a sign or hold a sign asking.. Am I next?

My heart breaks..

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
12. My heart breaks as well Peacetrain. Such a beautiful face.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:06 PM
Oct 2014

I have been crying lately, some illness in my family. Yes we get old and sadly we are dying, yet we had the chance to live our lives.

However the children should not be the ones living in fear and dying far to young. Their lives have been taken from them far to soon and in the most grievous way.

Response to sheshe2 (Reply #12)

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
48. Your eloquence here deserves high praise. Seems like ever since Mike Brown was executed,
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:39 PM
Oct 2014

life has lost most of what joy it retained after 8 years of Bush and Cheney. I mean, really, who wants to live in a world where young people have to worry they will be killed not for anything they did, but merely for the color of their skin or the size of their wallet?

As I look back, I blame Reagan and, to a lesser extent, Lee Atwater for setting in motion the forces whose apotheosis we are witnessing today. Reagan launched his 1980 campaign in Philadelphia, MS. I mean, really, that just says it all right there even before the Willie Horton ad.

Response to Peacetrain (Reply #7)

madokie

(51,076 posts)
37. It breaks my heart that we have to have this conversation to begin with
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:33 PM
Oct 2014

No one and I mean NO ONE is better than another human based on their nationality. Some people are smarter but not because of the color of their skin. Some people are stronger but not because of the color of their skin. No one is better than anyone else. Period
We can do better than this.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
19. Am I next?
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:30 PM
Oct 2014

A sign so poignant when held by innocent children ... the question is real and the answer (at this point in time) is "you could be"

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
24. UNFUCK AMERICA!
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:50 PM
Oct 2014

Only we can do it, she! I usually shy away from profanity, but I've been using it a lot lately in reference to these murderers.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
25. I am not one to shy away from profanity, lol.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:53 PM
Oct 2014

Sometimes it's the only way to make a point when gosh darn doesn't cut it.

Kath1!

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
71. Embrace profanity.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 09:35 AM
Oct 2014

You will feel whole. [URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

Murderers deserve profanity, at the very least. Apparently they won't see justice.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
29. Thank you.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:11 PM
Oct 2014

It is so very hard for most of us to put ourselves in the space of the other. We inhabit our own world, bounded by race, gender, social class, and so on. Many of us live very protected from what it is really like for others.

Even though I can accurately say I have a few African American friends, no matter where I go, no matter what I do, I am still white. The very fact that I do have those friends does help me to understand that my world is not the same as theirs.

Too many have no clue.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
36. They need a new chant:
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:32 PM
Oct 2014

"Tell me what a police state looks like! This is what a police state looks like!

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
39. I am still hyperventilating from that one.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:38 PM
Oct 2014

As the video said, these actions by the "peace Keepers" will prove that they are on the wrong side of history.

They will always be forever WRONG!

It was painful to watch yet I thank you for posting for all to see marym.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
40. Thank you
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:46 PM
Oct 2014

Bassem shared it on twitter. All his and anoncopwatch video.

Evidently stuffs about to get real there tonight. People who have been at it since the beginning are leaving. People from out of town taking over and not wisely

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
42. That's what scares me marym...
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:00 PM
Oct 2014

Many of the out of towners are not there for the good of Ferguson and Michael. They are there to exploit and incite and cause irreparable damage to the cause.

There is an concerted effort to stop justice for Michael in its tracks. Our only hope is that The Justice Dept. stops this in it's tracks. We need both truth and justice for all the sweet young men that have died.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
59. I don't think that's the case here
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 01:26 AM
Oct 2014

I think that there just wasn't a scheduled event at the time and they just did what they thought was right

Part of the anger was due to the fact that they were gathering and partying without repercussion in a place that the locals never did without being arrested. Cops know world is watching so they're acting differently.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
50. Thanks. Shared to my FB page and to a Socialist page to which I belong. Rev.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:54 PM
Oct 2014

Wright was right - God DAMN America!

I am shaking with anger.

Please consider starting a new thread with this video, so I can rec it from here to kingdom come.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
45. Welcome to DU and I thank you TheVisitor.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:15 PM
Oct 2014

Yes, more people need to see this. They also need to do some soul searching to understand the problem before us.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
52. Let's move it forward nolabear.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:15 AM
Oct 2014

We have to.

It is past time this stops. We need to stop the racist hate.

shireen

(8,333 posts)
53. That first photo really got to me
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:22 AM
Oct 2014

Kids. Just kids. How terrible that they have to face these horrors.

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
54. Unfuck America --- Eloquence in two words.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:26 AM
Oct 2014



When will the PTB put aside their personal agendas and take up the challenge?

Cha

(297,154 posts)
56. Beautiful Children, she! Thank you and thanks to 3chicspolitico for these heart
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 01:18 AM
Oct 2014

breaking pics from the Protest in Ferguson!

This is so good that they're doing this.. this means something.. these words on their signs are compelling and riveting!





A Good Start to "Unfucking America" would be to vote all repubCons out of office.. and get rid of hate radio and hate tv(fox "news" screws).. brainwashing over the waves.

Michael Brown

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
60. The "UnFucking of America"
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 01:27 AM
Oct 2014
A Good Start to "Unfucking America" would be to vote all repubCons out of office.. and get rid of hate radio and hate tv(fox "news" screws).. brainwashing over the waves.


I totally agree Cha...question for you? Where do you think the Obama bashers stand here. Crickets! Always crickets.
 

Veilex

(1,555 posts)
79. Re-instituting the ban on overt propaganda would be nice too.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 02:10 PM
Oct 2014

But yeah, getting Republicans out of office to number one... to-wit; getting money out of politics is number one.

coldbeer

(306 posts)
65. I do not like waking up on Sunday morning to this stuff!
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 04:55 AM
Oct 2014

But I do appreciate being kept aware of what is going
on in Ferguson. Keep up the good work sheshe2.

BumRushDaShow

(128,872 posts)
67. Powerful. And to those young men in the 1st pic - yes you WILL be next.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 06:29 AM
Oct 2014

Guaranteed.

Which is why folks have to keep fighting and get engaged in the community and through informed election of the officials who impact them the most.

  • "Stop and Frisk" needs to go.
  • The lack of resources to our urban schools need to be corrected so that youngsters can get a good education and start breaking the cycle of poverty.
  • The justice system needs to be reformed so that infractions in wealthy white communities are treated the same as similar infractions in any minority community. You can't continue to call arson, vandalism, and property destruction on white college campuses after a drunken frat party "making mischief" and call similar in black neighborhoods in response to a curtailing of the right to protest, "rioting".

    Thanks for posting sheshe!
  • noiretextatique

    (27,275 posts)
    82. an american problem
    Sun Oct 12, 2014, 05:30 PM
    Oct 2014

    that should have been addressed a few centuries ago. unfortunately, racist asshole america approves of killing black people, especially black males.

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