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Stolen Lives
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http://3chicspolitico.com/2014/10/11/photo-gallery-fergusonoctober-justice4mikebrownrally/
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)brer cat
(24,560 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)Peacetrain
(22,875 posts)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)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.
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KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)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.
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madokie
(51,076 posts)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.
NJCher
(35,658 posts)I just didn't put it in such a touching way.
Cher
TBF
(32,050 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Yet~
ReRe
(10,597 posts).... the family of man.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)If we lose our soul's then we lost our humanity.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Android3.14
(5,402 posts)"Unfuck America" Hell yes.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Please unfuck America! PLEASE!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)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"
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)So true etherealtruth.
Thank you for responding~tears so many tears
onehandle
(51,122 posts)mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)Somebody please UNFUCK AMERICA!
Kath1
(4,309 posts)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)Sometimes it's the only way to make a point when gosh darn doesn't cut it.
Kath1!
Kath1
(4,309 posts)And 'gosh darn" doesn't cut it these days!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)You will feel whole. [URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]
Murderers deserve profanity, at the very least. Apparently they won't see justice.
LoisB
(7,202 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)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.
marym625
(17,997 posts)A compilation of video from Ferguson. Pretty powerful and scary stuff
ReRe
(10,597 posts)"Tell me what a police state looks like! This is what a police state looks like!
marym625
(17,997 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)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)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)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)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)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.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Feel free. I will rec it to kingdom come
And ugly.
Thanks, marym625.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Anytime but god damn, I hope never again.
But you're welcome
Tremendous photo gallery, sheshe! Thanks!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)& rec.
More people need to see this
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Yes, more people need to see this. They also need to do some soul searching to understand the problem before us.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)Power to the People!
daredtowork
(3,732 posts)Thank you.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)And it's great to see.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)We have to.
It is past time this stops. We need to stop the racist hate.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)We need a "protest" smiley.
shireen
(8,333 posts)Kids. Just kids. How terrible that they have to face these horrors.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)When will the PTB put aside their personal agendas and take up the challenge?
calimary
(81,220 posts)"Suffer the little children..."
Cha
(297,154 posts)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)I totally agree Cha...question for you? Where do you think the Obama bashers stand here. Crickets! Always crickets.
I dunno, she~
Veilex
(1,555 posts)But yeah, getting Republicans out of office to number one... to-wit; getting money out of politics is number one.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)C Moon
(12,212 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)nt
coldbeer
(306 posts)But I do appreciate being kept aware of what is going
on in Ferguson. Keep up the good work sheshe2.
merrily
(45,251 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,872 posts)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.
Thanks for posting sheshe!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)ms liberty
(8,573 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)prairierose
(2,145 posts)antiquie
(4,299 posts)spanone
(135,827 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)have to admit it made me giggle a little bit.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)that should have been addressed a few centuries ago. unfortunately, racist asshole america approves of killing black people, especially black males.