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In reply to the discussion: It's Easy to Read #EricGarner's Final Words and Feel Like He's Speaking for Thousands.. :( [View all]silverweb
(16,402 posts)49. Today I saw a glimpse of the hate.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'm in my mid-60s, female, and white. This afternoon, I was on a public sidewalk in a quiet city neighborhood, talking with a neighbor & good friend who happens to be a black male in his late 20s.
A beat-up old car slowed way down as it approached and the white male driver lowered the passenger window. At first I thought he must want directions or something, but he leaned over and shouted, "I should have brought my 9-millimeter!"
This is a daily reality for so many, potentially for every black person of any age, and it's WRONG.
When I read the OP here this evening, I cried. The hate has to stop and I'm deeply grateful for the many thousands who marched against bigotry and violence today.
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It's Easy to Read #EricGarner's Final Words and Feel Like He's Speaking for Thousands.. :( [View all]
Cha
Dec 2014
OP
What a fun guy he must have been. I wish I had known him. I am sad that he can't see how
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#3
We cannot, bravenak.. and that's why I'm so proud of my kindred spirits getting out there
Cha
Dec 2014
#7
In case you haven't seen.. this is Chambers St in NYC.. Got some Strength goin' on!
Cha
Dec 2014
#28
NOW: Police Close down Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan due to protesters. #EricGarner
Cha
Dec 2014
#38
This will give the po po something to do besides bother people selling loosies.
bravenak
Dec 2014
#48
Exactly, brave.. this will keep them busy so they won't be hassling and choking anyone to death for
Cha
Dec 2014
#51
If I were still in New York, Stellar.. I would want to be out there protest with my kindred
Cha
Dec 2014
#10
If there ever were rallying cries, napkinz.. "Hands Up Don't Shoot" and "I Can't Breathe",
Cha
Dec 2014
#15
No Race war.. War for Justice and Equality, Spitfire.. Here's what Chambers St Looks like..
Cha
Dec 2014
#27
I'm wondering how many white guys with guns are cowering in their basements.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#32
NOW: Police Close down Brooklyn Bridge in Lower Manhattan due to protesters. #EricGarner
Cha
Dec 2014
#33
That is really cool of your friend.. to think about you and dismiss it for the idiocy
Cha
Dec 2014
#61
I feel like crying for our country, for our people. How many more times must we go down this road?
Cha
Dec 2014
#69
I know Major.. it's very hard to fathom.. thank Goodness all these people are out there Protesting
Cha
Dec 2014
#72
Mahalo for these compelling quotes from MLK, loyalsister.. He wanted to use our Voices..
Cha
Dec 2014
#84
#EricGarner A Son, A Husband of 27 years, A Father of 5 and a Grand Pa. I can't breathe.
Fla Dem
Dec 2014
#88
Washington, D.C. Saturday 12/13/14: NATIONAL MARCH AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE
pinboy3niner
Dec 2014
#93