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A NUMBER OF Black Lives Matter demonstrations took place across Ireland today following the shooting dead of five US police officers in Dallas and two further recent shootings of black men by US law enforcement.
The protests took place in Cork, Dublin and Galway with hundreds of people turning up in support of the cause.
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The demonstrations were organised by the Anti-Racism Network Ireland, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland and other similar groupings.
The demonstrations heard speeches from a range of speakers and there were also rap and poetry performances.
The Dublin protest was held on O’Connell Street while the Cork protest was at Daunt Square and the Galway demonstration was at Eyre Square.
Speaking ahead of the protests, Hassan Ould Moctar of Anti-Racism Network Ireland said that while black males were five times more likely than white males to be killed by police in the US, institutional prejudice also exists in ireland as evidenced by the direct provision system.
The Irish demonstrations came as US President Barack Obama addressed an emotional memorial for five slain policemen in Dallas.
The president, accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, leaned heavily on scripture as he ministered to a country stunned by gun violence and torn asunder by race and politics.
“I know that Americans are struggling right now with what we’ve witnessed over the past week,” he said.
A succession of shootings, each racially charged, has led to a sense that “the deepest fault lines of our democracy have suddenly been exposed, perhaps even widened,” Obama said.
Last week, the fatal police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, prompted nationwide anger, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets from coast to coast.
They also seemingly triggered the deadly rampage in Dallas by black Afghanistan war veteran Micah Johnson
Johnson, 25, used a high-powered rifle to kill five police officers and wound nine others in a sniper attack late Thursday.
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While there are some racists in Ireland and in the uk, just as everywhere in the world, these protesters are really barking up the wrong trees here. I mean, why should a European citizen be guilted because of the actions of people in the US? Our cultures are different, our socio economic backgrounds are different too, we don’t have an out of hand issue with guns either. African American culture is the result of slavery and oppression, I don’t think any of our ancestors in Europe have anything to do with those. Let’s not mimic the US by trying to convince people that the issues and hardship people face here are purely based on race and one’s skin color.
Don’t be silly. Europe had a lot to do with slavery in the US.
Europe had a lot to do with slavery in the US 200 years ago Gary. We have absolutely nothing to do with slavery today, unless there’s something you’re not telling us.
Besides, African tribes were more than happy to keep a steady supply of slaves flowing to European traders. Do we hold the continent of Africa and all of it’s modern inhabitants responsible as well?
Ah so because African tribes supplied people that meant they were fully complicit and therefore it’s justified? Also Europe is at peak racism levels at the minute, all you have to do is look at the rise of the far right
If I sell drugs, that generally means I’m complicit in the drug trade. So I would definitely consider African tribes that sold slaves complicit in the slave trade. I never said the trade was justified, that’s your desperate attempt to avoid the point.
I wasn’t avoiding the point I addressed it directly so don’t bother tryna go around the houses tying yourself you in demagogy. The implication you made was that this somehow justified it. Was it the people being sold en masse, or the few doing the selling that were complicit? Or is that irrelevant in your opinion?
Jason, your right on this point. I’m sick of the liberals that try to impose their views on us. Im more worried about what is happening in our own country and not other countries.
I never implied it was justified, that is your mental construct to achieve a sense of moral superiority. I am specifically referring to the collective guilt that Gary wants us to feel for activities which our ancestors partook in over 200 years ago. I pointed out how ludicrous this was by showing that African tribes were also responsible, therefore by his logic we should also demand that Africans feel collective guilt for the slave trade. Following now?
I’m just as worried about what is happening in our country. Can someone explain why this is a racist movement? For the record, I believe all lives matter. I also believe that black lives matter when innocents are being killed by police without any explanation or recourse
Gary… north African moslim raided all long ireland southern coast couple hounded years ago and kidnap irish women and children and sold them into slavery in arab countries.. so you want to come off your high then..!!!
Jason I’m not asking you to feel anything. That’s absolutely none of my business whatsoever. I feel that I wanted to show solidarity with innocent people who are killed at the hands of cops, which is my business. Can you explain why this is a racist movement?
@stephen
Peak
Racism levels in europe? You realise peak means “highest it has been, or will be, or can be”
Em well see 70 so years ago The National Socialist German Workers Party kinda actually got into power and planned to wipe out the Slavic Race, The Jews and Black peoples. Y’know they kinda started a genocide
But yeah Stephen, Europe is at Peak Racism, sure. ;-; -_-
Hold up a minute, slavery was abolished in the US in 1865. In 1885 the Congo Free State was set up by King Leopold of Belgium. Under the Belgians 10 million people died and the population was held in slavery. It was a disgusting abuse perpetrated by Europeans. And lets not forget the other countries carving up Africa and destroying black peoples lives at the time. The Germans launched a genocide in modern day Nambia that killed around 100,000 people. There is no slavery in America or Europe today, but there is legacy from both’s interference in Africa, to state otherwise is woefully ignorant of fact. In fact, when the first democratically elected leader of The Congo’s leaning was a little bit too left leaning he was assassinated with CIA aid. Patrice Lumumba was murdered in 1961, leaving the state in turmoil. The 2nd Congo War, 1998 to 2003, saw 5.4 million people killed, the largest amount since WW 2. Every action has reaction and consequence, what we are seeing now is a result of our history. There is no denying it, it is fact.
Sorry, I was born in 1991, so in my living memory, and more than likely yours. They are at high levels, rather than peak. But sure pick out one word and run with that rather than dealing with the substance of what I’ve said
I’ve explained multiple times how BLM are racist. They demand that the black community receive a free pass from law enforcement despite the fact that the black community is statistically the most criminal in the US by a comfortable margin. They completely ignore incidents of black on black or black officer on black shootings, only focusing on blacks shot by white officers. They specifically blame white people for all ills faced by blacks today regardless of the actual cause. Many of their members have chanted or tweeted calls for the killing of white people. It’s a pretty racist and hateful organisation Stephen.
Jason’s not much of a debater Stephen, he’s The Journal gun nut, our own Charlton Heston.
Your some yoke Jason, I’ll tell ya, real gutter material. Hypocrite too.
Stephen when you use words you don’t understand or contort them to sound dramatic then expect to be called out for it.
In relation to your point I can only presume you whine for the oppressed muslims of Europe. Islam isn’t a Race, Its a set of ideas and ideals. A horrible idea with fascist ideals.
“islam isn’t a race”. Blah blah blah. If you rag on Muslims be consistent and rag on Jews too. There religion follows the Old Testament, which is an absolutely mental book.
Presumption is the mother of all fcuk ups.
That’s bull Jason and you know it. There issue is with the systemic racism within the American justice system. With regards to your point on black people committing more crime, that may be true, but does that mean that all black people who don’t commit crime are then justifiably targets of the police to the point that innocent black people can be shot dead without recourse or justice?
Also, if you are a Muslim coming from Syria to Europe I’m pretty sure you were oppressed, since Syria is the worlds worst war zone. I’m so sick of you racist types who couldn’t care a jot for someone fleeing death and destruction. It is disgusting.
Stephen, would you at least agree that the guy who shot five cops in Dallas was a racist?
Yes I’d agree because I’m consistent on my outrage of killing innocent people. I don’t offer any stats to try to justify it as there is no justification for killing innocent people. It was a horrible act and justice should be served, as it should in cases were police have killed innocent black people. Yet one has never been charged
Jason speaks the truth.
Jason is much more of a logical debater than an apologist with a guilt complex which you clearly are John Smith
I’ve debated Jason before Marc, he’s simply surface that reinforces your own opinion. You level of debate would seem low, given the limited scope of “apologist with a guilt complex”
As Santayana said, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. And it’s easily repeatable when you think discussing what happened is apologising for it. The legacy is there, and the current geo-political landscape is as a result of it, to think otherwise is blind stupidity.
You’re a total joke and really don’t get reality John Smith. ..blacks refuse to play by the rules if civilized behaviour in the USA and when responsibility comes knocking on the door they have racist apologists like you to open the door and be a door mat…
Spare me your drivel Marc, go off and read some books, try getting an education, it’ll elevate you. You don’t have the skills or knowledge for real debate, so carry on with your limited logic. You’re pretty pathetic and way below people I normally talk to.
Oh drivel…that your little person new word for the day?. Fortunately my education extends to more than senseless and useless liberal classes apologist revisionism…..silly person
Insults are so smart and a real indication of your intellect…..not mine….go Brush your pony tail and get ready for tomorrow’s I’m a victim/don’t worry I’m an apologist protest….and btw I’m honoured that a talentless person of your esteemed standing took time out from your exhausting schedule of victimhood to reply to lowly little me
I frequently disagree with Jason, but you’re entirely incorrect there, John. He makes his points clearly, calmly and without insulting his opponent.
@stephen todd, you try telling them that all lives matter and you’ll get a cap popped in your rectal area. You’ve just managed to insult their movement and look like the sort of liberal douche they both depend on and vilify.
John, I’ll be brief. You contradict yourself multiple times, refuse to use evidence in your arguments (due to your sense of moral superiority and ego) and resort to lying about and insulting your opponents rather than actually addressing their point. At this point I’ve reduced any comment you make to background noise as that is all they’re worth.
The irony and hypocrisy of people saying get over slavery while on other articles talk about the famine like it somehow affected them.
It seems more than a little trite and disingenuous to attempt associating issues here with those in America, they are nowhere near the same thing. Attempting to link problems in both countries under the umbrella of racism and claiming those who disagree are somehow guilty of a racist act is not just disrespectful to those who genuinely are dying because of their skin colour in America. It also angers people. No life matters more than another because of the colour of their skin, their religion, where they’re from, how much money they have etc.
@Bryan Honouring and remember what happened to our country during the famine is one thing, that said we’re not trying to pretend it somehow has a relevance to today, other than in our collective national memory. In the same way black people in America were brought there as slaves and this can’t simply be airbrushed out of history.
A lot of Irish were also used as slaves and there is a significant population in the Caribbean with Irish accents, this does seem to have been largely forgotten.
@Bryan how dare you, every time I see a black spot I have to send my garlic cheese fries back thanks to the famine. Black Spots Matter!!!
John Smith bitter.. Who’d have guessed!
I am presuming you are talking about the debunked Irish slave myth?
Couldn’t help notice the big banner in Pic 2 about Anti Deportation, I thought it was a protest about black lives matter not a photo opportunity for a group of people opposed to the laws of this country. As far as I know deportation is only used when a person has no legal right to be here. It is not a case whereby people of a certain nationality are picked up in the street and whisk out of the country. We have laws in this country, try not to abuse the hospitality you are shown and respect our decisions.
Bryan can you post some links to where you read that the myth of Irish slavery was debunked? Id be very interested to read them. Slavery was the product of both the empires of the day AND of the local African tribes who were more than happy with what they were paid. The black lives matters movement is racist, google their leaders and some of their actions ie Toronto pride parade and now they’ve committed their first terrorist attack, will there be more?
Stephen our country I assume you mean Ireland – you’re a self-hater a serial apologist and a leftist bigot, You seek every opportunity to unjustly ilink Irish people to shame politics and denigrate your country and culture at every opportunity , I see no attributes that would qualify you as an Irishman,
Every culture has it’s history, it’s past, at some time most have been enslaved by someone or been the ones who have done the enslaving to others. Most nations have done things that were acceptable at an other time, what’s not acceptable is that they are supposed to be held accountable for ever more for these deeds.
It’s disgraceful that a group, a nation or a culture should attempt to hold anyone accountable for these historical actions and claim that to disagree with them is in itself an act of racism.
American society clearly has it’s problems, but it’s wrong to associate them and whats going on there to the faults and failings of Irish society, they’re literally worlds apart.
The principle issue in America is that their police are singling out black people and killing them, I don’t think anyone would ever suggest such a similarity here. It’s grossly offensive to all concerned to claim our legal right to deport people here illegally, regardless of skin colour, is on a par with the American protests and is a racist act.
@Jason you are a reliable voice of reason here on the Journal. For those of us that don’t have the time to introduce John and his like to reality, many thanks.
Yes including black ones
Jason is a liar who invents numbers and runs when confronted with the facts
@Stephen Todd: Most if not all of the blacks killed by the police in the US turned out to be justified. A lot of media reported the initial incident for attention but didn’t bother to follow up with the actual results because it would show their earlier stirring of the pot and because it wouldn’t sell as well. Look up the crime statistics from the FBI on black crime. I am responding to you because it’s unfair to get so many dislikes without and explanation.
Hassan Ould Moctar lies about the statistics and then compares people being shot to people ‘stuck’ in direct provision…Hassan = Asshat
Passed the protest in O Connell St this evening. A handful of black people were cluttered together at the front.
The rest seemed to be hipsters looking for a cause to be outraged over.
A couple of American tourists asked me what it was about. They were surprised when I told them. They happened to be from Dallas and could not understand the reason for the protest here.
I found myself unable to explain it either.
A display of solidarity. It’s not an alien concept
Where is the solidarity with the 6 Dallas Police Officers murdered whilst protecting the people who were demonstrating against them? Or perhaps that is an alien concept.
Bunch of victims and serial apologists having a love in
No it’s not and that was equally horrific as I said the other day. But I’m not selective in what I call horrific or disgusting
But it went beyond a show of solidarity when the protest linked the direct provision system and the people receiving support in the system with victims of gun violence in America, where was the solidarity with the families of the five police officers murdered in the wake of the shootings, what prayers, rap and poetry will soothe their loss and suffering.
You won’t see homelessness posters at a water protest, because the protest isn’t about that.
Im offended that people are offered to be quiet frank about whats going on with everything at the moment Everywhere….. I must be a victim too when is the next protest???
Spot on , David .
I am inclusive Stephen, the lives of the police officers were taken as a direct result of the protests by the black community following the deaths of the two black men, you can not choose to point the finger in one direction without acknowledging the murders of the officers equally, they are not separate and individual events, they are directly linked, quite unlike linking homelessness and water.
Perhaps you should be more selective in the groups you support Stephen.
Look past the simple hashtag name of BLM.
Look at the chants encouraging the killing of police officers at some of their demos.
Look at the gloating delighted twitter responses at the deaths of Dallas Police Officers from BLM supporters.
Look at some of the “victims” of these police shootings, their violent pasts, their criminal records.
Look at black rap culture which promotes violence, killing and objectification of women.
Even ” Black lives matter” is an unqualified statement in its own right that presupposes racism whether iit exists or not.
What precisely does that mean, BLM but white lives don’t?
BLM too? BLM more?
Ironically this organisation could not exist in any other ethnic group without being rightly banned for incitement to hatred.
Thankfully, most black people see through the facade and don’t support this entity which further promotes segregation.
It would appear from the Dublin Demo that Irish black communities also do not support it.
The fact the you even put the words victims in quotation marks takes aware from your comment entirely, some points that I would be in part agreement with. I’m all for having a debate but not one with someone who views someone with a criminal past being deserving of death, nor labelling innocent people who have killed by cops as “victims”. Your bias is extremely loaded and evident and I ain’t gonna change that so I’ll not waste my time
One of those cringe worthy Irish moments caused by a couple of “asylum seekers” and jobless hipsters. By the way the chief of police in Dallas is black and had to lay his collegues to rest that where shot by a crazy guy with a gun. If that guy didn’t have the shootings as an excuse he would have found another excuse too Murder people. He is a psychopath not black or white a psychopath.
Astounding how media types and open-border nutters all complain about America yet want Ireland to look like it, they especially want the drama, sensationalism of race war issues, they don’t feel like they are a powerful centre of world attention unless they feel and look like America. They cannot wait to have news items like race killings and all the other newsflashes that occur in America, makes these self-haters feel important and excited, open-border people are decrepit, hateful and empty people, hiding that hate with the label of “humanitarian”.
Its true that I’m unsympathetic towards criminals although iits a massive and incorrect supposition to state they deserve to die.
There are many injustices in the world that need to be highlighted, many good causes that need to be supported, I just don’t think BLM is one of them.
You seem like a guy that cares about humanity and I admire and respect that, I just feel your well intentioned efforts are misguided in this case.
America is a very complex and intertwined fcuk up made infinitely worse by the free availability of high power firearms. The police are scared of the people and vise versa and all are armed to the teeth.
There are legitimate questions to be asked of some officers but BLM has been hijacked by anger and racism directed towards whites.
Many good people initially supported BLM but have become more concerned at the direction the movement is heading and have withdrawn their support.
Don’t stop caring about justice Stephen, don’t think I’m against you personally just think strongly about the whole of the organisations you support not just their misleading headline.
Goodnight.
Alien lives matter!
In a nutshell, great post. Please just take the guns away, then there will be no shootings, this ‘right’ to bear arms, is the NRA running America???!!
Taking guns away hasn’t stopped psychopaths here in Europe. You are forgetting that he also had a lot of bomb making material, something which wouldn’t be affected by gun control and could still kill a lot of innocents.
Molly coddle uuuussss!!!!
Jason, how has it affected Australia? McShite, did you really just say that rap culture is to blame for black people dying at the hands of cops and that the criminal history of some of the victims makes it ok for them to due?
Not greatly Dave, considering the fact that violent crime rates rose by 50% in the two years immediately after guns were banned. While the number of people shot has dropped, the overall number of people dying hasn’t.
And in the 18 years since then Jason? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/23/australias-gun-laws-stopped-mass-shootings-and-reduced-homicides-study-finds
How can a group of people who are fleeing there homes because of there own way of life and culture come here than give out about how things are here .the biggest right to anyone coming here is the right to leave
Arrogance and a sense of entitlement, Ogie. That’s how.
Black Entertainment Awards
Black History Month
Black Lives Matter
black congressional caucus
Replace any of the Black with white and it is racist. I am all for equal rights but surely a group that if white is put in front of it is as racist
Is this a joke?
As I said on the article this morning white power equals KKK and neo Nazis but black power chants, which are common at these marches in America, are somehow ok. I’d love those fools from workers solidarity explain that one to me!
You do know that black people have always been considered inferior to white people throughout and pre dating American history? So to ask for rights and respect is to become the oppressor?
You’d almost think black people were marginalised and oppressed for centuries, right?! That they’ve been considered a minority for so long and that they’ve had to deal with a lack of representation in government, entertainment and media. I mean, come on. That all ended with the civil rights movement of the 1960′s, the end of apartheid in South Africa, and the election of Barack Obama, didn’t it?!
Don’t worry Paul they’ve been nicknamed ‘the clan with a tan’ by both black and white rational Americans who don’t agree with their bullsh*t.
I’ve been red thumbed for pointing out a historical fact. I knew there was no logic to this “racist movement” bull
You do know that the African slave trade existed long before the US got involved, and would in all probability still continue today if not for the white man?
You do know that pre dating American history both Blacks and Whites were victims of the Muslim Barbary slave trade? You won’t hear that mentioned though.
@Stephen
Ah the white man, saviour of all. Catch a grip beach master
Mention that if you like Rowe, slavery in all forms is disgusting. It doesn’t justify racism because it happened to everyone at one point or another
Where we’re all the placards in protest of this very modern day slave trade?? http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/219517/saudi-arabia-middle-easts-real-apartheid-state-daniel-greenfield
It wasn’t a show of solidarity with that, in the same way homeless vigils don’t have black lives matter placards at them. It’s focused on one issue, which is the essence of these events
Well said….sheer hypocritical lefties
“why can’t we have white history month” is the same as a child asking their parent “why don’t we have a childrens day?”. Because every day is fcuking childrens day. A pathetic argument.
And Rowe, predating Muslim history people were victims of the Catholic/Christian/Egyptian/Aztec/yaddayaddayadda to infinity slave trades.
@Petr yes, most of your comments are considered jokes.
John Smith
You’re some regressive,arrogant pr*ck, I’ll give you that …by the way that wasn’t a compliment.
Apply for asylum. If your application fails you get one appeal. If that’s unsuccessful, you will be deported within one week.
And if your family are there you apply together and can’t apply one at a time to string it out.
The sheer hypocrisy on this site is overwhelming! Ask any Australian who they’d rather have in their country! Black or Irish! No brainier
Deported the same day
I think the journal should start reporting on gang banger shootings in the US…the biggest killer of black men are other black men…in gangs. The one sided news we get fed by mainstream media here is laughable
Would Paul McGrath get into Australia ??The Black Pearl
@Rodrigo So which is it? Given all the comments I’ve heard about Aborigines from Australians I’ve met your statement is unclear. Also considering Australia’s part-Irish heritage (30%?) perhaps you’d like to elaborate.
Bings gets his “facts” from Donald Trumps twitter account. The real facts are 83% of whites are killed by whites and 90% of blacks are killed by blacks.
Totally pointless gathering.
But sure….if it makes them feel better…or morally superior or something……one of those liberal platitudes.
Are you a conservative?
All life’s matter!
No.
I’m a realist.
No Sean, not everyone who disagrees with this nonsense is a conservative.
I don’t think anyone is in any disagreement that all lives matter, and I think that’s an attempt to shut down debate. This movement is about challenging racial inequality in Americas justice system, not an attempt to but black Americans up on a pedestal
What inequalities exist in the American justice system? If a black person is 6 times more likely to murder a fellow human being, how exactly is it unjust that they are then 2.5 times more likely to be killed by an officer of the law?
Sounds like a fairly logical outcome to me.
So you then give a free pass on officers that kill innocents on a regular basis?
How many officers have been found guilty of killing without justification in the last 5 years Stephen? It took me 5 minutes to analyse the list of supposed innocent victims that these people were protesting for and show that the majority were solely responsible for their own deaths.
You’ve just hit the nail on the head Jason, none, and that’s the issue exactly. There are many videos of officers carrying out such deeds, but none have been found guilty, regardless of evidence presented.
Conservatives are for the most part intelligent, Sean although their lack of humanity is comparable to the angry white boys on here.
A 20 second Youtube video never tells the full story. You don’t care about the full story though. You believe that all those blacks shot by police were innocent murder victims, because that’s what you want to believe. You can’t countenance the fact that some weren’t so innocent. For example, Michael Brown was off his cake, had just tried to rob a shop, and tried to take a police officer’s gun before he was shot. You won’t accept that though, because it doesn’t suit you.
Where did you see him try to rob a gun? A 20 second YouTube video? What about the video of the man running who was shot directly in the back, completely unarmed? Or 12 year old Tamir Rice? Full story? Do tell
See, there’s no point in telling you anything. You’ll be outraged, because you like to be outraged. It’s self-affirming, and it makes you feel good. You see yourself as morally and intellectually superior to those who disagree with you on whatever you happen to be outraged about. You’re not going to deprive yourself of that feeling by listening to anyone who doesn’t validate it. You’re a do-gooder, and I know about do-gooders. Know what makes ‘em tick..
You made the allegation, I asked a question, and you failed to answer a question by ironically trying to present yourself as intellectually superior by accusing me of the same. Excellent point. Good night gorgeous
No point asking questions when you have no real interest in the answers. It’s what do-gooders do though, I suppose. Goodnight to you horse, I hope you don’t lose too much sleep over those black lives you care about so very, very sincerely.
I thought all lives mattered? Xoxo
@Odhran MacMurchadha,
You’ve certainly changed your tune.
I wonder did they protest the shooting of the 3 teens leaving a basketball court, one which died, by 2 black youths who fired 10 shots at the victims before running away…. Or do black lives only matter when shot by a police officer?
Is a police officer really being held to the same level of accountability as a young criminal male on a basketball court? Or are they actually paid to protect innocent citizens, rather than kill them ?
Do BLM really hold those in their own communities that perpetrate black on black gun crime to the same level of responsibility for creating this trigger twitchy edginess that exists between the police going about their duty and the young black male demographic that are more likely to be victims of police violence?
Somebody asked to see the inequality in the American Justice System well http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324432004578304463789858002
Stephen, if cops had shot and killed the “young criminal male on a basketball court” (who was black), would you have been outraged or would that have been justified?
From your link Dave:
“The commission, which is part of the judicial branch, was careful to avoid the implication of racism among federal judges, acknowledging that they “make sentencing decisions based on many legitimate considerations that are not or cannot be measured.”"
Just saying…
@stephen todd, this movement is about hating white people who don’t feel guilty for the colour of their skin. You’re an apologist. If you go to the states and get mugged by a black man be sure to tell him BLACK LIVES MATTER!! Maybe he’ll only shoot you somewhere that isn’t vital.
@Stephen Todd you keep using this word “innocent” I do not think it means what you think it means
Have you seen the replica firearm that Tamir Rice was playing with that day Stephen? I’m around guns quite often and I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference from a distance. Why did the parents allow their son to play with such a toy and remove all replica markers from it?
Jason just made Stephen’s point ..
Jason, why does a police officer open fire on a child within seconds of arriving on scene? Also, they can carefully not call or whatever they want but when sentences for similar offences are 20% longer with race being the only difference in the cases it’s difficult to call it anything else.
Avina, from your quote from my link “which is part of the judicial branch” I wonder why they didn’t call themselves racist
Dave, that probably has something to do with black people being the statistically most likely to kill a police officer in the US with a firearm. Remember when a teenager walked up to a police car in New York with a handgun and shot the occupants?
When a potential firearm enters the equation, even a 4 year old can kill.
I’m sure all lives do matter Stephen, but being outraged about Black Lives is definitely where it’s at right now. I mean, how many likes would you get if you posted a rant on Facebook about the white officers who were killed, or went to a White Lives Matter demonstration and posted a selfie? Feck-all, probably. So what’s the point.
Jason, 28 cops were shot and killed last year, that’s two more than died in crashes. Any number over 0 is too many but that number is not what’s making cops panic.
Also Jason, a potential firearm can not kill anyone. Only an actual one can.
So what do you suggest the cops do Dave – wait till the carrier kills someone so they know the gun is a real one before taking action??
A potential gun and a suspected gun are very different things and should be treated differently
How t f is anyone supposed to tell the difference??
Hint if you’re white it’s potential black it’s suspected
Your comment looks pretty stupid in the context of this morning’s story about a white kid getting shot by cops. Either way, I’m not sure what your hang up is on the semantics of ‘potential’ vs ‘suspected’ – if the cops think someone may be armed and is refusing to follow instructions they’re probably going to take action.
Avina, Dylan Noble created the suspicion even encouraged it maybe. But in America everybody potentially has a gun. Police need to have external proof to go from potential to suspected. Potential leans on the side of unarmed where as suspected is unproven but on the side of armed.
Meanwhile in Africa…
So you think American lives are more valuable than African lives?
this just in folks… two wrongs make a right!
All lives matter not just black lives.
Priorities matter. The people protesting in Dublin are going to do nothing to help reduce racism in the US. However, there are children dying in Africa because they can’t get access to clean water. Maybe, just maybe, their time would be better spent say, trying to raise money to build a well in a poor African village. But what they really want to do is jump on a visible popular cause to virtue signal to others that they’re good people without actually having to do any real positive work.
Whites lives in Africa don’t matter. But hey… Let’s not keep scores here, it could get embarressing for the easily outraged.
@Emma quite right, if you’re a white farmer in South Africa heaven help you.
Just noticed the guy in the photo is draped in the Biafran flag. I wonder do the middle class white cuckolds in the crowd realise they are useful idiots for terrorist organisations such as MEND and the Delta Avengers. Black lives and African ecology don’t matter to those organisations.
The media twist on this whole movement is Insanity.
@ Awkward Seal
Couldn’t have said it better myself
All lives matter.
P!ss take?
People on Facebook and Twitter say that racisss
Cult singer Ian Astbury apologises after telling festival crowd: ‘All lives matter’
I got called a racist yesterday and today I woke up with a cramp in my leg.
Please don’t call me racist again Petr. I am so sorry.
Oh dear.
I passed by this evening after work and hundreds is bit of exaggeration, I saw maybe 50 people, mostly mad looking yokes with clearly too much free time on their hands.
BLM = Racist and divisive. And what has it got to do with Ireland ffs? https://sofrep.com/58926/terrifying-image-cop-killed-goes-viral-dallas-attack/
Considering the fact that one of the organisers was trying to connect the shooting of black men by white police in the US with direct provisioning in Ireland, sweet FA it seems.
Yeah that was any slim chance of credibility out the window. He’s oblivious to the fact that provisioning means providing. But that’s entitlement for you.
Frankly, I don’t really care what happens in the Imperialist hell-hole that is the USA.
It they’d just butt-out of the affairs of the rest of the globe I’d be happy.
The Journal needs to stop reporting on this tripe in a positive light. Those hashtags are biased, stop trying to influence and just report the facts if you can. I think it’s tripe but you need to be unbiased.
This is too funny. “Hundreds” attended the “demonstrations”. I count a maximum of 23 in Cork photo, plus the photographer, and including some passers by. Really making a difference. Well done. There’s the world of research available to show that the “epidemic” of police in the US killing black people is a myth. Police kill people in the US every day. Some of them are black. Most of them are not. Some cops are a$$holes. So are some electricians. So are some “demonstrators”. Next news story please.
There have been more comments on the Journal related to these solidarity marches than there were actual attendees and the majority of the comments have been criticising the marches. Shows just how little the average Irish person supports BLM.
Related, Harvard study finds no racist bias wrt police shootings.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say we’ve been misled by the media re exactly how racist we are supposed to be.
Did you actually read the article you linked to, or did you just stop reading after the headline?
No, I read the study itself.
The link to the guardian is a good example of how the media spins when the facts go against its agenda, be it liberal or conservative (just so happens this one is liberal)
Is it just me or has Harvard seemed to escape this craziness PC stuff, at least to a degree. It didn’t end up Like Yale
When is the cow lives matter march on.
Today IS international cow appreciation day…
That is one hell of a chip those lives got on their shoulders ..
Direct provision is exactly that … It is provided for you by somebody else. A thank you would be nice, not a racist slur against your host country. As for what’s going on in the US, that’s obviously descending into ridiculous racist behaviour and it’s not all one sided.
Don’t like living here then leave its a free europe (At the moment).
Black Lives Matter but Irish Lives don’t
Irish give on average €640 million in foreign aid each year
https://www.irishaid.ie/news-publications/press/pressreleasearchive/2015/october/budget-2015-increased-oda-budget/
Irish spend millions on administration, living and medical costs for Africans and Middle-easterners who skip over many safe African and European countries to decide instead to plonk themselves in Ireland
Meanwhile Irish parent carers of mentally and physically disabled children are denied funds by the HSE and are living an exhausting nightmare trying to look after their children
And Irish people are dying due to cancer treatment queues, and number of patients on trolleys double 2008 figures
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/number-of-patients-on-trolleys-double-2008-figures-391623.html
Black liquorice allsorts matter. #candyracists
Here is a small statistic all the BLM Supporters my want to discuss. According to FBI figures in 2013 there were 2494 Black people murdered in the US. 2249 were killed by another Black, not by the Police, not by Whites, Hispanics, Asians or Native Americans but by their fellow Blacks. Now that figure is astounding when you consider that the BLM have not once mentioned Black on Black murders. In Chicago alone on the 4th of July weekend this year there were 67 Shooting incidents in Black Neighbourhoods. But yet silence from BLM on this. And that was just one city in the US.
The movement relates to police shootings,not civilian ones,it’s had quite a bit of coverage in the media the last while so I’m surprised at how ignorant your comment is even by your low standards. All you’ve done is look for specific statistics which allow you to hang your prejudice out in public.
Tariff. One would think that sorting out their own murder problem would be a priority. Especially when so many Black Lives are in danger from other Black’s. But having to take responsibility for their own inaction would mean having to take the blame themselves. And that they seem incapable of doing. Much easier to blame the Police and Whites in General.
Is that all you have Petr? Insults. Not even an attempt to try and prove me wrong. Even Wally would try copy and paste some shite. But you haven’t got the intelligence to do even that. You are nothing but a wannabe.
Think that guy is great Mick – he says a lot of sensible stuff.
Tariq any comment I’ve seen out of you is inflammatory in nature, are you having trouble integrating into our culture?
Oh poor ickle you! Does snowflake need to go to their safe space?
Mick, would you care to provide the numbers for the white population in the same categories or are they too similar to suit your narrative? http://www.vox.com/2016/7/12/12152772/rudy-giuliani-black-on-black-crime-police
Paul Murphy’s girlfriend and a Nigerian guy tried to put this BS about “structural racism” over on George Hook today, and he ate them without salt.
Once you call these SJWs out, they really don’t know what they’re talking about.
I heard that.. It was a thing beauty, unfortunately once George Hook retires I don’t think the person who replaces him will have the balls to call out these fools.
I heard George he was great although there’s no chance of a column in the Irish Times or a gig with RTE after dealing with those two clowns
BLM is a racist movement and the tree huggers and the hug a thug brigade here have jumped all over it .Law abiding citizens matter and not gun carrying,non cooperative criminals. 100% support law enforcement here and there
This is beyond ridiculous.
Have the Gardai shot a single black person in their entire 93 year history?
Not as ridiculous as the Boy Scouts at Identity Crisis Ireland,what was it? 800 votes? Lol!
Whats it to do with ireland? Dopes.
A black police in the USA said the other day black lives matter to these people when the police kill a black person but it doesn’t seem as important when they are killing the f.ck out of each other agree they get a raw deal but it’s about time they took some responsibility for them selfs and stay and rear their kids it’s a disgrace the number of black kids in America without a father figure
Anyone who contributes to society gets kudos from me, I value people based on that simple prerequisite, be a drain and expect grief.
Well there’s a four year old girl who’s father was taken away from her last week by a jumpy cop. She’ll be part of those statistics. Add in that black people get 20% longer sentences for similar crimes and and get stopped and searched far more frequently and you start to see that the game is rigged against them to a certain extent. I can see why a certain amount would think they might as well be a criminal instead of just being treated like one. 28 police were shot and killed on duty last year vs 1000 civilians by police. It can’t just be a case of being faster. There’s a shoot first mentality after creeping in and it’s legislated by the phrase “in fear for my life”
Would these demonstrations have happened without the deaths of the African Americans in the last few months? No. Meanwhile millions of Africans live with without basic human rights, why did that not trigger a demonstration in Dublin? We live in a hash tag generation, where people just seem to care about whats trending on twitter. Never mind “Black Lives Matter”, because ALL Lives Matter. Imagine trying to explain to the people (slaves) of North Korea what the demonstration was bases around today, I don’t think they would understand.
The photo of middle-class white teenage girls giving a clenched fist salute in Galway is cringeworthy.
This guy has a very good take on what’s happening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXQpYKPl_s
Our young social justice warriors are brainwashed and fragile. They are easily swayed by crap and pr stunts like this getting butthurt when this point of view is challenged.
Oh I suppose we better all get our privileges checked – PC principle says so.
The direct provision centres have all races so it’s unfair to say that black lives matter
Irelands homeless football team is playing in Glasgow during the week in the homeless world cup. I wonder if any of the matches will be televised. COYBIG How many of the prostester tonight will protest for these guys to have a hero’s welcome when they come home. The team are one of the top ranking teams in the world. Lets give them a bit of support. Check out their FB page. LETS GIVE THESE GUYS SOME SUPPORT COYBIG
Bings, I didn’t know that so thanks for sharing that. .
Complete OTT racial monopoly
What happens if I report a racist incident as a white Irish man? Nothing. That’s what. The race card is starting to get tatty and dogeared in good old Ireland but there seems to be two rules for its use.
“Recent shootings of black men”? Where are the articles that say “black men commit crime, get shot or arrested according to their response to being challenged”?
They should have rallied for All Lives Matter. If you rally for lets say Whites Lives Matter they would be racist…or?
We need to reduce children’s allowance after 2 children. Look what is happening in the USA.
While I don’t know exactly what I think on that matter I like that you said reduce and not remove, after all look what used to happen in China.
Maybe the Gardai should have snatch in solidarity with their Dallas comrades
Huge praise for all who turned up for a truly honourable event. These are the people who are leading the change to improve all of our futures. #BlackLivesMatter
You should go to New Orleans and hug a gangbanger
What you Google at home, in your own bedroom is your business, Anton.
Don’t make it anybody else’s!!
You should go to the Deep South and hug a KKK member #AllLivesMatter
Gavin doesnt know what a gangbanger is thats just too funny
it was a play on words, Anton!
Thought it might give you a little chuckle!
“ya daft racist”
Many Blacks in Pakistan Tariq?
Emma they castrated all the black slaves during the arab slave trade
So they couldn’t reproduce
AGuy… It is still happening today.. https://youtu.be/5XzThnFyjG0
Bloody decent of the whites to be the first to end the global slave trade all those years ago.
Such a shame so many of us still feel guilty over it 100′s of years later.
The black mans liberation was paid for with the white mans blood.
“black mans liberation was paid for with the white mans blood”
and some black folks had a rough time of it too!!
Many of them died and were treated like livestock!!
Just thought your sentence lacked that particular insight!!
Dunno Emma,I’m from Bradford,it’s a city in England. Many black kids in the crèche you attend?
Yup, No Irish person should feel guilt for slavery Emma! Pretty sure some of my ancestors were slaves, they certainly didn’t have civil rights. And I’m sure they loved seeing their family members and friends killed by an invading imperial force before being forcefully evicted.
I can clear this up for you: none of your ancestors were slaves. Indentured servants at a push.
No petr there were many Irish slaves. A hundred thousand at least. Indentured servants went to the USA, slaves to Barbados. There are town in Barbados where black people have Irish surnames and even a Irish twang in there carribean accent. There are records showing you could buy 3 Irish for the price of an African.
Isn’t it a sad fact some people hate their culture and country and race so much they will literally downplay their own history
Thanks Gavin, I would of never of known. People in Baltimore in west Cork also know a thing or 2 about the African slave trade, I wonder if it would be possible for them to dwell on the victim status, maybe get some special rights etc.
Actually, now that we are on the subject of History, Tariq, what did your Grandfather do in the great war?
Bradford has a proud history of men serving in the West Yorkshire Regiment, I never came across any Ibn Ziyads in any roll of honour.
Nobody hates their own culture,maybe some people hate part of their history. Your soundbite is just something far-right extremists tell themselves when they’re crying into their pillows at night,another made up puff piece slogan by regressive idiots who live in a state of psychosis,pining after a glorious time that never existed. Dangerous fantasists.
If you go back far enough, every single society throughout History has been the cause of and victim of Genocide, Slavery and torture at some point.
Since when was Bradford in Wexford Liam? #LabotomyLiamEganMatters
We have a very long military history in my family Eamon,going back as far as the early 8th century. I don’t see any @gmail.com’s on the War List myself,funny that,perhaps your lineage were gentrified?
Oh really? So your from a Warrior class?
Why did you flee Pakistan so quickly?
Funny enough Tariq, the Islamic Conquests began around the 8th Century
I’ve never been to Pakistan,I think you read your schoolbook wrong,most people in Pakistan are Muslims,but not all Muslims are in Pakistan,they live all over the world sweetie.
Emma he’s from Wexford. Liam is quite a determined Islamo troll that skulked around on politics . ie for many years under multiple user names. One of them was him pretending to be a muslim from Bradford. Another one (lol) was him pretending to be an Iraqi business man. I think that one lasted less than 20 posts before he gave up after all the snagging he was getting for being so pathetic.
Brain Damaged,do you have photos and cut-outs of this Liam character all over your basement wall? You remind me of Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs,have you spoken to a qualified professional about your obsession?
Dain Barrage, yeah we all know what he is. Tariq/ Richard Cheney (To name but a few!) is a very mild form of amusement with multiple personalities.
I have decided to play along with his current fantasy of being a Pakistani immigrant to the UK, it is comedy gold as far as I’m concerned!!
And what of your multiple accounts Eamon? You’ve been quite the busy boy on here since your party Identity Crisis Ireland proved to be the farcical laughing stock of the last election! Such a bitter burn for you to swallow that no one in Ireland shares your warped views!
@Tariq the thumbs here speak a different story, I’d post a picture of your prophet but for some reason a goat getting raped doesn’t meet the criteria!
@Gavin Shame the only time you put thought into a sentence it was someone else’s
beg pardon?
nice retort Emma
Proud to be there in Dublin in friendship and solidarity. Thank you comrades.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
*only if killed by white police.
The fact that the vast majority of violent deaths suffered by blacks happen to be at the hands of other blacks, or that they’re responsible for 85% of all interracial violenc.
Jason — Mortifying that this needs to be explained to you, but for a really simple outline please read this thread:
What? Are you a Commie or Islamofascist, make up your mind.
Twitter is for idiots and leftist students
A thread on Twitter by an anonymous Twitter account? Come on Petr, is that really the best you can do? Meanwhile I use actual written evidence by researchers on the topic:
http://www.colorofcrime.com/2016/03/the-color-of-crime-2016-revised-edition/
@Petrtarasov #Blackliesmatter
Another great bit of RESEARCH from Irelands answer to Bill O’Reilly, Jason Culligan… anyone who quotes Ed Rubenstein is a white supremacists dumbass. Back in yer box fact boy…
@Petr maybe show a bit of solidarity to your Dublin comrades who aren’t a bunch of cop-killers and give you a safe place to spout your inanities without getting your rectum handed to you like you seem to want.
Went through that link, it’s actually quite laughable. All it does is basically say ‘he is wrong and a racist because I don’t agree with him’ and comes up with convoluted ways of trying to dismiss his methods rather than the actual content. The statistics don’t lie I’m afraid.
Jason, let’s set aside the fact that old Ed is an economist and not a legal professional, he’s also a racist. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2008/04/08/immigration-report-being-released-today-linked-white-supremacists
Dave, the SPLC labels anything that dares to disagree with open borders and special treatment for minorities as racist.
Jason, I also read that link, the “good” doctor, gets the names of government administrations and their roles wrong. He’s an economist, no study in politics, sociology or history. Sees a number, uses a number. Doesn’t look to the numbers behind the number. He’s quite bad at research
None of this shiote if RTE threw on an omnibus!
And this is supposed to achieve what, exactly?
I was at it and it was very enjoyable. It was a staging of solidarity with people in America. Nice event. Surprised it gets under so many people’s skin that these symbolic events are being held
Probably because it’s a symbolic event for a racist organisation that would rather blame the people who respond to the actions of the black community rather than addressing the root causes that put them in front of law enforcement more often than any other race in America.
Some people want black and brown folks to stay nice and quiet, not get to uppity. The people who are raging here and unambiguous racists including Jason who acts like he’s just ‘stating the facts’.
Why no even for all those black people massacred in South Sudan over the last week if Black Lives Matter so much??? Of course not trendy enough for the usual fools who turn up to these hashtag events, pathetic really!
So it’s racist to point out that black people proportionally commit more crime per capita, thus leading to them being statistically on the wrong side of law enforcement more frequently than other races?
Get over yourself Petr and start living in the real world where adults take responsibility for their actions.
Can you please explain to me how it’s a racist movement?
Super tenuous link there between America’s police gun deaths and Ireland’s direct provision system.
I’d be embarrassed to stand beside anyone holding a banner with that nonsense on it.
Far too surreal for my liking.
Petr, you just like throwing that word around for the sake of it ..
Jason has been on here defending the actions of Israel in Palestine before so I’m not particularly shocked by any of his comments
Just a nice polite middle class bloke who defends the Israeli death cult and thinks black people shouldn’t protest when cops shoot them down like dogs in the street. Perfectly nice, respectable guy.
No Petr, you use the word ‘racist’ to the point where it’s a bet to see whether you can last 15 minutes on a discussion about Islam, Israel or police violence in America without using it. I take your allegations of ‘racism’ about as seriously as the insults from my 4 year old cousin which are arguably more creative.
As opposed to the Islamofascist death, slaver, rapey cult?
Well done Stephen for attending, it seems they were a great success!
“Solidarity”…. explain that one to me. What benefit is a bunch of people standing in O’Connel street complaining about direct provision conferring on a person in the US? I don’t get the point. Rochellle – what are the parameters for determining whether a bunch of people standing on a footpath is a “success” or not?
The reverse racism on this thread is rampant.
Coming over here and taking our jobs….
There is something about BLM that really gets up the right wingers! And no, you know they’re not racist.
Why are you so against them? They are protesting against police brutality. They have had enough. But the right wingers just want to smear them, won’t listen.
I’m not right wing Sean but truth matters, statistics matter, just because a lie is repeated enough does not make it true. BLM is Bullsh*it and dangerous bullsh*t at that, here’s a link from a young black man that explains why. There’s lots more black people coming out against BLM if you want more links I can provide plenty. https://youtu.be/uFSfGHFH1J8
“And no, you know they’re not racist.”
No, I’m pretty sure they are. After all we are talking about an organisation which said that French people deserved no sympathy from the black community over the Bataclan terrorist attacks because they deserved it due to France’s involvement in the slave trade 200 years ago.
Would this be the same slave trade Jason where the slaves were sold by fellow black Africans ?
Yes Mike, although honestly I fail to see the relevance. My point is that the slave trade ended 200 years ago so it’s ridiculous to use it today as a whipping stick against anyone.
Slavery,Jim Crow Laws & the new Jim Crow Laws, also known as, the ‘War on Drugs..’
White felons have an equal if not better chance of being called back for a second interview than a black person without a crime ..Not much chance of gaining employment & all the other vital areas like -housing ,education & public benefits if you end up in prison
In Chicago, 90% of those sent to prison for a drug offence are black ..Are whites not using drugs in these areas ..
http://www.attn.com/stories/1663/police-departments-prioritize-drug-crimes-over-violent-crimes
@Francis you’re mixing up the words “using” and “selling”
Spilt Pint
Prove it that I mixed it up ..
Load of bollix.
why the hell is an anti-deportation banner doing at a blacklives matter rally in Cork. and why the hell is there a blacklivesmatter rally here anyway. Tell leroy there not be stealing people purses, also yer one looks like she never had a poke, Leroy could do it before he gets deported on the banana boat
OBAMA NEVER WENT TO A POOR MAN’S FUNERAL I AM SURE? Or to one of the 500 killed by cops this year?
Whilst I am horrified at all violence against others the reality is that African Americans are not singled out and victimised by the Police. Statistics show that you are more likely to be shot by the police if you are white. African americans are no more disavantaged than other minority groups in the US. Black on Black violence claims far more lives. All lives matter not just not just Black lives. Get rid of guns and nobody gets shot. Simple.
@ Keith, I’m horrified on the fact that even you are confused. Are the African or American, make up your mind. They’re obviously separatists, so just refer to them as Africans or black, only the sensitive and pretentious will take offence.
Keith – I would just like to point out that you are talking absolute nonsense ..
The article is good but how does the direct provision system be equated with the black lives matter demonstration? I would have thought that was a separate issue which is not necessarily colour based. Associating the demonstration with the direct provision issue weakens things. I agree a better system than direct provision should be developed for any people whatever colour that are affected.
And now your scheduled comment section, as enacted by racist white people who think they know better about everything.
Africans and Middle-easterners are coming to the west, not the other way around, guess they think we have the best, because we know the best.
Potsy/Wetflame would you ever give over. You’re the one who writes essay long blocks of text about how someone is bullying you, when in actuality all they have done is have an opinion which differs from yours.
Leighanna, by saying that you’re reducing yourself to the level of a guilt ridden white liberal who wants us all to take personal responsibility for crimes that took place 200 years ago. By insulting one stereotype you’re portraying yourself as another.
How sad, more ‘Ethno-masochist’ cowardly Irish…….believing the bullshit and undermining their own Country and People…being emotionally blackmailed by the media bullshit.!!! educate yourselves!…https://www.manhattan-institute.org/waroncops
Watched the film Mississippi Burning based on a true story. Very disturbing story.
Gene Hackman looks awful young in it, has he had work done?
Moan moan moan. Seem of you on here would want to get a better pass time and get off this site.
Says your man having a good old moan.
Brendan why don’t you spend some time brushing up on your grammar. I know it’s an easy target but how difficult is it to read back over something before you submit it?
I was at this protest, and it did what it said on the tin; it was a solidarity protest. Some speakers did criticize direct provision but overall there certainly was not any angry vibe against either An Gardai Siochana or the Irish State.
Journal.ie comments board seems to have become a sounding board for angry right leaning types, but that’s fine too. It seems to have been a natural occurance
People everywhere need to find better things to get angry about. The BLM protest was more like a street meeting and the Journal’s comments board is more like a place where angry middle aged people go to play intellectual gadfly from their college days…
And it’s touching, because BLM Ireland forsn’t have any if the anger in it and journal commentators are actually quite skillfull with their prose even when one might not agree with them.
I love you all and I love Ireland.
But it was in solidarity with a movement that encourages indiscriminate cop killing. Sorry, but no.
Fair play for taking the time for something you believe in, but what exactly do ‘solidarity protests’ achieve, other than giving you a warm fuzzy feeling and satisfying your personal moral aspirations?
Genuine question.
We don’t know what the relationship is like between the police and the community but I would imagine it is similar to the relationship of disdain and mistrust that existed between the RUC and the Catholics/Nationalists in the North. There appears to be an imbalance to the level of security provided to one side.
Catholics and Nationalists in north were treated like 2nd class citizens, blacks in America are not.
Black president,
many black mayors,
many black heads of police departments.
This issue is down to black crime and not taking personal responsibility for their lives, and many blacks who have taken such responsibility will say the same thing.
The arms of George Soros are long!
Almost no accountability for the police in the US when African-Americans are assinated by cops. Maybe if the shooters were held accountable there would be much less killings by police on the African-American community.
have your say