The Huffington Post
By Hilary Hanson
12/21/2014 10:59 am EST
#BlackLivesMatter, a social movement founded in opposition to the violence and oppression black people in the U.S. face at the hands of law enforcement, officially condemned the "senseless" killing of two NYPD officers Saturday.
“An eye for an eye is not our vision of justice,” the group said in a statement obtained by The Huffington Post. “We who have taken to the streets seeking justice and liberation know that we need deep transformation to correct the larger institutional problems of racial profiling, abuse, and violence.”
Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend in Maryland on Saturday morning before heading to New York, according to the Baltimore Sun. At around 3 p.m., he fatally shot NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos “execution style” in Brooklyn. Brinsley opened fire on the men while they sat in their patrol car, then fled into the subway where he turned the gun on himself.
Hours before the Brooklyn shooting, an Instagram user police believe was Brinsley posted that he would be “putting wings on pigs today,” according to the New York Daily News. The post, which included a photo of a handgun, also stated “They take 1 of ours … let’s take 2 of theirs” and referenced the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
Color of Change, a political organization dedicated to strengthening the political voice of black people in the United States, similarly disparaged Brinsley’s actions.
“We condemn any and all forms of violence, including violence perpetrated by and against police officers,” a statement by the group reads. Color of Change also urged law enforcement to not use the killings as an excuse for more violence towards civilians:
The deaths of these officers in the line of duty should not result in retaliation or more militarized, violent attempts by law enforcement to suppress protests or target civilians. We caution the efforts by police unions and others to draw misleading connections with this tragedy to the growing nationwide movement to hold officers accountable.
The family of Michael Brown has also issued a statement, expressing sympathy for the officers’ families and declaring they “reject any kind of violence directed toward members of law enforcement.”
Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
hahaha Who invented E-jesus . Deserves a roth army award of some kind .
fuck your fucking framing
E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place
why hasn't JBC logged on today? We need some spiritual guidance!
American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.
Last edited by jacksmar; 12-21-2014 at 09:02 PM.
Don't have to, bro!
You will desperately seek out anything and everything that reinforces your viewpoint! I, on the other hand, don't suffer from that affliction!
You like to live in a world of liberals and conservatives.........one against the other. You'd vote against your own self interest if you perceived it'd hurt the other team.
I tend to think I'll vote for whoever has the better idea. Voted for as many Repubs as I did Demos in the last election...........so keep your preconceived notions because some of us are desperately trying to fix the failing country! The one you seem hellbent to ruin!
First off ...we're so far from 'bros' i don't know what you tried to say after that...........
I don't know know a single YT that broke into Rosa Parks' home AND ROBBED HER..............
My pre-concieved notions are simple...................too simple for politics........................
Some sound like 10 commandants...........only.....nobody would be able to read them due to the issue of ............OF...........
what was that.....................
oh yeah..........
diversity..............
Yet you attack Elizabeth Warren personally and gloss over what she is saying and trying to do.
You like derivatives and banks that are so massive we have to bail them out? The estimates are 700 trillion dollars the Street is playing with and if they lose the taxpayer's on the hook just like what happened in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
You're OK that Citi wrote 70 of 80 lines of the cluster fuck bill that keeps the lights on?
Open your eyes and think for yourself, dude!
Truman was a Democrat, you fucking moron.
And while Eisenhower was a Republican, and technically the first BCE President, even he would be considered a "Democrat" compared to the teabaggers and neocon shitbags of the current GOP.
Don't believe me? Look up his 1956 platform.
KK, she is a socialist that only sees one way...
Multinationals come here and ROB the US and have no skin in our lives. They EXPECT to get all the perks and benefits for free.....
Just like illegal aliens................
Warren wants the multinationals to pay and the illegals in my wallet....
I've ALWAYS given others a 10 or 20 spot at the restaurant or gas pump or grocery until Ubama..............
And if that bothers anybody more than me..................explain it............
Truman was a war hero...............asshole.............
Truman had more American in him than you'll ever understand.............asshole..............
Politics back then wasn't complicated by a D or R.....................asshole...........
Don't believe me? Look up his position on the Marshall Plan...............
See you're wrong............ you hate the person, you'll reject the idea, no matter how right the idea is!
I admire the words of many Founders of this country...........have the entire Federalist Papers text on my phone!
By your standard I should hate everyone of those slave holder socialist bastards!
Can you have a nuanced opinion and see the issue from a different perspective then your set beliefs? From your postings, I don't think you can
I voted for Obama the first time but unlike you and your crowd, I didn't vote for him a second time! I don't care about the team just the results!
You still defend Dubya......I, on the other hand, call a spade a spade
Last edited by kwame k; 12-21-2014 at 10:15 PM.
This may explain why Jerksmear and E-jesus just don't get it.....
Missed it by thissssssssssssmuch...........
" Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference.
Socialism assails the pre-eminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks, and shall seek more in the future, to build up a minimum standard for the mass.
Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capital; Liberalism attacks monopoly."
The whole deal is that simple for me............
Dubya was a political prez in 2004 afraid to raze Fallujah. He lost my confidence, my support, and the rest of the repubs for me..............done..............
Nuanced? You bet. Show me the next guy and leaders willing to lead by example, willing to share by faith, and willing to worry about their own short comings that they don't don't have time to worry about the issues and short comings of others and I end my nuance......
Truman, Kennedy, Reagan, Ike......
In sports terms: Foyt, Knight, Wooden, Owens.........
but it really doesn't matter much what the fuck i think anyway...............imagine you're in a row boat on lake superior .....go to the side... put your fist in the water and pull it out.................
that's the difference i've made......................
Limbaugh and Beck were radio DJ's who discovered being political pundits paid better than being the morning zoo guys. I don't know about Hannity. Politics is a business. You pick your market and sell to it. Everyone is for sale. Maybe a minority have deep beliefs but most just want some jingle in their pockets.
No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!
kristy, get your tits out and back to the kitchen.............
Fail. F A T boy.
kristy, do you have a weight problem?
Not at all. Do you have a coming out of the closet problem?
oh its the robert smith fan club
That's asscrackasmr's new tribute band.
kristy, how long have you had a weight problem?
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