As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr said
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Originally Posted by Martin Luther King, Jr
…I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.
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So no, I don't blame the rioters either. Minneapolis region has been a hot bed of racist policing. Philandro Castile was shot in a suburb of Minneapolis. When you can't trust your police or legal system at all, why would you follow any laws? My father, an immigrant to this country, once mused he was surprised that black people didn't riot all the time the way they are so badly treated.
I simply can't stand with a racist society and it's racist jackboots over people who have been oppressed.
N.W.A. was right. Fuck the police.
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