Red Mosquito

96583UP wrote:huh

on the one hand, a presidentially-created strong-arm squad arresting people without much probable cause and detaining them nowhere traceable is a bit terrifying

on the other hand, the crossing of the threshold by certain protestors from peaceful demonstration into hooliganism/violent protest merits swift and brutal corrective action

guess this means

suburban property values will continue to push upward

BurtReynolds wrote:BUt wHy aRe tHe FedS iNVolVeD.

Always wear a helmet to the riots, silly police!

spike wrote:Drove by all that last night on the way to a drive in movie. I think we saw every CPD squad car on the way.

verb_to_trust wrote:

spike wrote:Drove by all that last night on the way to a drive in movie. I think we saw every CPD squad car on the way.

What was showing?

96583UP wrote:huh

on the one hand, a presidentially-created strong-arm squad arresting people without much probable cause and detaining them nowhere traceable is a bit terrifying

on the other hand, the crossing of the threshold by certain protestors from peaceful demonstration into hooliganism/violent protest merits swift and brutal corrective action

guess this means

suburban property values will continue to push upward

doug rr wrote:you go portland...

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

doug rr wrote:you go portland...

need more info please

wapo wrote:Thousands across U.S. set to walk off jobs in ‘Strike for Black Lives’

By
Jacob Bogage
July 20, 2020 at 10:09 a.m. EDT

Tens of thousands of workers nationwide are expected to walk off the job Monday in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, hoping to draw closer scrutiny to the income inequality and systemic racism that organizers say has grown more entrenched during the pandemic.

The “Strike for Black Lives,” as leaders have dubbed the planned action in more than two dozen cities, includes workers from a broad range of industries. Service Employees International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, American Federation of Teachers and members of dozens of other labor and political groups plan to take part.

Participants are pushing for “an unequivocal declaration that Black Lives Matter” from business and political leaders; action from government officials to “reimagine our economy and democracy” with civil rights in mind; businesses to “dismantle racism, white supremacy, and economic exploitation”; and access to union organizing, according to a list of demands posted on the strike’s website.

In Washington, strikers are expected to gather at noon on Capitol Hill in support of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or Heroes Act, as talks intensify over a fourth coronavirus relief package. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is set to join strikers in New York outside Trump Tower. Health workers at a nursing home outside Los Angeles are planning walkouts during multiple shifts. Other workers in the city are planning a car caravan down President Barack Obama Boulevard, a major thoroughfare on the city’s west side.

If workers can’t leave their jobs for the rest of the day, organizers encourage them to at noon take a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds — the amount of time a Minneapolis police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd, killing him and leading to a wave of protests nationwide — hold 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence, or walk off the job for the same length of time.

Some companies encouraged employees to join demonstrations. Airbnb said in a statement that it shared with employees suggestions on how to join the Strike for Black Lives movement, and authorized workers to take paid time off to join protests, with manager approval.

In New York, Antoine Andrews, a UPS driver in Long Island City and member of the Teamsters Local 804, helped lead more than 100 employees in a demonstration in front of their workplace early Monday morning. Andrews and co-workers did not strike, but wanted to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and send a message to their employer to take issues of inequality seriously.

Andrews, who has worked for UPS for 23 years, invoked the legacy of late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the civil rights leader who marched at Selma, Ala., and spoke at the famous 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in his remarks to co-workers.

“If you see something that’s not fair, not right, not just, we have a moral obligation to do something about it,” Andrews said. “I mentioned to the crowd that this is my purpose for being here and that should be our purpose for being here.

“I left them with the question: What do you choose to do? Do you choose to stand or sit? Do you choose to be silent and complicit, or do you speak out and demand to be heard? Let people know where you stand against systemic racism. We have to do this not just for ourselves, but for our children and for children unborn. This is our fight for them.”

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

doug rr wrote:you go portland...

need more info please

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) accosted socialist firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in a vulgar confrontation on the Capitol steps that was overheard by a reporter, according to The Hill. Yoho attacked Ocasio-Cortez about comments she recently made linking increasing poverty and unemployment in New York City with rising crime.