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Summary
Following a February 7th neo-Nazi rally, residents of Lincoln Heights, a majority-Black Ohio town, formed an armed Safety and Watch Program to protect against hate groups.
The rally, where participants waved swastikas and shouted slurs, received little police intervention, sparking fears of future threats when no arrests or identifications were made during the incident.
Volunteers now patrol bus stops and neighborhoods. “I’ve never felt safer as a Black man in my community,” said spokesperson Daronce Daniels.
The historically underserved and self-governing community shows strong support for the initiative with yard signs and sees this as a continuation of its legacy of self-reliance and community defense.
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NRA inexplicably starts sweating
Oh, that was just perfect. Thank you.
Very relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act
It’s fucking hog-wash I tell ya
Wake up, babe! New Republican gun restrictions are about to drop!
This ends with blood in the streets. We just need to decide whose blood.
When there is blood, highly likely it will be from both.
Alas, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of both patriots and tyrants.
It is with a heavy heart we must accept this and move forward, as our elected leaders have now left us with virtually no other choice.
‘Twas ever thus.
We already decided in WW2, so Nazis shouldn’t get another chance to come back.
I can guess whose blood the police prefer.
It begins
It’s a good thing Ronald Reagan isn’t around anymore.
I read this with the subtext that Ronald Reagan worked as governor of California to pass gun control after Black Panthers were exercising their right to bear arms.
Underrated comment, ty
You read good.
If Reagan were around to see this we might stand a chance at getting some kind of gun control.
With Trump you just might
If the cops didn’t do shit when the Nazis came, why do they think the cops won’t fuck them over if they try to stop the Nazis?
What other options remain?
He said he supports law enforcement, but that its handling of the Feb. 7 demonstration doesn’t give him faith that it will protect him in the future. For that reason, he says he’s proud of the neighborhood safety and watch program, even though he wishes it weren’t needed.
Well for starters opposing the police instead of supporting them.
You gotta virtue signal sometimes. Purity testing every word people say will get the movement nowhere.
Plus, the quote only effectively says “I want law and order. I just don’t think the police will use law and order to protect us.”
He supports “law enforcement”, not “the police”.
Cowards tend to back down when confronted on equal grounds. This is essentially a resurgence of the Black Panther movement, which worked quite well doing the exact same thing.
This is essentially a resurgence of the Black Panther movement, which worked quite well doing the exact same thing.
Well, up until it got COINTELPRO’d and the cops assassinated Fred Hampton, at least.
I wonder if this will trigger republicans to enact gun laws
Mulford Act A 1967 California bill to repeal the law that permitted citizens to carry loaded weapons in public places The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party who were conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, in what would later be termed copwatching. Wikipedia
Lmfao imagine showing up to be the voice of the people and banning something termed “cop watching” and not hanging yourself right after.
Ah, Reagan. What a racist piece of shit. Too bad someone with better aim didn’t try to impress Jodie Foster.
Fun fact: Reagan kicked off his 1980 campaign with a speech in Philadelphia MS - a middle-of-nowhere city known for absolutely fucking nothing except the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964.
Or at least a bigger caliber. Why do all these would be assassin’s not spend and extra 200 dollars in range time. Meanwhile kennedy gets the fucking marine that bullseye’s womp bats with a garand.
I’m pretty sure kennedy got a little more attention than that
No way, it was clearly only the guy who was immediately murdered while in police custody.
Ah shit, case closed.
Now I whisper in my partners ear “Damn he’s good”
An interesting distinction, so you could carry an unloaded rifle, and a magazine or ammunition in your pocket and be totally legal and still ready to defend yourself if needed
That would depend entirely on what skin color you’re wearing that day.
Which depends entirely on who you brought home last night.
Lmfao that went south, quickly.
If so only locally. “States rights” and all.
The cops did plenty! They openly fraternized with them and then escorted the Nazis away where they openly fraternized with them again. Wait a minute…
Funny thing is, if they kill all the Nazis, there ain’t be any cops left to fuck them over.
Watch gun control laws suddenly appear.
This will be the thing that finally gets us gun control.
Forget it. If you can’t imagine the government rounding up all the stockpiles of weapons from right wingers around the country, you should be against any further gun control. Our enemies are already well armed. Don’t make it harder for the rest of us.
The cops didn’t didn’t show up for the same reason that you never see Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus at the same time.
They were already there! Just in a different uniform
What uniforms were Hannah and Miley wearing?
The same ones
Like they were identical to each other or they were identical to the Nazis?
Well, let me put it this way, Hannah and Miley wear the same clothes all the time, much like how police and white nationalist wear the same clothes all the time.
I got it I got it, I was just making a stupid jokey joke
No worries
Good news: Law enforcement has operatives highly placed in every domestic terror organization.
Bad news: they are not informants.
All this happens because Americans are obsessed with race. The first time I was asked about my race was when I applied for my visa
antifa supersoldiers /j
We need these in every neighbor hood now
Getting organized is good.
Individuals just yolo shooting Nazis and CEOs is kind of heart warming, but real power I think comes from organizing.
yeah but you don’t expect that shit from first world country, america is in decline
That why the rest of the world expect this from the USA
Every group of people need to have autonomy and independence, and the right to self-govern. No people should have to fear violence and repression from another group.
