And yet every blessed one of the posters on this thread just dog piling on this Anti-fa episode have and will bend into a pretzel to minimize, excuse or exonerate all those connected with the attempted insurrection on January 6th. Amazing, yet not unexpected.
So you condemn the action of the burners and looters?
Burning is peaceful protest. Looting is reparations.
And you just proved that stupid is as stupid does.
The Chicago Black Lives Matter organizer who justified looting as “reparation” has doubled down — insisting this week that even calling someone a criminal is “based on racism.R…
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Yep, she said that, but then there is this:
Does the Chicago Chapter condone looting?
Black Lives Matter Chicago organizer Ariel Atkins went viral in early August for calling the looting of downtown stores a form of “reparations.” The statements were made in the wake of the
Aug. 9 shooting of 20-year-old Latrell Allen by police in Englewood. Atkins showed support for the looters, cited anger as the reason for their actions and claimed that history has not been changed through peaceful protests.
But, as an organization, Tendaji said BLM Chicago does not condone looting.
“There was definitely some misspeak, some things missaid in the press recently from one of our folks that may have sounded like support for or condoning looting,” Tendaji said. “Organizationally, we certainly don’t have anything to do with — or condone — illegal activity that, you know, really frightens and, quite frankly, pisses off a lot of Black folks.”
Tendaji said BLM Chicago’s organizers are typically on the same page because they work so closely. “But — the same for everybody around the world, now — folks are much more stressed, much more tired, much more anxious,” she said. “This is the time where people speak out more without having actually thought about ‘What am I saying?’”
However, Tendaji did share one sentiment with Atkins: Part of the reason for the looting is the economic hardship caused by COVID-19. “When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy,” reads a
BLMChi news release, “that is not ‘our’ city and has never been meant for us.”
“We understand that people do not have what they need in this moment,” Tendaji said. “This pandemic has really caused an economic crisis. The Black community, in Chicago, was hit the hardest. … We understand — that is the better framework — people desperately needing resources.”
You’ve seen it on protester signs and in your neighbor’s yard, or maybe it’s painted in block letters on your street — but what is Black Lives Matter? What’s the diffe…
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