Published on Jul 26, 2016
(HeatStreet) July 26, 2016 - On Tuesday afternoon, organizers of the Black Lives Matter march screamed at white reporters to adhere to a scheme of racial segregation. "White people go to the back of the crowd," she woman barks into the mic. The response is mixed and confused and the segregation process drags on for a while. A few SJWs eventually decide to pitch in and chant "Get back, get back" at any and all white people.
Random quotes: "you will appropriately take your place in the back of this *****"
"all y'all go to the back"
"take your rightful positions and get behind us [black people]" "that's right, black people love their own leadership"
"so if you see any white folks, direct them to the back"
"get back or you're out of this march. We are not afraid to put you out."
âWhite media get to the back! Black media come to the front!â shouted the organizer with a bullhorn.
The organizer, annoyed that people werenât immediately adhering to her instructions, began hectoring white journalists who hadnât complied.
âExcuse me, sir!â she yelled. âSomebody needs to tell this person to get to the backâŚ. Somebody needs to tell these folks to get to the back!â
âWe are not afraid to put people out!â the organizer yelled. âWhite people to the back! Black people to the front!â
As the Democratic National Conventionâs agenda shifts to gun violenceâincluding the deaths of black men at the hands of policeâthe tone among many demonstrators in Philadelphia on Tuesday was emphatically hostile to cops.
âThis is an anti-police rally,â one local Black Lives Matter activist told a crowd, speaking from a microphone in the back of the pickup truck. At the march, which was called âBlack DNC Resistance March Against Police Terrorism & State Repressionâ and began near Temple University, protestors chanted: âNo Justice, No Peace, Take it to the Streets and **** the Police.â
One woman, wearing a bandana across her face, held a sign declaring, âBlue Lives AINâT REAL.â Another demonstrator carried a poster that read, âA violent system will meet a violent demise.â
Meanwhile, cops in the city are on edge. Tonight, the DNC has given a prime slot to Black Lives Matter, featuring the families of seven men slain by police, including the mothers of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.
Notably absent are the families of murdered cops. That imbalance has irked local law enforcement. In a news release last week, the local police union slammed Hillary Clinton for âpander[ing] to the interests of people who do not know all the facts, while the men and women they seek to destroy are out protecting the political institutions of this country.â
Though no officers approached by Heat Street were willing to go on the record, the general sentiment is that the DNCâs embrace of Black Lives Matter has made it tougher for them to do their jobs this week.
Repeated calls to the police unionâs president, John McNesby, went unanswered; heâs not ignoring media, insisted several staffersâthe police are just unusually busy this week.
As of April, Philadelphiaâs Police Commissioner told the City Council he was about 400 officers short and struggling to graduate enough cops to replace those retiring. Law enforcement from all 50 states have come to help maintain order amid as many as 50,000 anticipated protestors.
Martina White, a state representative from a Philadelphia district that represents roughly 2,500 police officers, says itâs fair for law enforcement to feel slighted by the DNC.
âI think theyâre upset that theyâre being painted with broad strokes,â White said of local policeâs response to the DNCâs embrace of Black Lives Matter. She added that on Sunday and Monday, protestors screamed inches from officersâ faces, and theyâve shown restraint.
âTo be treated the way theyâve been treated and for them not to have a voice at the convention, Iâm sure thatâs a disappointment,â White said.
The anger among demonstrators Tuesday wasnât limited to the police. At the very front of the march, right beside a Black Lives Matter banner, protestors held a sign that said, âHillary has Blood on Her Handsâ and another that said, âHillary, Delete Yourself.â
One of the marchâs organizers told the crowd, âWe are here on the eve of the election for two parties who have not stopped police from killing us. ⌠This so-called democracy is nothing but hypocrisy.â Another speaker claimed Democrats had âpimped our vote, pimped our movement.â
Despite demonstratorsâ scorching frustration, as of Monday police said they had not arrested anyone, though they issued 55 citations. Most of those went to Bernie Sanders supporters who jumped fences to try to break into the convention centerâs secure perimeter.
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But I guess it's ok for whites to march in the streets with them...WHEN they are needed. Otherwise...get the **** to the back of the proverbial bus? And when will non blacks realize they are hated and are only being used? About the same time Sanders followers realize he rolled over for Hillary?