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Sanders Hires Black Press Secretary; #BlackLivesMatter yawns
US News & World Report's Washington Whispers ^ | August 10, 2015 | Joseph P. Williams, news editor

Posted on 08/11/2015 1:59:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Welcome to Monday, the 222nd day of 2015 and the first anniversary of protesters, community organizers and civil rights activists descending on Ferguson, Missouri, to vent anger about the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed, African-American teenager fatally shot by a white cop. As word spread about Brown’s death, demonstrators in the then-nascent #BlackLivesMatter movement – loosely formed in the wake of the 2013 “stand your ground” acquittal of neighborhood vigilante George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, another unarmed black teen, in Florida – connected via social media and swept into the St. Louis suburb. As the world witnessed shocking images of heavily armed police clashing with protesters, however, the situation became a symbol not only for the questionable use of deadly force against black people but for the post-9/11 militarization of police departments in America, and galvanized the #BLM movement into a political force. Here is your Three-Minute Briefing, all the News You Can Use in 180 seconds or less.

Black Votes Matter: Over the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the insurgent socialist candidate slowly gaining on front-runner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced a major campaign hire: Symone Sanders, an African-American woman active in the criminal justice reform movement, is now his press secretary. The hire probably was intended to address lingering complaints that Sanders has a blind spot when it comes to race, but it may not be a quick fix: On the same day as Symone Sanders’ debut, #BlackLivesMatter activists again showed up to harass the candidate at a rally in Seattle.

Plus ça Change: The one-year anniversary of Brown’s death and the protests in Ferguson triggered several retrospectives about what went wrong, and a look at whether changes have happened. They have....

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; berniesanders; blacklivesmatter; blacks; blackvote; cruz; democrats; ferguson; sanders; trump
Is there any real difference between journalists, social workers and community organizers anymore?
1 posted on 08/11/2015 1:59:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb v Sanders, I vote Sanders.


2 posted on 08/11/2015 2:06:55 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michael Brown - nothing but a useless thug.
The nation is better off without him or others of his ilk.

Real police misconduct does occur, this was not a case of it IMO. There are racist, dangerous cops IMO, they are also thugs ,we would be better off without them. May they burn in hell with Brown.


3 posted on 08/11/2015 2:14:32 AM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trying to appease the spoiled children and the permanently disgruntled doesn’t work. He might have better luck with ISIS. Save your pandering, Bernie.


4 posted on 08/11/2015 2:15:18 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bernie needs to go fix Venezuela.


5 posted on 08/11/2015 2:18:25 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: beaversmom
Going to be a real problem for Hllary--Bernie and Joe if he jumps in

How to be the biggest Panderer

2016 dem convention will be an all out war
6 posted on 08/11/2015 4:44:42 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Paladin2

I’m sure Bernie is pleased with how Venezuela has turned out. Isn’t that his vision for America?


7 posted on 08/11/2015 4:56:14 AM PDT by mothball
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To: beaversmom

-—Trying to appease the spoiled children and the permanently disgruntled doesn’t work-—

As a progressive, Bernie sure is clueless on how they operate...

Hiring a black will only empower them...

They got him to make a symbolic statement, they will harass him even more to get him to concede even more...

It’s called incrimentalism.


8 posted on 08/11/2015 5:04:02 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lol, someone said Bernie hired an ambassador to Black people

Maybe he’ll set up an embassy in Vermont


9 posted on 08/11/2015 5:05:20 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: beaversmom

I agree, You cannot appease a group who’s existence is to be perpetually outraged. It is foolish to even try. The honest conversation about race begins with the fact that you cannot have a civilized discussion with an uncivilized mob. Violence does their cause harm and until they move past that (or grow up), that is as far as the conversation gets.


10 posted on 08/11/2015 5:09:04 AM PDT by csivils
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To: beaversmom

I agree, You cannot appease a group who’s existence is to be perpetually outraged. It is foolish to even try. The honest conversation about race begins with the fact that you cannot have a civilized discussion with an uncivilized mob. Violence does their cause harm and until they move past that (or grow up), that is as far as the conversation gets.


11 posted on 08/11/2015 5:09:04 AM PDT by csivils
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I know a lot of people who are dying to see Sanders as President. They are the bottom rungers of society who dropped out of high school and expect to earn $15 dollars and hour saying “do you want fries with that?” They are looking for all the “free” stuff Sanders is promising. What is free for them is not free for me and anyone else who pays their taxes.


12 posted on 08/11/2015 5:32:49 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bernie the outsider has been in DC for about 40 years.

Pray America is waking


13 posted on 08/11/2015 5:57:05 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the White House)
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Bernie’s best play to blacks is “I will enforce the borders and ensure that you remain the #1 minority.”


14 posted on 08/11/2015 6:20:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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