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Black Democrats to gather in Ferguson
thehill.com ^ | Jan. 15, 2015 | Mike Lillis

Posted on 01/15/2015 10:11:58 AM PST by PROCON

Black Democrats will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend by gathering near Ferguson, Mo., where a black teenager was killed by a white police officer last summer.

The lawmakers, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), say they'll use the holiday to call on voters to get more involved in social justice issues while urging Congress to pass legislation overhauling the criminal justice system.

Those issues have gained national prominence since August, when Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, after a confrontation on the streets of Ferguson, a largely black suburb of St. Louis. The tragedy led to weeks of violent protests in Ferguson and launched a national debate on a range of race-based issues, including police brutality, profiling, youth development and criminal justice reform.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blacks; cbc; ferguson; rascism
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To: PROCON

They’ll turn Martin Luther King Day into a parody of his “dream”, where people who lie as easily we breath air pass judgment on everyone else according to the color of their skin.


21 posted on 01/15/2015 10:33:45 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: PROCON

I don’t why they’re going to Ferguson. Everything that could be stolen and broken is gone and busted. Dozens of businesses have vacated. It’s just a giant wasteland of section 8 housing now. They made their point. Next time Holders people want to loot, rape, rob, pistol whip or murder...let him. We get it. Enough already.


22 posted on 01/15/2015 10:40:33 AM PST by albie
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To: PROCON
Don't overlook this group, they appear in all American protests....

Man who controls suspected White House Sleeper Cell......?


23 posted on 01/15/2015 10:45:10 AM PST by yoe
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To: PROCON

50 years of concessions of our liberties, mountains of treasure expended, a lowering of every previous standard of excellence to accommodate these perfect voters and yet still more negro drama.


24 posted on 01/15/2015 10:45:19 AM PST by exPBRrat
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To: PROCON
Good. Arrest them all for domestic terrorism and ship them to GITMO. I hear they've got the room now that Obama let the real Muslim terrorists go free.
25 posted on 01/15/2015 10:49:00 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: PROCON

“Unarmed” must be the most overused word in the English language. Being “unarmed” seems to be a license to rob, rape and loot.


26 posted on 01/15/2015 10:50:13 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: PROCON
Milking the FERGUSON cow to death.


27 posted on 01/15/2015 10:51:06 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: PROCON

Talk about not getting it. Putting St. Michael the Thug on the same pedestal with Martin Luther King Jr. is insulting to the legacy of Dr. King, but today’s Black leaders are clueless to what he stood for. The high rates of poverty, the number of single mothers, the huge dependence on government programs for many urban Blacks, and the continuing racial tensions would be troubling to him. I think it’s safe to say Dr. King would be horrified at the state of Black America today.


28 posted on 01/15/2015 10:51:13 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: PROCON
Why not Chicago? There were 456 homicides in Chicago in 2014. (Committed by, mostly, black males.)
29 posted on 01/15/2015 10:51:24 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: PROCON

30 posted on 01/15/2015 10:52:51 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: PROCON

pathetic losers


31 posted on 01/15/2015 10:59:04 AM PST by RaginRak
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To: PROCON
Maybe they will pick up some Swisher Sweets while they are there.


32 posted on 01/15/2015 11:19:24 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: PROCON
There once was a thug named Brown

Who Bum-rushed a cop with a frown

Six bullets later he met his creator

and his homies, they burnt down the town.

33 posted on 01/15/2015 11:31:09 AM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Osage Orange

I’m stealing that......


34 posted on 01/15/2015 11:35:38 AM PST by eyedigress
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To: yoe
That chick on the left is Hillary Clinton 40 years ago!!

I kid you not!!!

35 posted on 01/15/2015 11:37:19 AM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: manc
Soros paying them again is he?

No, we are. Stimulus II had billions in there for various shadowy groups which were offshoots from the old ACORN crowd. That's who's tapping into tax dollars to fund all this crap.

36 posted on 01/15/2015 11:40:09 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: eyedigress
"I’m stealing that...........Me too!!!....Nice going Osage O.!!!

There once was a thug named Brown

Who Bum-rushed a cop with a frown

Six bullets later he met his creator

and his homies, they burnt down the town.

37 posted on 01/15/2015 3:32:31 PM PST by yoe
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To: PROCON

Typical liberals - symbolism over substance along with theater instead of facts.

Wake the F up America!


38 posted on 01/15/2015 3:33:47 PM PST by Fledermaus (RINO FReepers are delusional and come January 2015 will take it up the *** again when the GOPe caves)
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