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Huge crowd of Black Lives Matter supporters marches through Memphis, shuts down I-40 bridge
News 3 ^ | 7/10/2016

Posted on 07/10/2016 5:52:23 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

Deadly officer-involved shootings of two black men, one in Louisiana and another in Minnesota, have the attention of the country and that of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Sunday night, a group here in Memphis marched across the city and onto the I-40 bridge.

It started as a peaceful rally at FedExForum with hundreds of people.

After rallying at FedExForum, the crowd marched to police headquarters at 201 Poplar and then continued on, with more people joining them as they went on.

The marchers attempted to go to the I-40 bridge, but police blocked the entrance to the bridge. They eventually found a way onto the bridge via the exit ramp, and police had trouble stopping them.

Traffic was forced to a standstill, and the bridge was closed as police ordered the protesters to exit.

There was still a crowd of marchers who did not make it onto the bridge, as well as a big group still back at FedExForum.

There was a big police presence surrounding the rally and march, including a police helicopter and officers in tactical gear. Interim Police Director Michael Rallings was also at the rally, and things heated up when protestors interrupted him.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blacklivesmatter; blmhighwayshutdown; highwayshutdown; memphis; tennessee
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To: Altura Ct.

There is definitely a West Boro Baptist feel about this group.


21 posted on 07/10/2016 6:02:09 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen... -Emerson)
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To: Altura Ct.

Gee you would think blacks are getting killed daily by the man....................It seems it is OK in Chicago to let them kill each other. They never bring that up.


22 posted on 07/10/2016 6:04:04 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: VerySadAmerican

Memphis
2010 census population (rank): 646,889
White: 190,120 (29.4%)
Black: 409,687 (63.3%)
Hispanic/Latino: 41,994 (6.5%).
(other - nominal)


23 posted on 07/10/2016 6:04:23 PM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: BlackAdderess

The Westburros don’t have hangers-on in every city. They have to pick themselves up and go to whatever specific site they want trouble at.


24 posted on 07/10/2016 6:04:31 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: ColdOne

what an irony


25 posted on 07/10/2016 6:06:53 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: I want the USA back

that is exactly what is going on. then when all their usefulness is done, soros types will toss them to the side of the road left for dead like they are trying to do with us.

Well they won’t toss us. Seems they want to just kill us outright.


26 posted on 07/10/2016 6:07:18 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: dfwgator

That’s a great gif!


27 posted on 07/10/2016 6:07:39 PM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yes it is.


28 posted on 07/10/2016 6:08:00 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Zippo44
It is time to bring out the shotgun squad for the BLM protests.

It's time for a separation. Give them their own territory, on the stipulation that they support themselves -- no food stamps, no housing subsidies, no Medicaid, nothing -- and that all trade across the border be on a cash basis.

29 posted on 07/10/2016 6:10:12 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: bgill

>> What if an ambulance or fire truck needed through but help going to a black person was unable to get to them? <<

That would be the “justice” part of “no peace no justice.”


30 posted on 07/10/2016 6:10:41 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Do you mean Kent State?

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31 posted on 07/10/2016 6:10:43 PM PDT by Mears (Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
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To: Mears

Yeah. Sorry wrong name.


32 posted on 07/10/2016 6:11:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Summary execution for obstructing traffic? What’s with the suggestions for live ammo?


33 posted on 07/10/2016 6:12:12 PM PDT by SleepySimon
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To: SleepySimon

Certainly that would not be right. But tazing them in their ranks, might be fine.


34 posted on 07/10/2016 6:13:28 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: freedumb2003

They never cared about John Q. Negro, only about their own name and fame.


35 posted on 07/10/2016 6:14:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: bgill
What if an ambulance or fire truck needed through but help going to a black person was unable to get to them?

Sadly that is exactly what needs to happen and even then I am not sure it would make them realize how dangerous their actions are.

36 posted on 07/10/2016 6:14:19 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: VerySadAmerican

My first memories of the bridge at Memphis was from the early 1950s when my dad’s old car gave up the ghost right in the middle. We were stuck in Memphis for several days while he found a new transmission.

I remember that every time I visit kin in Tennessee.


37 posted on 07/10/2016 6:15:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: plain talk

For the actual black community to rise up against them and call them out, is what we sorely need.

I think even Barack Obama realizes that such a mutiny might be mere inches away.


38 posted on 07/10/2016 6:16:05 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Altura Ct.

What in the world do these people think they will have if they get what they say they want?


39 posted on 07/10/2016 6:16:28 PM PDT by DonnerT (After all is said and done, it is God's Will that will be done.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yeah but... Multiple people have mentioned live fire. One specified nothing less than lethal. I just don’t know what to say except that this isn’t a police state.


40 posted on 07/10/2016 6:17:27 PM PDT by SleepySimon
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