Posted on 08/18/2021 1:47:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, according to a new report released Wednesday by The Movement for Black Lives.
Movement leaders and experts said the prosecution of protesters over the past year continues a century-long practice by the federal government, rooted in structural racism, to suppress Black social movements via the use of surveillance tactics and other mechanisms.
“The empirical data and findings in this report largely corroborate what Black organizers have long known intellectually, intuitively, and from lived experience about the federal government’s disparate policing and prosecution of racial justice protests and related activity,” the report stated.
In the report, published in partnership with the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility clinic at City University of New York School of Law, The Movement for Black Lives is calling for amnesty for all protesters involved in the nationwide protests.
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This is an absolute load of crap.
Wow.
We only WISH they had been targeted.
Maybe they are right, next time just SHOOT THEM
Just wow.
What a pile of revisionism.
They were booked and released within hours. Plus most of those arrested were wealthy, educated, white pawns. This will be laughed out of court when they can’t prove harm.
I think they meant to say “anti-BLM” protestors.
The AP are terrible liars. The obvious, easily-ascertainable truth is exactly the opposite of what the AP is claiming.
Black Lives Matter
SPJNK.
Because BLM was carrying out mass looting, arson, killings on a a big scale plus insurrection and terrorist acts all over the country.
Real question is why most BLM “activists” are not in jail.
I wonder if they really believe any of the crap they put out.
Tucker and others spend too much time going after CNN. They are not a threat to this country. They are a laughing stock and few people take them serious. The AP on the other hand has become the mouthpiece of the left. They are a danger because they are where low information people get their news. Whether it is when they go on Yahoo or when they watch local news, it is usually AP sourced.
I know I am a little slow, but I haven’t picked up on this one yet. What does “SPJNK” mean?
“Some People Just Need Killing”
You’ve got to be seriously demented to believe anything this writer says.
What a load of BS!!!
Once again Associated Propaganda lies for their globalist masters.
“prosecution of protesters over the past year “
where? when?
Fake news
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