Friday, August 14, 2015

Private Militia Faces Off In Ferguson , Missouri.

http://www.theguardian.com/…/ferguson-protests-police-prote…. What stood out to me in this article was how the police arrested one of the demonstrators for allegedly having a weapon , but did not do anything against the "Oathkeepers" , who seem to be an armed group of vigilantes. I think that this appears to be white privilege in action. No matter how off putting they might be , the police seem to be too intimidated to tackle the ongoing issue of white potential terrorists / insurgents. While blacks , and others deemed to be militants are routinely confronted by armored personnel , be they government agents , or private paramilitary. But let's see what would happen if people of color were to take a page from the Oathkeepers handbook , and form armed organizations themselves. Judging by what had happened with the old Black Panther Partyhttp://www.theroot.com/…/black_panthers_and_gun_control_the… , I expect that the hypocritical discrepancy would be obvious to see.

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