As we reported last night, the Chicago Police Department is questioning four suspects after a highly disturbing live video streamed on the Internet showed a man being beaten and tortured to shouts of “f**k white people” and “f**k Donald Trump.”
Though the authorities are still gathering all the facts, Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson has already helped the police by ruling something out:
It goes without saying that the actions being branded by the far-right as the "BLM Kidnapping" have nothing to do w/ the movement.
— deray (@deray) January 5, 2017
Well, that portion of the investigation can be called off then. Or maybe not.
Also, apparently violent and dangerous rhetoric is only to blame for violence when it's the right that's doing it. https://t.co/0rUvQ7Hl4s
— Purpletail (@purpletailed) January 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/HMachaggis/status/816992410433712128
But some who replied to McKesson blamed the Right (predictably) for how this story has played out:
https://twitter.com/_omgitsemely/status/817015505194221568
Of course. They are displaying the racism they always deny. https://t.co/44yDZcxw0P
— Bruce P. Knight (@brucepknight) January 5, 2017
People love to hurt the movement any way they can. They add "BLM" to any crime done by a black person. https://t.co/BW6uuJwtYZ
— The Boomer Tamer LLC (@MCVile) January 5, 2017
we all need to move away from the term "far-right" & call them what they truly are. Racists, white supremacists, neo-nazis.
— Jordan?☃️ (@LegitimateGeek) January 5, 2017
Yes but it's the far right. They're not going on facts just racism.
— Olivia Nope ?️? (@adastralplains) January 5, 2017
Duh. As usual Black folks can't get the benefit of the doubt… https://t.co/HQompiwVVX
— WoodlawnWonder (@WoodlawnWonder) January 5, 2017
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