To show you how your race-based ideology doesn’t apply, dullard. https://t.co/pOBIfagrlH
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 2, 2015
Mugshots of all six police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray have been released, at last putting human faces to the people whose alleged brutality led to the riots which shook the foundations of Baltimore and inspired marches of solidarity in cities across the country.
"stop Racist police terror" Kia. pic.twitter.com/D7jQxROuxR
— Baynard Woods (@baynardwoods) May 2, 2015
Surprising many was that three of the six officers, including the only one charged with murder, are black. To mention race or not to mention race?
White racism sure is becoming diverse https://t.co/T5e3r3K5Rg
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/594292594206715905
That sound you hear is the “this was racism” narrative subtly shifting to something else.
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 1, 2015
@PeterAlexander @greta If accurate…perfect! Demonstrates not race related.
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) May 2, 2015
While Joan Walsh, author of “What’s the Matter with White People?” and Salon editor-at-large, might have scolded the Right for seizing on the fact that three of the officers are black, blogger Sooper Mexican noted that Judd Legum, editor of the liberal Talking Points Memo, might urge Fox News to #stayclassy but has demonstrated his own habit of counting colors when it suits the narrative.
Leftwing pendejo says cop's race DOESN'T MATTER… unless they're white!! LOL! pic.twitter.com/LvY2Ail4fW
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) May 2, 2015
As long as the Left isn’t talking about race, we’ll pretend we didn’t see this either.
https://twitter.com/TweetBrettMac/status/594300022545592320
.@joanwalsh @JuddLegum @jtlarsen Who decided there's no debate on this, whitey?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 2, 2015
@joanwalsh @JuddLegum @jtlarsen lol cant it just be 6 bad cops? For fuck's sake
— [omitted] (@ThirstyTortuga) May 2, 2015
Echoing Walsh’s sentiment to a degree is Ferrari Sheppard, who eventually gave up in frustration trying to explain to the “cackling idiots” of Twitter that the mug shots “tell a complex tale of white supremacy.”
https://twitter.com/stopbeingfamous/status/594290317689540608
https://twitter.com/stopbeingfamous/status/594290921262424064
https://twitter.com/stopbeingfamous/status/594293869463871488
https://twitter.com/stopbeingfamous/status/594294547741564928
https://twitter.com/stopbeingfamous/status/594295142162501632
Deray Mckesson, a mainstay of the Ferguson, Mo., protests who last night shared a photo of a Baltimore curfew pass (which one follower renamed “slave freedom travel papers”), tweeted this photo — and as Roots drummer Questlove made clear, “thug” is clearly racist code.
Thugs. The 6 @BaltimorePolice Who Killed #FreddieGray. pic.twitter.com/rif8cmHh4A
— deray (@deray) May 2, 2015
Though thug is allowed, it seems Mckesson isn’t a fan of the words “allegedly” or “are accused of” or “are charged with.”
St. Louis Alderman Antonio French, also a mainstay of the Ferguson protests, explained that the root of the problem is systems of racism, presumably in which non-racist people are caught up.
Of course black people can be racist. Black people can even be racist against black people. (Did that just blow your mind? It shouldn't.)
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) May 1, 2015
No worries; it didn’t.
In systems of racism the players can come in many different colors but the system is just as racist. We have to focus on fixing the systems.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) May 1, 2015
Here’s a closing thought.
@PeterAlexander @greta I pray for every single one.
— Sherry Swain (@SherrySwain) May 1, 2015
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