REAL PROTESTER DANGER
-Jesse Jackson
There's been so much comment by prominent leftists and pundits in the media lately about protests and the dangers of Tea Party rallies that I thought it would be useful to illustrate what a real dangerous rally is like.
Portland, Oregon has recently had several shootings by police officers. It doesn't happen very often, so when it does, it tends to upset the people in Oregon. There were three shootings in a short time period:
Well its not easy being a professional grievance monger. The Black Block organized "anarchy" group joined in, and that's when things went... typical for a leftist rally:
Portland, Oregon has recently had several shootings by police officers. It doesn't happen very often, so when it does, it tends to upset the people in Oregon. There were three shootings in a short time period:
On Jan. 29, Officer Ron Frashour shot and killed an unarmed man, Aaron Campbell, in an apartment building parking lot in a situation that started out as a welfare check.In each case except the last (still pending) the police officer in question was cleared by a grand jury. Protesters disagreed and Jesse Jackson, sensing a chance for some money and television face time, flew in to join the fight. About 200 people marched past the court house chanting carefully prepared slogans and holding pre-printed signs. These people are professionals at this. Jesse Jackson was unable to find anything racist to complain about, so instead he talked about how everyone should give homeless people everything because this is a wealthy country.
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Campbell, 25.
On March 22, Officer Jason Walters shot and killed Jack Dale Collins, a 58-year-old homeless man who reportedly was causing a disturbance in Hoyt Arboretum. The officer said he fired when Collins came at him with a knife and refused to drop the weapon.
Well its not easy being a professional grievance monger. The Black Block organized "anarchy" group joined in, and that's when things went... typical for a leftist rally:
The Portland Police Bureau said the eight people were charged with various crimes, including disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and riot. No details were provided about the officers’ injuries.A cop was hit in the head with a rock. See, that's what a protest that results in violence and danger looks like, people. We used to see this kind of thing pretty much every month when President Bush was in office. Naturally, there's no particular sense of danger being expressed by the media. Those Tea Partiers though, they're sinister and dangerous with how they don't cause any violence, property damage, or trouble. They're too orderly, too willing to hoist a flag of the country they belong to (without burning it), and too willing to urge congress to obey the law. They clearly are up to something. Note: this protest was a fraction of the size of even the first Oregon Tea Party rally, but it got many times the media coverage.
The protest left some damage in its wake, police said, with windows broken at the Bank of America building on Southwest Fifth Avenue.
posted by Christopher Taylor at 11:40 AM
7 Comments:
If the people at the first Tea Party rally would have covered their faces with masks and marched without a permit they would have gotten more press coverage.
Do you really believe that?
Well I was being a little bit, I believe the word is facetious but I do not know if that is spelled right. Though I think that at the had their been real sustained violence at that first Tea Party event at the state capitol. Like flag burning or rock throwing. Yes they would have gotten more press. I do not think the Oregon news media would have missed an opportunity like that.
Seems to me that the CPUSA (Coffee Party USA) got plenty of nationwide media coverage from the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, and so on without violence and rock throwing. Maybe there's something else in play here than spectacle.
I have no doubt if the tea party rallies turned ugly, then the press coverage would be extensive and gleeful - look at how much press invented and fake accusations have generated. But that's different than saying they didn't get ANY coverage because they were uneventful.
"Seems to me that the CPUSA (Coffee Party USA) got plenty of nationwide media coverage from the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, and so on without violence and rock throwing. Maybe there's something else in play here than spectacle."
You said that before about the Coffee Party thing and I have not, other then the two times you mentioned it, seen anything about that. I also read and get email news highlights all of the time. I get far more information about Tea Party events and Tax Day protests then anything about the Coffee Party. I think you are right there is some legacy media bias but I am not seeing it or experiencing it.
It doesn't mean it isn't happening but for whatever reason I am not seeing it.
Well lets put it this way: the day the CPUSA had its first meeting of a few dozen people, the Washington Post, a leading national newspaper, ran a big article on it. They didn't report on tea party rallies AT ALL until the second big national one at Washington DC, almost a year after they started.
I'm used to seeing this kind of thing pretty much every month when President Bush was in office.
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