It’s very sad that this march is STILL ONGOING after all these years. I personally know of marches that have been happening since Martin Luther King… and STILL there is institutional racism. STILL people of color have incomes significantly less than other people. STILL there are gangs of cops murdering people.
March on, but do more than march. VOTE. Vote for your local government: The ones who hire the cops. Vote for your state government: The ones who control how voting is done. Vote for your federal government too. And for GOD SAKE:
Someday will they rename the bridge…. wait for it ….. The George Floyd Bridge ? Only then will the South start to “Rise Again” and all people are judged equal.
The way to solve the looting, rioting problem is to figure out that the rioting is NOT the problem, it is the reaction to the problem. The police have always been the community paid employees of the respectable members of society. Respectability was largely determined by how much money a person had. The son of the owner of the local factory could get away with just about anything. The girl he raped was probably asking for it. The speed limit- oh well, boys will be boys, the fight obviously was the other guy’s fault.The police have accepted their role as the newer version of the castle guard. It isn’t only Black people who have been treated like the enemy of the respectable people, it’s anyone who isn’t considered part of the upper class. There has never been justice in this country. Not that this is confined to this country, it’s worldwide. Some people have always been more equal than others.
brwydave Premium Member about 4 years ago
There is always another bridge to cross, but none of them is a bridge too far. Keep on marching.
lopaka about 4 years ago
March 7 1965 Selma, Ala. Brutality then, brutality now.
superposition about 4 years ago
And we still need to march across that bridge.
https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/edmund-pettus-bridge/
lenasquest Premium Member about 4 years ago
Just remember, in fairy tales, trolls live under all of them.
ferddo about 4 years ago
Do you ever feel that, despite that you keep marching, you don’t get anywhere?
david_42 about 4 years ago
People who have god on their side never lose a war; no matter how many battles they lose there’s always another generation.
Concretionist about 4 years ago
It’s very sad that this march is STILL ONGOING after all these years. I personally know of marches that have been happening since Martin Luther King… and STILL there is institutional racism. STILL people of color have incomes significantly less than other people. STILL there are gangs of cops murdering people.
March on, but do more than march. VOTE. Vote for your local government: The ones who hire the cops. Vote for your state government: The ones who control how voting is done. Vote for your federal government too. And for GOD SAKE:
VOTE THE BASTARDS OUT !!
The Love of Money is . . . about 4 years ago
Someday will they rename the bridge…. wait for it ….. The George Floyd Bridge ? Only then will the South start to “Rise Again” and all people are judged equal.
Dtroutma about 4 years ago
Bonespurs is calling for more dogs.
Diane Lee Premium Member about 4 years ago
The way to solve the looting, rioting problem is to figure out that the rioting is NOT the problem, it is the reaction to the problem. The police have always been the community paid employees of the respectable members of society. Respectability was largely determined by how much money a person had. The son of the owner of the local factory could get away with just about anything. The girl he raped was probably asking for it. The speed limit- oh well, boys will be boys, the fight obviously was the other guy’s fault.The police have accepted their role as the newer version of the castle guard. It isn’t only Black people who have been treated like the enemy of the respectable people, it’s anyone who isn’t considered part of the upper class. There has never been justice in this country. Not that this is confined to this country, it’s worldwide. Some people have always been more equal than others.
stick&rudder about 4 years ago
No one has been marching on that bridge for the past 30 years.Thank-you Matt for pointing that out…