richmond police arrested 23 people. that picture seems to, for reasons one can only guess at, show only 11 people.
can you post a picture of the other 12?
alasdair
can you post a picture of the other 12?
alasdair
Not unexpected.Black lives matter. Children's lives? Not so much...
Rioters Set Fire to Building With a Child Inside, Blocked Fire Truck From Puttin Out the Fire
State Cortney O'Brien Jun 2, 2020 | 4:59PM Washington, DC
The riots in response to the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd don’t seem to be diminishing. In fact, they’re getting more dangerous and deadly in certain parts of the country. Two people were killed at a Davenport, Iowa protest Monday night. That same evening in Buffalo, three police officers were run over by a perpetrator in an SUV.
These scenes have been hard to witness. But I have to mention one more in Richmond, VA, where a group of agitators set fire to an occupied building on Monday. And then blocked a fire crew from getting inside the building to rescue a child inside. Richmond Police Chief Will Smith got choked up sharing the story during a press conference.
“We had to force our way to make a clear path for the fire department,” Smith recalled. “Protestors intercepted that fire apparatus several blocks away with vehicles and blocked that fire department’s access to the structure fire. Inside that home was a child.”
That’s when Smith broke down in tears and tried to collect himself.
“Officers were able to help those people out of the house,” he continued. “We were able to get the fire department there safely.”
He apologized, took a sip of water, and continued once more.
”When you take a legitimate issue and hijack it for unknown reasons, that is unacceptable to me. It’s unacceptable to the Richmond Police Department and unacceptable to the City of Richmond.”
Mayor Levar Stoney expressed similar sentiments, with similar emotion.
“When you block law enforcement from allowing fire services to get to a home that has caught on fire,” Stoney said. “You are not inspiring change. When you knock out windows of businesses that had nothing to do with this, you are not inspiring change. That’s an insult to the cause.”
Can someone tell me how trapping a child inside a burning building brings justice for George Floyd?
LifeNews Note: Cortney O’Brien is a Townhall web editor, where this was originally published.
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Martinez has publicly denounced the demands on Facebook, calling them "mafia tactics" used to intimidate business owners. And on Thursday, a small group of protesters confronted him outside his newest restaurant, La Bodeguita de Mima, on East Market Street.
"There comes a time in life that you have to make a stand and you have to really prove your convictions and what you believe in," Martinez wrote in his Facebook post. "... All good people need to denounce this. How can you justified (sic) injustice with more injustice?"
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According to a press release, members of the city's Cuban community will meet outside the NuLu restaurant at 4 p.m. Sunday to support the immigrant-owned business, which "has been subject to vandalism and extortion in recent days."
The release states that La Bodeguita de Mima was forced to close July 24 during a demonstration that shut down East Market Street, at which several protesters presented Martinez with the list of demands and said he "better put the letter on the door so your business is not f*cked with."
The restaurant remained closed the next two days because "management and staff were concerned about safety," according to the release. "30+ staff members (mostly immigrants) were unable to earn a paycheck."
On Thursday, a small group of protesters returned to the restaurant after seeing Martinez's post about the demands on Facebook. While there, one protester smashed a flower pot outside the business, while the rest spoke with Martinez and other employees about why the demands are needed.
The demands and an attached contract, which were created by local organizers and activists, ask NuLu business owners to:
At the root of the protesters' demands is the request that business owners acknowledge the harm brought on Black residents when they were displaced from NuLu and the adjoining Phoenix Hill neighborhood during the demolition of the Clarksdale housing project in the early 2000s.
- Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
- Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
- Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
- And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
The 65-year-old complex, which abutted NuLu on Jefferson Street, was torn down in 2004 and replaced with mixed-income housing that became known as Liberty Green.
According to a 2009 Courier Journal article, just 41 of the roughly 635 families who'd been displaced at Clarksdale returned to the new development.
"NuLu is flourishing," Crittenden said. "To see that literal line in the sand, as soon as you cross the street, it's very disturbing. NuLu doesn't reflect the community they sit in and claim to incorporate and serve."
Cuban community plans rally at NuLu restaurant in response to Black Lives Matter demands
At least almost peaceful? Still, to threaten businesses this way? This is not how any society should operate, IMO.
I can kinda see the person behind it picking up upon the fact low income housing was replaced with mixed-income housing circa 2000. I get her angle that only 41/635 families were able to return. But she seems to be angry the change is 'flourishing' and doing well.
NOTE: I was curious why they asked for 23% staffing and inventory, it's because that IS the black population percentage in Louisville in 2019
Louisville Demographics
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Louisville was:
- White: 69.94%
- Black or African American: 23.46%
- Two or more races: 2.73%
- Asian: 2.69%
- Other race: 0.94%
- Native American: 0.18%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.05%
Starting to become convinced that this is the only way to deal with these idiots...
"The unnecessary and sometimes excessive use of force by police against protesters exhibits the very systemic racism and impunity they had taken to the streets to protest," said Ernest
Coverson, Amnesty International USA's End Gun Violence Campaign Manager. "The research shows that people who were simply exercising their human right to peacefully protest were met with such violence that they lost eyesight, survived brutal beatings, and suffered seizures and severe wounds."