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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNaperville: Young white girls posting hearts "Black Lives Matter", watch as assholes take them down
Women Rip Down 'Black Lives Matter' Hearts in Chicago Suburb. (Credit: 365 Things to Do in Naperville, Illinois via Storyful)
The footage was streamed on Facebook Live by the community page 365 Things to Do in Naperville, Illinois, run by Ann Marie Holland and Ken Tracy. The couple told Storyful they were sitting on a bench nearby, heard the argument, and began filming.
Alyssa Helm, who identified herself as one of the teenagers in the video, commented on the post on Facebook, saying the confrontation had encouraged her and her friends to put up more of the Black Lives Matter! hearts around the neighborhood.
Im in this video and am very thankful for the nice people who came and helped. Thank you for recording this and letting us have a voice, Helm commented on the livestream.
As protests condemning police brutality continued across the country following the death of George Floyd, who died on May 25 when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyds neck, incidents like the one filmed in the Chicago suburb have emerged on social media.
Video in link:
https://www.fox13news.com/news/video-shows-women-ripping-down-heart-shaped-black-lives-matter-flyers-as-teens-who-posted-them-cry
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Ignorance about anything other than whiteness is humongous...
ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)It's not that people there aren't well off, but they live in houses unnecessarily large & preposterously expensive.
So, they might have 2 $80,000 incomes, but the debt load per capita is unreal, so it's "let's pretend we're rich" territory.
The women in this video are what everyone thinks of Naperville.
Entitled, snobby jerks.
nykym
(3,063 posts)2 people intentionally littering.
Sent it off to the Mayor andChief of police and demand they be ticketed.
Alex4Martinez
(2,192 posts)More like this and we can flatten the curve of hatred.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/539823296922254/
tblue37
(65,218 posts)to tear down the hearts just threw them on the sidewalk and didn't bother to pick them up. Littering is OK, I guess, but not support for equality.
LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)Intimidation to anyone trying to help
Please Naperville, identify the litterers
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I suspect the old fool who yelled at the girls as well as the busybodies who tore the hearts off the plywood won't remain unidentified for long. We'll see which faction more properly represents Naperville.
ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)Many moved to that town from Aurora or Bolingbrook because it was "lighter".
That was during the explosive growth period, so may be moderated some by now, but I doubt by much.
There are good hearted people everywhere. I think in this town, they're outnumbered.
But, nasties do have to worry about getting outed at work for being jerks.
A couple get canned, & the rest might duck for cover.
Won't change their minds. Just shut them up.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Smh.
Alex4Martinez
(2,192 posts)The others, maybe they'll catch something while they protest the tyranny of masks.
Tech
(1,769 posts)the walls, brought families down to teach there kids about what BLM is really about. A few racist entitled jerks, hundreds more cancelling out the hate with love. Sorry, I don't know how to post, not even sure how to on my kindle, but if you Google Naperville BLM it comes right up.