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Alex4Martinez

(2,192 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:44 PM Jun 2020

Naperville: Young white girls posting hearts "Black Lives Matter", watch as assholes take them down

Video shows women ripping down heart-shaped ‘Black Lives Matter’ flyers as teens who posted them cry



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.

“I’m 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 Floyd’s 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
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Naperville: Young white girls posting hearts "Black Lives Matter", watch as assholes take them down (Original Post) Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 OP
Naperville is a rich white supremacy community in Illinois... pbmus Jun 2020 #1
A Privileged Faux Affluent Community ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #2
Well they do have footage. of nykym Jun 2020 #3
Credit to the effort, "Hearts for Peace", the young ladies are part of this effort. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #4
Notice that the dark haired woman who jumped out of her car in the middle of traffic tblue37 Jun 2020 #5
Yes littering and bullying children. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #6
I strongly suspect gratuitous Jun 2020 #7
I Fear The Former ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #11
Illinois. Tipperary Jun 2020 #8
In fairness, the young ladies posting the BLM represent Illinois and all it can become. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #13
I looked up the thread and the next couple of days tons of people added hearts to Tech Jun 2020 #9
good to know Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #10
good Skittles Jun 2020 #12
Illinois Karens. I hate Illinois Karens! SaintLouisBlues Jun 2020 #14
+1 Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2020 #15

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
1. Naperville is a rich white supremacy community in Illinois...
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:49 PM
Jun 2020

Ignorance about anything other than whiteness is humongous...

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)
2. A Privileged Faux Affluent Community
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:50 PM
Jun 2020

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)
3. Well they do have footage. of
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:51 PM
Jun 2020

2 people intentionally littering.
Sent it off to the Mayor andChief of police and demand they be ticketed.

tblue37

(65,218 posts)
5. Notice that the dark haired woman who jumped out of her car in the middle of traffic
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:55 PM
Jun 2020

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)
6. Yes littering and bullying children.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:00 PM
Jun 2020

Intimidation to anyone trying to help

Please Naperville, identify the litterers

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. I strongly suspect
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:02 PM
Jun 2020

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)
11. I Fear The Former
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:30 PM
Jun 2020

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.

Alex4Martinez

(2,192 posts)
13. In fairness, the young ladies posting the BLM represent Illinois and all it can become.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:35 PM
Jun 2020

The others, maybe they'll catch something while they protest the tyranny of masks.

Tech

(1,769 posts)
9. I looked up the thread and the next couple of days tons of people added hearts to
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:13 PM
Jun 2020

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.

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