Who saw MHP this morning? Heartbreaking!

[nolabear]

Elon James White tried to report on the experience of being tear gassed in neighborhoods and the terror of the people around him. He literally burst into tears and couldn't go on. As the show went on both Melissa and other panel members struggled not to cry as they talked about the fear people have felt, the trauma they, adults, children, old people, families have been through. I was crying like a baby before it was over, wanting to tell every one of them how so, so sorry I am for the lives they've had to lead.

[daleanime]

1. Missed it, need to see it...

off to find it.

[bigtree]

2. he's a true patriot, nolabear

Elon James White ?@elonjames ·
Listening to residents "In the 60's they sent the National Guard to protect US. Now they send them to protect the cops." #Ferguson


Elon James White ??@elonjames
That shit just broke my heart.


Elon James White ?@elonjames 16m
I will broadcast from #Ferguson as long as I can if it's needed. These organizers are amazing & need to be heard. Justice needs to be served





thanks for the heads up on the interview . .

[nolabear]

3. His eyes were just haunted. I wept for him. For everyone.

The thing is, this hurts EVERYONE. If we can't see one another as people and deserving of care and comfort and the ability to talk to one another, even at full volume and with a lot of anger, we have no choice but to subvert the rage into something harmful. It's PTSD 101, dammit.

[bigtree]

5. it's breaking me down right now

. . . but I will not be broken. I will not.

[nolabear]

6. Stay strong. You're not alone.

I mean it. There are many of us, and though we might be down for now. I don't mean disrespect by using an iconic phrase from the African American community, but we shall overcome. All of us who care. We can be bent but we won't be broken. There are too many of us. I do believe that.

[nolabear]

7. You're welcome. He's doing what courageous people do. Find the pain and lean in.

I appreciate that tremendously.

[hlthe2b]

4. Sadly, those for whom this lesson is LEAST "needed" will feel it "to the core"...

those who NEED it MOST, will either not see it, or be unmoved...

I don't know how to get through to that segment of our society. The older I get, the more painful is that reality..

[RandiFan1290]

8. Here is the video of the woman and her kids in Texas

Wrong make and color of car but still pulled out at gunpoint

[nolabear]

10. Incredibly sad and terrifying. I can't imagine my sons going through that!

That baby will remember that always, and be shaped by it.

[riversedge]

12. heartbreaking

[procon]

9. Her show was very good today

I was horrified when she ran that video showing a cop ordering that scared little boy to get out of his mom's car at gunpoint, and then saying, "guns down", after the fact.

[nolabear]

11. I know. See above. Poor little kid.

That shit CHANGES you.

[bigtree]

13. from an article from Vice News' Alice Speri

The Protests May Be Winding Down, But Ferguson's Fight Is Not Over


"I have a problem with the police chief saying that this department is not racist. If you have to declare you're not racist…" Ferguson resident Pamela Merri-Weather told VICE News, referring to the Ferguson police department.

"I watch it every day, I see it all the time," she added. "They do more traffic stops than they do walking the beat. They can pull you up for a traffic stop, but you need to be in the neighborhood with people, walking about. People are more afraid to drive down the street than to walk down the street."

[barbtries]

14. i watch her online so haven't had a chance yet.

i just finished watching all of yesterday though and it was very good.

[kentuck]

15. Yep.

It was very sad.

[bigtree]

16. msnbc video, nolabear

Melissa Harris-Perry 08/24/14

The effects of tear gas
Elon James White, CEO of This Week in Blackness, describes his harrowing experience of getting tear-gassed in Ferguson, Missouri.

http://t.co/4rZRcu6rgd