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Racists vowing to stop supporting teams whose players support #ICantBreathe movement?
You're running out of teams.
4:20 PM - 8 Dec 2014 306 Retweets 154 favorites
Michael Skolnik ✔ @MichaelSkolnik
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Respect to Jay Z and the Brooklyn Nets for supporting the movement!!
#ICantBreathe #EricGarner
2:51 PM - 8 Dec 2014 3,349 Retweets 1,983 favorites
Jason Gay ✔ @jasonWSJ
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LeBron James, Brooklyn, NY, USA, Dec. 8, 2014.
2:22 PM - 8 Dec 2014
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Derrick Rose discusses decision to wear 'I Can't Breathe' shirt
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"I'm a parent now," Rose said. "I had a kid two years ago. It probably would have been different . I probably wouldn't have worn the shirt. But now that I'm a dad, it's just changed my outlook on life, period.
"I don't want my son growing up being scared of the police or having the thought that something like that could happen. I have a cousin, that easily could have been him (that was killed), or that easily could have been one of our relatives. It's sad that people lost their lives over that."
MOre..
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Cha
(297,029 posts)Roberto Blizzard @VeganYogaDude
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RT@Bipartisanism: Hawaii says 'Aloha' #America &is shuttingdownstreets4 #EricGarner
#BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe
5:58 PM - 8 Dec 2014
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[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And I'm not even much of a sports fan, except for "supporting the home team."
K&R!
Cha
(297,029 posts)I am so proud of them.. Stepping right up for Justice.. may this be just the beginning.
Mahalo~
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]More importantly, these athletes are heroes to a lot of young people, who emulate them. I'm so proud and grateful that they're standing strong against injustice and violence.
Cha
(297,029 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And our young people. (See edited post above after you responded.)
Cha
(297,029 posts)Mahalo silverweb
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Won't be long until Adidas picks up the slogan but that's not necessarily a bad thing!
Cha
(297,029 posts)in Hawaii, too, ucr~
Roberto Blizzard @VeganYogaDude
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RT@Bipartisanism: Hawaii says 'Aloha' #America &is shuttingdownstreets4 #EricGarner
#BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe
5:58 PM - 8 Dec 2014
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Yeah, you never know what's next.. may it keep going and spreading the force for Justice.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)there's always hockey and soccer.
Oh wait--those sports are for Canadians and other non-Amurrikans and furrners.
Cha
(297,029 posts)Caucasian bros standing up too.. that'd be great!
Thank you
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Is an ugly arthlete not allowed to psrticipate?
Cha
(297,029 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Is an ugly athlete allowed to participate? Why is beauty even a part of this thread?
Cha
(297,029 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)It's a serious question.
Cha
(297,029 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)It's everywhere and they can't stop it.
Cha
(297,029 posts)sheshe2
(83,710 posts)I had to log back in, I got cut off.
I can't breathe~
So many tears Cha.
I gotta go.
Cha
(297,029 posts)Cares, too!
Roberto Blizzard @VeganYogaDude
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RT@Bipartisanism: Hawaii says 'Aloha' #America &is shuttingdownstreets4 #EricGarner
#BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe
5:58 PM - 8 Dec 2014
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G'Night
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)people standing proudly in their truth - speaking from their hearts.
mahalo, cha
Cha
(297,029 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)hopefully soon America will run out of racists
I have a dream!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)play out..
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Cha
(297,029 posts)Yes, I'm a white dude.
Cha
(297,029 posts)having nothing better to do in his life.
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)So we have to wait a few years then ?
Good day, sir. We have nothing more to discuss.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)rurallib
(62,401 posts)if athletes of all colors and backgrounds stood in solidarity!
Vattel
(9,289 posts)(and I would be rich too!)
malaise
(268,845 posts)It is historical and significant.
Nice to see Jay Z in the middle of it. Time for the rest of musicians to wake up.
Judi Lynn
(160,508 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)VANITY FAIR Heavy check mark @VanityFair
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen hire food trucks to feed hungry protestors in New York. http://vnty.fr/1yYCq7G
12:30 PM - 7 Dec 2014 4,303 Retweets 4,708 favorites
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Again. John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen provided huge dinners for thousands of protestors in NYC & Ferguson. I have so much respect for that!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/12/07/the-president-delivers-remarks-at-the-kennedy-center-honors-reception/
malaise
(268,845 posts)I'm really lovin' this moment.
Cha
(297,029 posts)VANITY FAIR Heavy check mark @VanityFair
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen hire food trucks to feed hungry protestors in New York. http://vnty.fr/1yYCq7G
12:30 PM - 7 Dec 2014 4,303 Retweets 4,708 favorites
Ashley Reynolds @Ashley_Reynolds Follow
Again. John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen provided huge dinners for thousands of protestors in NYC & Ferguson. I have so much respect for that!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/12/07/the-37th-annual-kennedy-center-honors/
Mahalo malaise
malaise
(268,845 posts)Bravo John and Chrissy
Cha
(297,029 posts)#ICantBreathe I think.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)I am glad he is adding his voice here, and the athletes as well.
An old friend on FB has surprised me with his comments on this. He said he won't watch the Rams. Too bad for him. He missed two games in a row where the other team didn't score at all. I don't follow football, but my husband said that is pretty rare.
I hope everyone in the public eye keeps this going. It is great to see the racists come out of the wood work and squirm! They have been dragging this country down for ages, and it's time for them to stop.
Cha
(297,029 posts)the racists hurting themselves and others because of their ignorance. We've had a couple of sick ones on tonight coming out of that woodwork.. wanting to flame out.. and they did.
These athletes and musicians standing up for Justice are so good for the younger generation who look up to them.. for all of us. So proud of them. I can imagine how their Mamas and Daddies feel.
Blue_Adept
(6,397 posts)and all these racists see are thugs. They put their blinders on for the sport, but heaven forbid any of them have lives and experiences that reflect what practically all African Americans go through.
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malaise
(268,845 posts)TBF
(32,029 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)Gemini Cat
(2,820 posts)A big K&R!
Thanks for posting this!
Cha
(297,029 posts)Spazito
(50,232 posts)this is a movement not merely a statement!
Cha
(297,029 posts)are feeling the injustice so strongly. These Black Athletes are people that kids look up to and to have them come out on the forefront of this is so important.
Spazito
(50,232 posts)all ages, all races, males and females united in the fight for justice!
Cha
(297,029 posts)Canadian Broadcasting
Here's from Hawaii..
Roberto Blizzard @VeganYogaDude
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#BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe
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Spazito
(50,232 posts)I watch CBC during the day and MSNBC in the evening, both have done some great coverage, imo. Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell have made it a point to do some coverage on the ongoing protests.
On CBC, they showed a young black woman standing in front of a line of NYPD and she was giving them a lecture, she was amazing. She laid it all out, how it is hard to trust police, how now she would think twice when she was in jeopardy whether to call them or not. She then went on to say she didn't think they were all racists or killers but she thought they were cowards because they don't speak out against the racists in their midst. It really was an astounding, wonderful moment and the crowd behind her loved it.
Edited to add link showing the amazing young woman:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nyc-protester-donysha-smith-calls-on-nypd-officers-to-speak-out-against-violence-1.2863701
Cha
(297,029 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)This improves my attitude a lot.
Cha
(297,029 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,697 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,401 posts)want to eliminate voter suppression and the rollback of civil rights in America's South?
Figure out a way to have the top 100 HIGH SCHOOL athletes in football and basketball each year sign a pledge that will not accept a scholarship from a school residing in a state that practices obvious voter suppression/civil rights abuses - I 100% GUARANTEE that states like Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, etc. - will immediately reverse their horrid practices because the fervor with which they support and follow their college teams is something that is of tantamount importance to them.
Cha
(297,029 posts)K&R for the night shift
Cha
(297,029 posts)Mahalo
mcar
(42,287 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)Mahalo!
mountain grammy
(26,606 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Chicago holds its mayoral elections in April. One year, Harold Washington was bidding to become the Windy City's first African American mayor, in the face of massive white defection to repuke Bernie Epton. (Normally, Chi-town is as Blue as they come.)
So opening day at the old Comiskey Park rolls around, and the White Sox come to bat in the bottom of their first, with Harold Baines leading off. The crowd, as was their custom, started chanting "Ha-rold! Ha-rold!"
Then a hush fell over the crowd. They came back a few seconds later with "Ber-nie! Ber-nie!"
Washington eventually won.
Cha
(297,029 posts)Good for Harold Washington Winning!
Stellar
(5,644 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)night, Stellar.. they got promptly Zapped.
From your link.. Thank you!
"Yet, on sports talk radio all across the country, you'd think Lebron did so much more than this. White fans in droves are calling in with outrage and frustration that Lebron, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, and others are "ruining the experience," "abusing the privilege of being the NBA," "making sports political," and serving as a "distraction from what sports is really all about." If Lebron's T-shirt bothers you that much, you are probably a racist."
Mahalo Stellar
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La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)whole different ball game
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)thanks for posting
Cha
(297,029 posts)sheshe2
(83,710 posts)Kicking for your great Op Cha.
Brava~
Cha
(297,029 posts)http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/kobe-bryant-lakers-i-cant-breathe-shirts-kings
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)nice support.
Cha
(297,029 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)flamingdem
(39,312 posts)Cha
(297,029 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Dr. Xavier
(278 posts)Once you look at that photo look at this URL: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/two-sfpd-officers-still-under-investigation-in-police-shooting-awarded-medals-of-valor/Content?oid=2913666
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Two SFPD officers still under investigation in police shooting awarded Medals of Valor
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COURTESY PHOTO Freddy Martinez was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by an officer for brandishing
what looked like a gun. The alleged weapon was a toy gun. The two officers involved in the incident were recently awarded a Silver Medal of Valor by the Police Department despite two investigations into the incident that are still open.
Two SFPD officers still under investigation in police shooting award...
In the early-morning hours of April 7, 2013, there was a fracas between two groups of men on Valencia Street a block away from the Mission Police Station.
The first officers on the scene -- Ryan Daugherty and officer-in-training Valerie Durkin -- encountered a man waving what looked like a pistol in front of the Good Vibrations sex shop. When Freddy Martinez refused to put down the weapon and waved it in the direction of the officers, Daugherty fired his weapon, wounding Martinez and a bystander, police reported.
Some 19 months after the incident, the Police Department on Nov. 12 honored both officers with Silver Medals of Valor for their actions in the incident.
However, the honors came while two investigations into the incident remain open.
The move, some say, puts a cloud over the medal recipients and creates the image in the public eye that the investigations following an officer-involved shooting don't really matter.
"It's especially appalling when the investigations have not been completed," said Xavier Baeza, Martinez's attorney, who argues that the police version of events diverges with that of some witnesses. Martinez, who was left paralyzed from the waist down, is suing The City in federal court for alleged civil-rights violations.
The investigations into the shooting remain open with several agencies.
As part of an ongoing series looking into police-involved shootings, The San Francisco Examiner analyzed all such recorded incidents since 2000 to gain an understanding of when and why police use lethal force.
Separate investigations by the District Attorney's Office and the Police Department's Internal Affairs Unit are ongoing.
The internal affairs probe, which acts as the administrative investigation for the Police Department, needs to be complete for police to rule on whether the shooting was in policy. That action is pending.
The District Attorney's Office investigation looks into whether there was criminal wrongdoing, which could lead to charges. It, too, remains open.
A third body that looks into such matters, the Office of Citizen Complaints, which was asked before a vote about the medals about any open matters pertaining to the case, said no investigation or complaint related to the 2013 incident is open now or was at the time of the awards approval.
While a Police Department spokesman said the administrative process is all but complete pending the district attorney's letter, which could take years due to a backlog for such documents, a final administrative ruling on the incident has yet to be made.
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Meanwhile, the District Attorney's Office said completion of its investigation rests on more than formalities. And internal affairs' own Aug. 13 report to the Police Commission lists the Martinez shooting as an open case.
The Police Department's official explanation does not sit well with Baeza.
Honoring the two police officers while investigations are open could impact his client's lawsuit against The City, Baeza said. A trial is scheduled for March.
"I think it's pathetic -- that it's an attempt to honor two officers whose actions were not up to the standards of an objective, reasonable police officer," Baeza said.
The Police Commission makes final approvals for the department's highest honors, and it is supposed to be informed when a nominee is under investigation, Commissioner Petra DeJesus said.
When the commission voted to approve the honors in August, DeJesus and her colleagues were told by then-President Thomas Mazzucco and Inspector John Monroe, the commission's clerk, that no investigations were open.
But those statements were false, as the commission knew the status of the investigations when it voted. Commissioners had a report by internal affairs from Aug. 13 on all open cases, including the Martinez incident.
DeJesus said a policy for such matters should be adopted so everyone can make "informed decisions."
Mazzucco has argued in the past that officers should not have to wait for honors on the DA, whose investigations can take years even when the department has completed its inquiry.
The commission does not have a rule baring approving medals for officers involved in incidents still under investigation, but DeJesus said at the August meeting that the commission should discuss creating such a rule.
"We have a commitment to ensure our process is comprehensive and thorough," current Police Commission President Suzy Loftus said. "We are always open to improvements and will review the standing procedures," she added in a statement, which did not speak to whether the commission plans on looking into changing the status quo.
This is not the first time officers were awarded medals under such circumstances, or the first time the commission seemingly failed to check on such matters.
In 2013, Officer Mary Godfrey was given a Silver Medal of Valor for a 2012 incident. At the time, Mazzucco said Godfrey had been vetted by the OCC and Police Department and had no issue with moving forward with approving her honor.
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Former Commissioner Angela Chan was the only commissioner who voted against the approval.
In 2000, the commission held off on awarding medals for two officers involved in a 1998 shooting incident that ended in the death of ad executive John Smart.
While the District Attorney's Office and internal affairs investigations were complete, the OCC's was not. After discovering the oversight, the medals, which had already been approved, were put on hold by Dennis Herrera, who was commission president at the time and is now the city attorney.
Herrera's office did not return a request for comment.
After the issue arose, then-Police Chief Fred Lau told The Examiner that the department's medal committee would start checking with all the relevant agencies before putting forward nominees.
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They are a valid response to police brutality The violence takes away from the message There should be no protest, cops are just doing their jobs They help bring attention to the issue of race in America
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How do you feel about the protests erupting over the two cases of black men killed by police?
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Let me know what you think? I'll let you know how you can help.
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Cha
(297,029 posts)have the time, Dr Xavier.. Mahalo
certainot
(9,090 posts)between 25 and 40% of all 1200 or so republican talk radio stations depend heavily on broadcasting sports for community cred and ad dollars. republican radio as a whole probably couldn't survive without it.
many pro and college teams are being used to sell excuses for the racism and make it more acceptable, and have been for decades, by the radio stations that rent their team logos. more than a few cops probably listen to republican talk radio. in places like mizzou it's the only free source for news weather sports traffic, and politics.
those republican radio stations have all been making excuses for police brutality and murderous cops, and many of them have been using racism for 25 years to divide the country and sell koch bros/ALEC style voter suppression. fox is small potatoes compares with talk radio.
the athletes can't do much about that but our communities can. i love seeing protests and expressions like that and shutting down highways, but maybe protestors can also include some radio stations and the universities that support them.
Cha
(297,029 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)These players are worshipped by so many, especially the young. It's important that they speak up against injustices. Sports has always been an important part of the fight for civil rights. To take the opportunity to become a hero to so many, comes with the responsibility to act like one in all arenas. These guys are doing that.
Thanks again, Cha.