90 Miles From Tyranny : CNN Guest: Not Wanting To Be Raped And Robbed Is White Privilege

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

CNN Guest: Not Wanting To Be Raped And Robbed Is White Privilege





Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said Americans ought to check their privilege when they voice concerns over the inevitable anarchy that comes from the removal of community law enforcement.

“Do you understand that the word dismantle our police free also makes some people nervous? For instance, what if in the middle of the night my home is broken into? Who do I call?” CNN’s Alisyn Camerota asked Bender on CNN Monday.

“Yes, I mean I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors – and myself, too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege, for those of us for whom the system is working,” Bender said. “I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality.”




Last week, Americans already bore witness to that reality when minority neighborhoods lived through rioters burning down businesses in a fit of rage following the death of George Floyd in police custody.

looks like a war zone.

What about the black people who have no grocery store now?

No pharmacy. No gym. No restaurants. Nothing. Everything is burned to the ground.

Don’t those black lives matter, too?

Now they’re destroyed.

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Still, the Minneapolis City Council announced Sunday it had a veto-proof majority to disband the city’s police force protecting nearly half a million people. Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared his opposition to...





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1 comment:

Pappy said...

No grocery, no pharmacy, no restaurants...Seems as though they should have thought about that before they looted, burned, and trashed them all beyond repair. If you were one of the store owners, would you re-open there..??