Black lives do matter, and Judge James Robart spoke it in court. However, some police officers want his job for it.
Here’s a taste of American hypocrisy. College rape suspects are okay, but when a judge admits that black lives do matter, he “should be impeached”?
‘Black Lives Matter’ — May the Court Gasp
United States District Judge James Robart , in Seattle, voiced his thoughts toward the end of a police reform hearing.
According to Seattle Times , the hearing covered sensitive topics such as excessive force and biased policing.
So, by the end, Judge James Robart was a bit emotional concerning the blatant disregard for black lives during apprehension and police situations.
Simply put, Judge Robart said aloud, “Black lives matter,” elaborating further regarding the aforementioned issues.
Watch federal judge James Robart’s #BlackLivesMatter declaration, plus his challenge to Seattle’s police union. pic.twitter.com/UDgQl2XCiu
— Ansel Herz (@Ansel) August 23, 2016
Consequently, you could hear the courtroom go into gasps as if Robart had cursed God’s name or something.
https://t.co/WTvJR0T2Kz Even our courts are corrupt. Judge Robart should be impeached for his judicial activism in using propaganda to rule.
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) August 18, 2016
Robart notes that 41 percent of these police shootings involve black lives, even though they make up 20 percent of Seattle’s population.
And, it’s definitely not because black lives are more violent.
The Inquisitr reported the differences in the recent apprehensions of Paul O’Neal (black) and Cody Gallamore (white), as example, for the same situation.
Have Black Lives Mattered?
America would probably be more comfortable actually cursing God’s name than accepting the real meaning behind the phrase “black lives matter.”
Why?
Acknowledging “black lives matter” for its real essence would mean that America mandates a long, honest look into this country’s history — confronting past to present all the years that black lives had not mattered to most white Americans, the fabric of the judicial system, or prison industrial complex.
So, instead of acknowledging the message, America flips it and slaps a label on it.
In 1970, what was the most dangerous internal threat to the US? From “The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, 2011 pic.twitter.com/FsU3tAkr
— Ramekon Sculptor (@RAMEKON) August 20, 2012
‘Just a Bunch of Terrorists’
If you’re black in America , most of the country pretends like it doesn’t realize what “black lives matter” means.
Rather, many U.S. citizens affiliate it as a domestic terrorist organization — which is utterly insulting to the black community and all civil rights efforts.
This can be seen by this nonsensical petition via We The People .
While, ironically, a “white lives matter” voice starts, and no one thinks it’s affiliated with a terrorist group — even though its headlined by the same people who endorse white supremacy.
That’s the difference.
Black power demonstration,Lancaster Road, London in 1970. There were 150 marchers accompanied by 200 police officers pic.twitter.com/Te7yJav1Ve
— Museum Facts (@museum_facts) March 27, 2016
“Black power” has never meant the same as “white power.”
https://twitter.com/Tightrope_1/status/765255768786472960
“Black lives matter” doesn’t mean the same as “white lives matter.”
https://twitter.com/thecultureproof/status/765473490354921472
The Confederate flag is a symbol of the idealism the South stood for in the Civil War — which was what? You can answer that one.
The reality is, ‘White Lives Matter’ doesn’t matter. Here’s why: https://t.co/elDeb76kOt pic.twitter.com/sHCNKorS7J
— The Root (@TheRoot) August 23, 2016
Neither of these black movements instigate “supremacy.” It’s always been equality. Equity.
But, the former of the white movements is well-known as a supremacy movement. And, admit it or not, the latter is headed by the same individuals.
Just like the Civil Rights Movement has morphed into “Black Lives Matter,” it seems that the white supremacy movement is morphing into “White Lives Matter.”
So, if you understand the Civil Rights Movement and know that it wasn’t about terrorism or superiority, what’s so hard to understand about it now?
@zesty_NY Black Lives Matter activist arrested at protest against U.S. police… https://t.co/XJ6CAR9vnh via thestar pic.twitter.com/wGG852EFVi
— Primal Digest (@Primal_Digest) July 13, 2016
Looks familiar, right?
Likewise, if you understand the white supremacy movement and know that it was/is about terrorism and superiority, why do your ignore its new name?
Police at KKK/white power rally vs police at black lives matter rally pic.twitter.com/qE7NSCtTBn
— Hibachi Papi (@MrTweetYoGirl) July 20, 2016
Did you know that white Americans, during the civil rights movement, also thought it was a domestic terrorist coup? According to Daily KOS and the U.S. Embassy , many white Americans reacted the same as several are presently responding to “Black Lives Matter.”
See, if you don’t know or learn from your history, it’s doomed to repeat itself. Have you heard that before?
What are your thoughts? Feel free to share them in the comments section below.
[Photo by Mark J. Terrill/AP Images]
