White Lives Matter protest staged outside Houston NAACP office

[GMDino]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/21/white-lives-matter-protest-staged-outside-houston-naacp-office/89088326/

Quote:It's a stark image that caught some in Houston's Third Ward off guard: Confederate battle flags waving outside of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Office.


Roughly 20 people showed up on Sunday, some with the red flag and assault rifles, others holding up a "White Lives Matter" banner, in a protest against the NAACP, according to local media reports.

"We came here because the NAACP headquarters is here and that's one of the most racist groups in America," Scott Lacy, a White Lives Matter member, told KPRC-TV.

The prime examples they cited were the NAACP's response to Black Lives Matterprotests, protester Ken Reed told the Houston Chronicle. He said Black
Lives Matter and other organizations have resulted in the "attack and killing of police officers, the burning down of cities and things of that nature."
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"If they're going to be a civil rights organization and defend their people," he said, "they also need to hold their people accountable."

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White Lives Matter has formed as a directed response to the Black Lives Matter movement, a civil rights campaign stemming from 2012 that advocates against anti-black racism and is known for its involvement in protests against police killings of black men across the country. Some counter-protesters, using the phrase "White Lives Matter," argue that the Black Lives Matter movement is anti-white, which is inaccurate.

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The demonstration caught the attention of residents, but it was the display of the Confederate flags and firearms that stood out. Eventually, a group of black residents congregated across the street. An African-American man walked up to the barricade and began asking the White Lives Matters crowd questions, the Chronicle reported.

Quote:"But you understand more white people are well fed than anybody else," he asked the crowd. 
A White Lives Matter member seemed to agree. He responded, "Statistically," before being led away by Reed.  "They're trying to ruin it," Reed told him.

By the time police tried to disperse the White Lives Matter supporters, Third Ward residents were pushing back against the protest, citing recent officer-involved shootings that have left African Americans dead.

Once the others dispersed, a group of African-American and white locals gathered in the parking lot of a church nearby. They prayed.

[JustWinBaby]

They broke it up? White people aren't allowed to protest?

[GMDino]

(08-22-2016, 10:23 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: They broke it up?   White people aren't allowed to protest?

I'm not sure what happened with that.  What I took from the article was residents showed up and the protestors left.

[*bfine32*]

(08-22-2016, 10:23 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: They broke it up? White people aren't allowed to protest?

You most likely need a permit to assemble.

As to the OP: Hate begats Hate. Fortunately, it appears that some were able to assemble in harmony at the end. Perhaps the answer is less hate, more prayers.

[GMDino]

Although had 20 BLM matter members assembled with weapons showing (legally, of course) outside some place I wonder if it would have been so calmly handled?

[fredtoast]

(08-22-2016, 11:27 AM)bfine32 Wrote:  Perhaps the answer is less hate, more prayers.

Less hate is definitely needed.

But how many people have to pray for something before your god responds?  Are you guys getting close to meeting the quota?

[*michaelsean*]

I didn't know we had one of these. How come nobody told me?

[*bfine32*]

(08-22-2016, 11:49 AM)fredtoast Wrote: But how many people have to pray for something before your god responds?  Are you guys getting close to meeting the quota?

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I am

[Aquapod770]

I bet they didn't burn anything down

[Rotobeast]

(08-22-2016, 01:24 PM)Aquapod770 Wrote: I bet they didn't burn anything down

Not even crosses ?


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[GMDino]

(08-22-2016, 12:32 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I didn't know we had one of these.  How come nobody told me?

Maybe you're not white enough?

[Benton]

(08-22-2016, 11:49 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Less hate is definitely needed.

But how many people have to pray for something before your god responds?  Are you guys getting close to meeting the quota?

Well, people are having a conversation about it. Sooooo...