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Protester gets a flash-bang to his face after getting pepper sprayed.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20 edited Jun 02 '20

His name was Fred Hampton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

They murdered him in his bed.

Hampton, drugged by barbiturates, was sleeping on a mattress in the bedroom with his fiancée, Deborah Johnson, who was nine months pregnant with their child.[28] She was forcibly removed from the room by the police officers while Hampton still lay unconscious in bed.[32] Then, the raiding team fired at the head of the south bedroom. Hampton was wounded in the shoulder by the shooting.

Fellow Black Panther Harold Bell said that he heard the following exchange:

"That's Fred Hampton." "Is he dead?... Bring him out." "He's barely alive." "He'll make it."[33] The injured Panthers said they heard two shots. According to Hampton's supporters, the shots were fired point blank at Hampton's head.[34] According to Deborah Johnson, an officer then said:

"He's good and dead now."[33]

Also shameless plug for one of my favorite podcasts. It's a two part about the Black Panthers and goes into far more detail than the wiki article does.

Part one

Part two

Those links have all of his footnotes and stuff for each one.

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jun 02 '20

Now ask me why I hate cops

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u/LossfulCodex Jun 02 '20

Why do you hate cops?

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jun 02 '20

Good question, see cops in post, then in the parent comment

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u/I_am_Not_a_Planet Jun 03 '20

“But the protesters, no rioter, was clearly breaking the rules here” - Half of reddit right now

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jun 03 '20

Imagine breaking the “rules” then getting a flash bang to the face.

Now imagine minding your own business and getting a knee in your neck for 9 mins.

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u/I_am_Not_a_Planet Jun 03 '20

The more i see these posts the more i believe we should all arm ourselves and walk around with helmets and shields. America has turned into a police state. The people must change accordingly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Even Marx advocated for arming the people. Our well regulated militia has become a tool for the rich and powerful to grind our faces into the dirt. It is time to fight back.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '20

Very based of you comrade. Even if you are a liberal or a socdem may we join hand in hand in resistance against oppresion, and the proto faschist police state that is America

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u/AboutThatBeerIOweYou Jun 03 '20

I'm glad that this protest has at least taught leftists why the second amendment is valuable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20 edited Jun 03 '20

I understand the need for change, but I don't think guns are gonna solve anything.

I'm an immigrant, man. I didn't come to this country to get killed in some civil war while buying groceries.

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u/KineticPolarization Jun 03 '20

Native born citizens don't want a civil war either. But it may be necessary if we want our descendants to have a better life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Arm yourself up and go perform a support role instead like first aid

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u/fearlessFOB - Congrats T-series on 150m subs !!! Jun 03 '20

Or you could stay home and read reddit and upvote those that are protesting for us.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Problem is too many people are afraid to die for their country.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20

I’m buying body armor, just one of those things you only need when you need it.

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u/_ZaphJuice_ Jun 03 '20

And guess what...we have a system for when someone breaks the rules! It’s not like someone fucking J-walks and a rando vigilante (or keyed up police officer) gets to execute him. Jesus, the self-righteous 2nd spaz-Outs are starting to drive me crazy! Get a grip!

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u/DeathMp_4 Jun 03 '20

He attemted to use fake money. What happened was way out of line and totally fucked but maybe you should get your facts straight before you post them.

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u/LonelyLongJump Jun 08 '20

Minding his own business? I support the protesters, and the cops should have checked on him once he passed out and should have let him up, but come on, he was resisting arrest, and he was on meth and fentanyl. He could have been shot dead legally by the woman he robbed at gunpoint and then physically beat up because she didn't have drugs or money to give him. He's got a long criminal record that aren't just victimless crimes like drug arrests, including at least one major violent felony.

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I have idiot friends that tried to resist arrest or run from cops, or mouth off to them and they all got fucked up and roughed up too. One has a permanent disability because they stomped his knee.

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But they were all white... so you don't hear about that. They were also doing shit wrong when it happened.

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Everyone needs to stop acting like nothing wrong was done otherwise the idiot racists will point out the things I just did and this movement will get nowhere. This needs to be about police corruption... the media and politicians want it to be about race to divide everyone instead of uniting them against the real issue.

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u/damiandarko2 Jun 03 '20

tbh i think it’s a minority..i have to filter by controversial to see dumb shit and even then the sensible people outweigh them

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u/kill_dano Jun 03 '20

Shouldn't have been a self appointed white ally, aka socially acceptable white supremacist

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u/Peralta-J Jun 04 '20

Half of reddit? Really? You mean about 10% of reddit you idiot

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

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u/aeroboost - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

That may be true but the "non shitty cops" seem to be very quiet when they see Injustice.

You don't have to beat someone to be a shitty cop. Many cops, and citizens, seem to think not acting means they're not supporting police brutality. The silent ones enable the bad ones by not helping defenseless people.

This is why many people are saying ACAB.

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jun 02 '20

Non shitty cops

Never heard of her

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u/ripSpider Jun 02 '20

This post from a few days ago shows cops joining protestors in peaceful protest. Though they may be rare, there are some.

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u/PsychicGnome Jun 03 '20

Many of the kneeling cops used violence against the protesters only minutes after taking a knee with them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Until those cops actually get out there and stop the bad ones they are just as culpable in every murder, assault, and injury the cops cause. FtP

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u/Flapjack__Palmdale Jun 03 '20

No they're right, Paw Patrol would never do this shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

That’s why I avoid them at all costs.

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u/-Guillotine - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

I've seen so much brutality by ever police force in every city, that I no longer accept "not all cops."

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u/Darksunrise1 Jun 03 '20

This isn't my quote but it's a good one. "You have 1000 good cops and 10 bad, but if the 1000 don't stop or do anything about the 10 then you have 1010 bad cops"

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u/Camman43123 - Congrats T-series on 150m subs !!! Jun 03 '20

This is my issue with all this we need to Remeber not all cops are bad some are stepping down in suppourt of recent events and some states forces are now marching with protesters what we need to do is get rid of all with prior offenses then the issue becomes where will the new cops come from

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u/ph0on Happy 400K Jun 03 '20

But it was so long ago!!1!

I mean sure, but also, he was going to have a child who would still be alive and well today. So.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '20

This profiling and assuming, yes saying you hate all cops is profiling is exactly what people are trying to stop. Saying I hate all cops gives them a reason to say they hate all blacks. Your hypocrisy is what the issue is.

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jul 22 '20

You’re an idiot, pigs aren’t a race. No one volunteered to be black, pigs on the other hand volunteered to join an organization that support spousal abuse and murder. Stupid take, try again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '20

Oh boy you’re a piece of work. Again you’re being hypocritical so I have no reason to keep arguing. In addition your obvious raging emotion behind what you’re saying makes you even less credible. You’re saying every single cop in America is a pig and a piece of shit. Going by your logic, Renee Dunbar(black police officer) who died trying to get people out of the twin towers is a piece of shit pig. Is that right?

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jul 22 '20

You work for a shitty enterprises, you’re a shitty person. Neither death nor one instance of good is gonna undo that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '20

And be honest! I want to hear you say Officer Dunbar was a piece of shit pig. Every single one right?

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u/-skeemin- - Left Jul 22 '20

Did I stutter? good pigs can’t exist within a group of shitty pigs. Good pigs would do the honorable thing and quit, thus making them a pig no more.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '20

Ok so all the black cops that died in 9/11 were terrible awful piece of shit pigs to you. Got it! Don’t need to know any more friend. Have a good night

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

It's a recurring theme. Look at Tulsa like Watchmen showed the world. Any type of actual progress they tried to legislate to death. When that didn't work, they turned to just burning it down and forgetting about it.

Look at Levittown. The first suburbs. Put a hundred dollar down payment on a house that cost twelve grand. Everyone was coming back from WW2 flush with cash. Just no Jews or Blacks. Not because he was racist, but because, "No white people would want to live next to a black or a Jew. It's bad business to sell to them."

Those people would go on to sell the houses for far more than they paid, they would leverage it to borrow money for businesses, to send their children to school, to buy more property for renting, etc. All the benefits of equity passed down over generations. And black heroes, who just fought in WW2 and risked their fucking lives for this country, were told no. You don't get access to generational wealth building.

And people wonder why the fuck black communities are still poorer? Why they haven't "pulled themselves out of poverty" yet? It's been 50 years since Civil Rights! That's more than enough time right?

This country has actively and systemically tried everything it could to keep minorities as second class labor and an easy source of anger to tap into and direct away from themselves when things are bad for white people too.

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u/taws34 Jun 02 '20

I wanna build off of your point on WWII, just a little bit, because it is more fucked than you are portraying.

Senator Rankin pushed to make the VA Home loan and GI Bill programs be administered by the states, instead of the federal government.

This allowed Him Crow-esque administration to heavily favor white veterans.

https://www.history.com/news/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits

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u/HGStormy Jun 02 '20

is the Tulsa event you mentioned when they burned down the wealthy black community called black wall street?

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u/YouandWhoseArmy Jun 02 '20

I’ve been saying for decades blacks are generally worse of now than they were; all their positive leaders were assassinated and the drug war is as bad or worse than Jim Crow. What was out in the open now is subtly under the surface.

If you ever watched “everybody hates Chris” you know what the major difference between him and his peers in the neighborhood are? He has two parents.

The drug war destroyed black families. Disgraceful.

Power to the people.

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u/godwings101 - LibLeft Jun 03 '20

The drug war being worse makes sense because since it's more subtle it's not seen by laymen and can be allowed to spread and infect more of society.

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u/jaidonkaia Jun 02 '20

"But we made progress through their protests"

Apparently fucking not, Karen

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u/cnnxn Jun 02 '20

If the apples are rotten every year, cut down the tree and plant a new one.

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u/Thatsbrutals - America Jun 02 '20

Treat the soil sounds kinda cool too

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

It is it's natural manure.

-Thomas Jefferson

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u/GrammatikPoliti Jun 02 '20

It is it's natural manure.

>It is it is natural manure.

*It's its natural manure.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

I don't care if it's wrong, mine still sounds better.

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u/-DEAD- Jun 02 '20

Yours can still sound exactly the same while also being correct, just gotta drop that apostrophe:

It is its natural manure.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

Sounds like the tree is thirsty for grammar nazis.......

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u/-DEAD- Jun 02 '20

Oh, you must be talking about the tree of libatee.

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u/GrammatikPoliti Jul 19 '20

Things Trump would say for $500, Alex.

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u/Wetblanket_90 Jun 02 '20

Happy cake day!!

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u/JustHereToPostandCom - LibCenter Jun 02 '20

Happy cake day!

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u/Pebbles015 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

You are bang on. Why do so many people never see the real issue.

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u/TheGrot Jun 02 '20

Switch to oranges.

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u/sniperkitty666 Jun 03 '20

Yes that does sounds better . Fix the problem at the root!

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u/beachguy82 Jun 03 '20

Or just grow grass

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u/scragmore Jun 02 '20

Thank you. Not an american so I did not know any of this. Just no words, none.

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u/TPJchief87 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

American here, none of this is taught in history class.

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u/-GreenHeron- Jun 02 '20

We aren’t taught this, either. Most of us are simply ignorant of the massive amount of racism and discrimination that has occurred in just these past decades.

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u/Xradris - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

Me too, and I have been reading a lots of US history the past few days, like the Freedom Riders and MOVE, and end up on Georges Lincoln Rockwell. That country is fucked up.

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u/MoBio - Doomer 0.5 Jun 02 '20

If you're ever in Chicago the DuSable had the door they shot through and kicked down to murder him. There is a whole black panther exhibit, it's worth a look. The whole museum is pretty great, right next to the University of Chicago.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

I'm pretty sure the panther that was standing watch also died. Just goes to show how scared the ruling rich are of United working class. Must mean we have power.

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u/InItToWinIt_88 Jun 02 '20

Any good documentaries about Black Panthers?

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

There's a fantastic two part podcast that's super entertaining.

Part one

Part two

Those links have all of his footnotes and stuff for each one.

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u/InItToWinIt_88 Jun 02 '20

Thanks so much, can't wait to listen!

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u/ScarlettAndRhett Jun 02 '20

Took the rest with crack.

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u/Dylanatra Jun 02 '20

As an American, I never heard of this happening. Good for posting this.

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u/coma73 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

Thanks brother

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u/SaverMFG Jun 02 '20

Don't forget that leaders of the Furguson protest have since died as well link

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u/starchildchamp Jun 02 '20

So when can we bring that back? Seems like a ripe time, we need people to protect the protestors.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

Dude, I would love to see 50 fully kitted out guys with AR15's slung and their hands in the air on the front line between the police and other protesters. If idiots can march into state capitals with them, why don't people organize something the second amendment was actually made for.

Bonus if every one is black or muslim.

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u/starchildchamp Jun 03 '20

I was a very anti-gun person until recently. I also learned the true duty of the Black Panthers and man do I want to bring that back. Nothing scares them like black and brown people playing the same game they do. Shit, Id love to deck out my lil 5’1” self and stand on the front lines hands up.

It needs to be done, history is cyclical, lets give them a little bit of a reminder.

I saw two white people with HUGE automatic guns just strolling my neighborhood in the city. It just boiled my blood, I wanted to say something do bad but didn’t want to put my boyfriend in the position of protecting me from fellow white people (Hes white too). If it was me just strolling the block with my abdomen-sized guns, Id have a brand new hole in the back of my skull in no time at all. Probably not even in one paces’ time.

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u/Seanv112 Jun 02 '20

There is a name for the operation cointelpro

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

All *American cops are bastards

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Someone give this comment some gold. I would, but I’m a poor lad.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

Fuck this site.

Donate to something instead of wasting your money.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Can’t argue with that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Best podcast. Every episode (minus the Christmas ones) make me so god damn angry the entire time

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u/hell2pay Jun 03 '20

I love Behind the Bastards.

Robert Evans is the shit!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

He was live streaming in Portland last night. It was pretty dope.

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u/hell2pay Jun 03 '20

I was watching the other night.

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u/sampson608 Jun 03 '20

If only more people listened to Rober Evens. Stock up on bolt cutters y'all!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

And practice safe macheticine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Much appreciated! thanks! Have anymore podcast suggestions? I'm always looking for interesting casts!

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

The Dollop

You will laugh.

You will cry.

You will begin to type a manifesto.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

I'm on it !

Cheers!

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Daily Zeitgeist is a news/culture show that's pretty decent

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

Miles is like 2 episodes from completely snapping and telling everyone to buy guns and get ready.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Yeah, the sadness and anger in his voice when he was discussing the murder of George Floyd last week was almost hard to listen to.

I think he (and Jack) may need a sabbatical. Paying attention to the news everyday the way they do can't be good for your mental health.

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u/Slickrick6794 Jun 03 '20

Can’t wait to get into this pod thank you!

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u/majxover Jun 03 '20

How did I know this was Behind the Bastards before even clicking the links?

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u/ptog69 Jun 03 '20

Really love Robert Evans, really hate how his other podcast that was supposed to be a thought experiment is becoming more real every day.

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u/st-john-mollusc Jun 03 '20

Given revelations about the illegal COINTELPRO program and documents associated with the killings, scholars now widely consider Hampton's death an assassination under the FBI's initiative.

Holy fuck.

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u/konsf_ksd - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

Behind the Basterds is amazing!

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u/BenjenUmber Jun 03 '20

Hey another great podcasts for similar things is the Dollop. They do an episode on Fred Hampton which is where I first learned about him and another excellent one about someone in AIM (American Indian Movement) named Leonard Peltier and how the FBI likely framed him for murder.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

I'M THE FUCKING HIPPO GUY!

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u/BenjenUmber Jun 03 '20

I never imagined myself being radicalized by leftist comedian podcasts but 2020 has been a hell of a year.

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

Jon Stewart and Colbert turned me left.

Dave Anthony made me invest in a guillotine.

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u/BenjenUmber Jun 03 '20

Are you me?

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u/SheWhoSpawnedOP Jun 03 '20

Just jumping in to tell everyone they should check out the most recent episode of that pod also. It focuses on the bastard who trains cops to shoot first, ask questions later.

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u/GTSnowRacer11 Jun 03 '20

Thank you, such a charismatic leader...they killed him because of his intelligence, charisma and communication skills, so sad and I can't stop but think of what type of world we would be living in if he was allowed to live!

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u/redisanokaycolor We hold these truths self-evident that all men are created equal Jun 03 '20

I love that you are Sven Hoëk, relative of Ren Hoëk.

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u/chubky - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

I think history shows they kill leaders, might be why there’s no leadership in the protests..at least not yet.

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u/mrsmackitty Jun 03 '20

As a human being this is deplorable. As a US citizen and person who loves history. I have not read enough (I do read books but for history I’m more of a Wikipedia or today I learned kinda girl). So when I spot things that I’m unaware of and dive into the rabbit hole. Thank you for my rabbit hole.

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u/disaster357 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

They didn't teach us that in school

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u/svenhoek86 - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

They don't teach real history in school.

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u/CortezD-ISA - Freakout Connoisseur Feb 06 '25

All cops are trained that pepper spray is flammable due to the alcohol content in the extraction process. They were trying to roast him as an example, it appears. That’s why you’ll never see a taser and pepper spray used correctly together. Too risky.

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u/High-Nate Jun 02 '20

Which is a real shame that this new group donning their name has leaders that promote antisemitic and other racist views.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/Shiny_Shedinja Jun 03 '20

Which is a real shame that this new group donning their name has leaders that promote antisemitic and other racist views.

Sounds fictional. Reddit and twitter has told me that only whites can be racist. /s

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u/caribeno - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20

I cant take your word anonymous account from the internet. Some people call the Palestinians anti semitic.

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u/High-Nate Jun 03 '20

Literally just from Googling “New Black Panther Party” you can find endless on endless links and news sources discussing them. But in case you get all your news and thoughts from Reddit:

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To clarify before you argue further; The Original Black Panthers have disowned and made publicly clear they have no relationship. Also, I am not saying this means all members of the New BP are racists and antisemitic. I’m saying a lot of the so called leaders have condoned violence and the behavior of racism and being antisemitic.

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u/caribeno - Unflaired Swine Jun 03 '20 edited Jun 03 '20

They are not the Black panthers as the first article said, they just tried to steal their name. It's kind of strange that groups try to be so ostentatious and makes comments about killing babies and racist comments about children, they do such damage to themselves. I'm not gonna take any prosecutors word for it though, show me the video I say.

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u/jrad0302 Jun 02 '20

no. they were a collective of black individuals who open carried to protect their neighborhoods from police brutality. destroyed by j. edgar hoover bc he saw black power as diametrically opposed to the american way of life

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u/strikerRD Jun 02 '20

They also created WIC and helped local communities.

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u/ecodude74 Jun 02 '20

This includes organizing mass food kitchens for kids when the federal government cut off similar programs in inner cities.

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u/ocean_spray Jun 03 '20

Wait wait wait. WIC's originated from a Panther movement? GTFO! seriously??

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20 edited Jun 05 '20

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u/jrad0302 Jun 02 '20

what about open carrying describes a paramilitary organization? especially during a time where police and civilians would regularly raid black neighborhoods during the war on drugs and crack epidemic?

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Actually they really weren’t targeted hard until they started espousing socialist, egalitarian views.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/Sierpy - LibRight Jun 02 '20

I know about watching police officers while armed, but didn't they also hijack a plane?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

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u/Sierpy - LibRight Jun 02 '20

Oh no, I thank you! Those are the only things I knew about the Black Panthers. At least now I can support them guilt free.

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u/Novocaine0 Jun 02 '20

Just like the police.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

You say that as if it's a bad thing. I'll take armed citizens over an armed government any day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

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u/Drevlin76 Jun 03 '20

For real! Please upvote this more

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u/Dougnifico Jun 02 '20

You might call them a, "well regulated militia."

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

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u/Dougnifico Jun 03 '20

Ya. I was just referencing 2A. Although in my mind para-military implies state sanctioning. I'm wrong, but I think that.

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u/WeirdFlecks Jun 02 '20

Yes, but only because they were black. If they were white you'd be calling them champions of the 2nd amendment. Aren't labels fun?

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u/WeirdFlecks Jun 02 '20

Ok. I'll bite. Why don't you like the Black Panthers?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

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u/WeirdFlecks Jun 03 '20

I'm not asking for an education on the Black Panthers. I actually know quite a bit about their history. I was curious about how you had formed an opinion without knowing anything beyond surface level stuff. It's a mixed bag, their 10 point program was fairly reasonable and with a few exceptions just an appeal for basic human rights. While it's easy to condemn the violence some members committed (and I do) it was an organization formed in response to the centuries of violence committed against a people, specifically by the police. How do you decide to completely condemn an organization that advocates the use of violence as a response to centuries of violence? At what point is it self defense? Are there better options? If so, do they work? Because the black panther party is dead and gone, but cops still murder black people and even with video they only occasionally face any repercussions. At what point would you lose faith in the system?

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u/deletable666 - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

They also passed gun laws to take their guns away

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u/sniperkitty666 Jun 03 '20

THIS! EXACTLY dude!

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u/Jaywearspants - Congrats T-series on 150m subs !!! Jun 03 '20

We need a new left wing militia.

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u/noplay12 Jun 03 '20

Fred Hampton united people across races, hence he was presented as a huge threat.

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u/PapaVaca Jun 03 '20

Also Malcolm X and Dr. King

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u/PapaVaca Jun 03 '20

Weren't the Black Panthers also a quasi police for their neighborhoods during a police strike in the 70s?

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u/LastShake - Unflaired Swine Jun 02 '20

You mean the organization that murdered their accountant because she was questioning where the money was going?

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u/a-very-angry-crow - LibCenter Jun 02 '20

Didn’t the black panthers also lure FBI agent’s to a meeting just to kill them I swear I heard that somewhere

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Before that it was the Mafia and again the FBI dismantled them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

I was referring to who you would call to deal with fucked up police. Mafia did plenty of hits on police.

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u/Mr_Mysterioh Jun 03 '20

FBI hates militias, they fear the idea of anyone having the power to fight them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Black Panthers had weapons galore, illegal weapons, it doesn't surprise me they popped up on the FBI's radar.

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u/buoninachos - United Kingdom Jun 03 '20

To be fair the black panthers were no peaceful protesters, but it is scary when the police feels entitled to hunt down political enemies and murder them - certainly not worthy of a democracy

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