Here is an example of freedom of speech gone wrong; twisted for the purpose of upholding racism instead of encouraging racial solidarity and the concept of peace and good will toward all men. Misinterpreted not only from a humanitarian perspective, but from a Constitutional perspective.
Freedom of speech by the Constitution protects the rights of people from being silenced by government tyranny and to speak up against oppression, unfortunately, people are using this freedom to spew hate and insults toward those they disagree with and for those insults of hate to be protected by law. Technically, free speech is protected by law but ignorance has convinced many to turn it toward their own hateful aggression.
After veterans of the US military fought to eradicate Nazism in World War II, and the majority of the world has condemned Nazi propaganda and hostility, there are some who proudly display Nazi emblems and activity openly to this day. Elon Musk being one of many.
“Local residents confronted and drove off neo-Nazi demonstrators waving large swastika-emblazoned flags along a highway overpass on Friday between Lincoln Heights and Evendale, Ohio, home to a historically Black community that has endured a long history of racism.”
When the Black community came to confront the Nazis, the police stood to protect the Nazis from what they considered a threat from the Black community. In protecting what they consider free speech; the police were actually protecting the right of racist to yell racial epithets at passing Black residents. The video below shows the interaction.
Police aggression toward the Black community is an American past time. As far back as Reconstruction, Jim Crow and segregation, the police have always treated Blacks who protest racist violence like they were the problem instead of the violence posed against them, many times by the police themselves.
For example, “the 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the aerial bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization.”
In Los Angeles, CA., “Rodney King, an African-American man was a victim of police brutality on March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210. At a press conference, Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates announced that the four officers involved would be disciplined for use of excessive force and that three would face criminal charges.”
Four officers were eventually tried on charges of use of excessive force. Of these, three were acquitted; the jury failed to reach a verdict on one charge for the fourth. Within hours of the acquittals, the 1992 Los Angeles riots started, sparked by outrage among racial minorities over the trial’s verdict and related, longstanding social issues. The rioting lasted six days and killed 63 people, with 2,383 more injured; it ended only after the California Army National Guard, the Army, and the Marine Corps provided reinforcements to re-establish control. King advocated for a peaceful end to the conflict.”
In 2005, “Hurricane Katrina exposed a significant level of violence against Black Americans, primarily through the disproportionate impact the disaster had on Black communities in New Orleans, leaving them with severely limited access to aid and rescue efforts due to pre-existing racial inequalities, resulting in a devastating situation where a majority of those affected by the flooding and destruction were African American, highlighting systemic racism in the aftermath of the hurricane.”
The initial run for his first presidential term, Trump ushered in increased racial violence against Black Americans. In 2016, “A man has been charged with assaulting a protester at Donald Trump’s Fayetteville, North Carolina, rally. John McGraw, 78, of Linden was arrested after assaulting Rakeem Jones, who had been protesting at the event. Jones was being escorted out by law enforcement when videos show McGraw punching him. Jones told MSNBC that his right eye is “swollen and bruised” as a result of the punch.”
Citizen mob and police violence against the Black community has always been a thing in America and it does not look as though it will decrease any time soon. The hate harbored by white Americans is a deep-seated psychological illness they have no idea how to overcome. They would rather live in hate and champion the violence against Black America instead of transforming themselves to people who are understanding and tolerant of diversity, seeing the rest of the world are people of difference ethnicities and cultural backgrounds.
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