The revolution will be live-tweeted: why #BlackLivesMatter is the new model for civil rights

 

The events of the past few months, now simply referred to as Ferguson, have touched off nationwide protests of a scale not seen in a half-century. From billboards to T-shirts, protest banners and news headlines – all emblazoned with the words #BlackLivesMatter – we are witnessing the makings of a social movement of the 21st century kind. The revolution that Gil Scot Heron famously said, “would not be televised”, is today, in fact, recorded and tweeted.

 

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Source: www.theguardian.com

 

Also check

 

How to Use Twitter to ‘Fight the Power’

by Fanshen Cox

Cop was Texting his Union Rep for Over 6 Minutes, As the Innocent Man he Just Shot Lay Dying

 

For six and a half minutes after NYPD rookie Peter Liang, shot a completely innocent man in the chest, he was texting his union representative, and NOT calling for help.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/innocent-man-shot-lay-dying-cop-texting-union-rep-6-minutes/#0SttGiJ8V2BchGDx.99

 

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

Cops who are supposed to serve and protect are killing us.

And then, they don’t even try to save our life when they mess up.

 

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

#ICANTBREATHE

#SHUTitDOWN

Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead by police in Phoenix, AZ

Rumain Brisbon

Rumain Brisbon

Hundreds Block The Streets In Cleveland To Protest Police Killing 12 Year Old Boy

Cleveland, Ohio – As the riots and police state presence in Ferguson has taken center stage in the news, people in Cleveland protested the killing of a local 12-year-old boy, and also showed their support for the Michael Brown family as well. Young Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a cop this past Saturday, because…

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

Black In America: Open Letter To All My Sons (in memory of the young Black men murdered without cause)

 

“What you hate, change it. What you value, share it. What you love, cultivate it. ”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

There’s a line in this letter that says “This country has never loved us…”

 

I explained what the country does love in the comments.

See on theangriestblackmaninamerica.wordpress.com