Duamerthrax comments on Video: ICE agents drive SUV through protesters at S.F. immigration court

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's not what happened when the Black Panthers armed themselves. Police only like shooting at people who can't shoot back. And acorns.

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[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Black Panters weren't killed at once in a mass shooting, because they were killed separately in many smaller shootouts throughout, and ultimately the party was destroyed by a massive FBI operation.
Or did you thought they were successful?

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

So what you're saying is is that they should always have been armed and in groups?

Black Panthers and the civil rights movement won, in large part because of the threat that the cities would end up getting burned to the ground. The emphasis that school classrooms place on MLK jr's peaceful movement is an attempt to discredit violence is the inevitable outcome when peaceful options are denied.

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[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

They were always armed and in groups. Sometimes they were getting into shootouts with the police (1970th police, mind you, the one without tanks), which ultimately led to them dying or running away. That's why FBI was so afraid, they pulled an enormous operation to sabotage them from the inside. They succeeded, so they didn't have to raid them guns blazing, the tactics they never shy about.
Did civil rights movement won? Yeah, more or less. Did Black Panters won? No, they were all killed, arrested, disbanded. It's hard to tell whether they helped achieving the legislative victory of the civil rights movement, or hindered it.

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