Mimicking racist Ku Klux Klan tactics,
Donald Trump and FOXified
Republican show hosts and pundits upped the ante on vile, racist, fear
mongering against President Obama, the Baltimore mayor, African American
protesters, and the African American community as a whole regarding the
Baltimore riots.
According to an Anti-Defamation League summary (link below), the Ku Klux Klan is a
racist movement founded in 1866. After the Civil War, the Klan
focused its anger, violence and fear targeting African Americans, the
federal government, immigrants and Jews. Throughout the years, the Klan’s public persona has slithered through many disguises,
but their basic tenants of fear and
hatred for recruitment and propaganda purposes remain the same.
Absent the violence, the fear and
hatred promoted by Trump and FOXified Republican show hosts/pundits mimic the fear
and hatred tenants of the Ku Klux Klan without the hoods.
Here’s why…
Following the one day/night of looting and riots following numerous days of peaceful demonstrations ignored by the media, Donald Trump posted
a vile Tweet blaming President Obama for the riots(!?!?) Trump was so hyped up on racist insults against the
President, he went off his born in Kenya/birth certificate script and, actually, addressed the President as an African American albeit for the sole purpose of associating the
President with looting and rioting! (See Donald
Trump blames Obama link below.)
Except for the one and only fair and balanced show host on the FOX News(????) Network, Shepherd Smith, FOX was
the only major cable news network that concentrated on the following unfair and unbalanced actions:
- minimizing peaceful protests and subsequent cleanup activities by Baltimore residents - young and old;
- minimizing rival gangs coming together to stop the violence;
- minimizing the repeated similarities regarding the questionable deaths of unarmed African Americans at the hands of a minority of bad apples within law enforcement;
- fanning officially unconfirmed rumors put out by the Baltimore Police Department and the right wing Washington Post regarding gangs targeting violence against the police and Mr. Gray causing his own death;
- blaming Democrats for Republican congressional lawmakers(?) and Republican governors cutting funding for educational, job creation and social programs for states in favor of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations;
- repeatedly broadcasting scripted generalizations against all African Americans as being drug addicted, lazy, shiftless, lawless, fatherless, violent blights on society.
- See FOX news racism, Megyn Kelly/Mark Fuhrman/Sean Hannity, FOX affiliate caught faking a “kill a cop” protest chant and complete breakdown of lies spread by Baltimore PD links below.
Instead
of blaming Mr. Gray, President Obama, the Baltimore mayor and the African American community as a
whole for the one day/night of unfortunate looting and rioting in Baltimore, Trump and Republican FOXifiers need to heed the
following facts captured from the criminal
justice, racial gap, Baltimore police, Baltimore riots, Ferguson and police brutality
links below:
When
one group of individuals oppresses the rights, opportunities, and/or freedoms
of another group of individuals, mistrusts, a low sense of worth, feelings of
isolation, frustration and, ultimately anger are sure to follow!
When repeated questionable/no consequences law enforcement and criminal justice circumstances surround the repeated deaths of an unarmed minority
- as was the case with Trayvon, Michael, Eric and Freddie - the mistrusts, frustrations and anger are amplified i.e.
- Police brutality and disparity regarding the treatment of African Americans by Baltimore police has been recorded in numerous investigations wherein Baltimore police were found to be guilty.
- Throughout the years, the Baltimore Police Department had to pay out $5.7 million dollars in misconduct judgements and settlements for alleged misconduct – including but not limited to - slamming a pregnant woman to the ground, killing an unarmed marine veteran, and beating a church deacon.
- The Justice Department’s Ferguson investigation found blatant evidence of racism against Blacks as well as against President Obama.
- Similar to Ferguson, documented, racist law enforcement tactics were a regular occurrence against the African American community - including but not limited to - unfair stops, searches and arrests, the violation of Constitutional rights, police brutality, and disparities between the number of arrests among Blacks and Whites for the same crimes.
- Similar to Ferguson, the Baltimore PD leaked shady information to make the victim look like the bad guy.
- Similar to Ferguson, peaceful protests conducted weeks before looting and rioting were not covered by the media. As soon as looting and rioting broke out- marring the visual representation of all African American residents - coverage was 24/7! However, it must be noted that CNN and MSNBC are the only major cable news networks exhibiting genuine "fair and balanced" coverage during and after the Baltimore riots.
- African Americans are far more likely to be arrested than any other racial group in the U.S. for the same crimes.
- The reflection of biased policing in at least 1,581 police departments across the US can easily be viewed as a byproduct of the vast economic and educational gaps across the US.
- African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six time the rate of Whites.
- 5 times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites.
- African Americans represent 12% of monthly drug users, but comprise 32% of persons arrested for drug possession which reduces the work time of young people over the next decade.
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www.naacp.org/...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/...arrest-rates/19043207/
www.newrepublic.com/.../fox-news-channel-racism-to...
FOX Affiliate Caught Faking a "Kill a Cop" Protest Chant ...https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/fox-affiliate-caught-faking-a-ki.
Sean Hannity shamed by Baltimore protester:
“You're not concerned about the welfare of black people!” An error ...Salon - 3 days ago
crooksandliars.com/.../megyn-kelly-and-mark-fuhrman...
www.dailykos.com/.../-Fox-News-Shepard-Smith-smacks-dow...
A complete takedown of the lies spread by the Baltimore PD ...
A complete takedown of the lies spread by the Baltimore PD ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-A-complete-takedown-of-the-lies-sprea...
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thedailybanter.com/2015/.../the-profound-unfairness-of-the-baltimore-ri...
Baltimore police - The Baltimore Sunwww.baltimoresun.com/.../bal-police-towing-scheme-...
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How one smart
reporter debunked the Hannity/Fox News lie ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-How-one-smart-reporter-debunked-the-...
Top Five Daily Show
Gotcha Videos of Fox News - E-Verse ...
www.everseradio.com/top-five-daily-show-gotcha-videos-of-fox-news/
Complete Video of
Anti-ObamaCare "Tea Party" Rally at US ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../the-seven-racist-e-mails-...
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