"All Lives Matters" forces apology out of Dem. Martin O'Malley

GrundleStiltzkin

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/martin-omalley-all-lives-matter/

Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley apologized on Saturday for saying "All lives matter" while discussing police violence against African-Americans with liberal demonstrators.

Several dozen demonstrators interrupted the former Maryland governor while he was speaking here at the Netroots Nation conference, a gathering of liberal activists, demanding that he address criminal justice and police brutality. When they shouted, "Black lives matter!" a rallying cry of protests that broke out after several black Americans were killed at the hands of police in recent months, O'Malley responded: "Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter."

Invoking the familiar names of blacks who died at the hands of police, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, thousands have taken part in protests across the country calling for a more aggressive federal response to recent slayings by police. A protester is arrested at the demonstration on December 13 in Oakland.

The demonstrators, who were mostly black, responded by booing him and shouting him down.

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dnc

Looks like O'Malley forgot to read the script

GrundleStiltzkin

Huh?

allpurpleallgold

I'm fine with this. It's not the idea that all lives matter that's the problem. It's that response is blowing them off.

PurpleJ

Fuck that!

#killwhitey

RaceBannon

allpurpleallgold said:

I'm fine with this. It's not the idea that all lives matter that's the problem. It's that response is blowing them off.

Where I don't agree is when Sanders was talking economic opportunity as an answer and he got booed for not strictly focusing on police killings. I understand that is this group's issue and they want to be heard, but we also need to be looking at a bigger picture. When everyone left Ferguson and Baltimore the problems and the unemployment remained.

HoustonHusky

Effin nutjobs...its amazing.

topdawgnc

RaceBannon said:

allpurpleallgold said:

I'm fine with this. It's not the idea that all lives matter that's the problem. It's that response is blowing them off.

Where I don't agree is when Sanders was talking economic opportunity as an answer and he got booed for not strictly focusing on police killings. I understand that is this group's issue and they want to be heard, but we also need to be looking at a bigger picture. When everyone left Ferguson and Baltimore the problems and the unemployment remained.

You think socialistic answers would have gotten a standing ovation from the crowd.

Of course, that group only wants police shooting so they can get their economic answer ... free shit.

Regarding the second bold:

When every one left South Carolina ... the confederate flag had been removed from state grounds, and The Dukes of Hazard was kicked off TV.

Riots vs. Peaceful protests ... which one got the desired result ... minus taking Daisy Duke's off the air ...

allpurpleallgold

When the desired results are empty gestures it's easy to get them.

Swaye

PurpleJ said:

Fuck that!

#killwhitey

Post. Of. The. Year.