Pennsylvania Mayor Urges Cops to Treat Pittsburgh Protesters Like It's 1963

[tulipsandroses]

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The mayor of a Pittsburgh suburb called on police officers to go old school on the people protesting the officer-involved shooting of a 17-year-old, even offering a photographic example: a historic photograph of cops attacking kids with water cannons and police dogs during the Birmingham, Ala., 1963 Children’s Crusade.

According to WTAE-TV, Arnold, Pa., Mayor Karen Peconi shared videos and pictures to her Facebook page that could possibly be construed as racist by the small subset of people with eyes. In one video, she posted a link to footage of cops spraying protesters with a water cannon, commenting, “We need one of these for tomorrow,” referring to the nearby protests following the police-shooting death of Antwon Rose Jr.

nd after one person shared an infamous photo of teenage civil rights protesters being sprayed by water hoses, Peconi commented, “I’m posting this so the authorities everywhere sees this... I agree with Tom.. bring the hoses,” adding: “They don’t care about Pgh. none of them work now.. That’s how they can do this at 7am.... very sad.”

[kimbutgar]

1. Something tells me this mayor is going to lose her re ecletion in the future or be forced to resign

[Jose Garcia]

6. She is up for reelection next year

[tulipsandroses]

2. She's a Democrat

I continue to be Flabbergasted by so called " Allies"

[FiveGoodMen]

3. The party should have weeded her out before she got elected

What does it profit a party if they gain the whole congress but lose their own soul?

[eleny]

4. What a fool

[gratuitous]

5. Ah, back to the more civil days, per David Gergen

I'm surprised, though, that Mayor Peconi is settling for fire hoses and police dogs, being right next door to Ohio and all. As a mere mayor, she can't directly call out the National Guard but I sense she'd really like a re-staging of Kent State and Jackson State.

[Saboburns]

7. These are dark days we are living in.

I think it will continue to get darker and darker as the fascisti Republicans become bolder and bolder.

It will be a very long time before the lamps will be re-lit.

So surreal watching how fast this country has fallen apart.

But it has fallen apart.