Terrorist threats today in Buffalo

[Solly Mack]

18. So start rounding up white men and boys of a certain age range who are in the area of the target

locations. Stop and frisk them. Line them up with their legs spread and their hands pressed against a wall. Have guns pointed on them and dare them to move.

It's what police do to black and brown people for a lot less. A whole lot less. Like merely existing while black or brown.


(Yeah, yeah. I already know the objections. Hasn't stopped it from happening to black and brown people though. I can't imagine why.)

Hey, maybe take a page from the Bush/Cheney/Ashcroft page and round up the white men and boys and place them in detention - incommunicado. Like they did Muslim American men and boys in a certain age range.

Sure, sure. That was wrong of them. Not that anyone ever got into trouble over it.

Judges might actually frown when it is happening to white men though.

Gee, guess we'll have to respect the rights of all those white potential suspects.

It's the only legal and right thing to do. Mustn't treat them as if they are guilty of anything. Innocent until proven guilty and all that. Due process! Protect and serve!

Yes, I'm venting.

For years, warning after warning after warning about right-wing extremism and still right-wing extremists are treated with kid gloves.

No, I don't want anyone's rights violated. Merely pointing out the obvious discrepancies in treatment of black and brown people by law enforcement and the bending over backwards to be fair treatment of white extremists.