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‘Black brunch’ protesters interrupt diners in NYC, Oakland (#BlackBrunch #BlackLivesMatter) [View all]	progree	Jan 2015	OP
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Nothing else was working.	bravenak	Jan 2015	#2
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They do that.	bravenak	Jan 2015	#8
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Us guys?	bravenak	Jan 2015	#10
^^^^ +1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	progree	Jan 2015	#11
.	Nye Bevan	Jan 2015	#16
Great Jury!nt	bravenak	Jan 2015	#17
+1	Mugu	Jan 2015	#54
This message was self-deleted by its author	progree	Jan 2015	#18
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well considering that cops turning their backs are	PatrynXX	Jan 2015	#7
What an idiotic idea! What do the patrons or owners of those restaurants have to do with....	George II	Jan 2015	#3
Duh!	Pastiche423	Jan 2015	#6
"What they originally had to say"	DonCoquixote	Jan 2015	#14
You hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately a lot wont get it.	7962	Jan 2015	#15
...	840high	Jan 2015	#47
The ones that say "the heck with them" were never with them in the first place. Others may have . .	brush	Jan 2016	#79
More like "People are being murdered by those	Live and Learn	Jan 2015	#56
That's one way of looking at it. Another way is if it takes making people uncomfortable . . .	brush	Jan 2016	#78
K&R	SamKnause	Jan 2015	#4
Not a good idea imo.	hrmjustin	Jan 2015	#12
no0t a good idea	DonCoquixote	Jan 2015	#13
i am not against protesting.	hrmjustin	Jan 2015	#21
no	DonCoquixote	Jan 2015	#22
I am more of a rally type of protestor.	hrmjustin	Jan 2015	#23
The Civil Rights Movement protests did not "disrupt comfort". They challenged evil.	Bucky	Jan 2015	#65
The lunch counter sit ins were appropriate	NuclearDem	Jan 2015	#32
Those protests against discrimination were done in restaurants that were.....	George II	Jan 2015	#59
I think I would've answered with names of a few whites the cops have killed	7962	Jan 2015	#19
White cops who were killed?	bravenak	Jan 2015	#20
to be fair	DonCoquixote	Jan 2015	#24
Uh oh.	bravenak	Jan 2015	#25
I said "whites the cops have killed". I never mentioned a white cop being killed	7962	Jan 2015	#38
Yeah. I saw it a little while ago.	bravenak	Jan 2015	#39
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blacks are about 3X more likely than whites to die in a confrontation with police	progree	Jan 2015	#27
Propublica: black males age 15-19 shot by police: 31.17 per million, whites: 1.47 per million	progree	Jan 2015	#36
It's going to take a lot more of this for the 1% to even NOTICE (not that they'll actually care, tho	blkmusclmachine	Jan 2015	#26
Of course...because all 1%ers are racists...just like all working class people are progressives.	brooklynite	Jan 2015	#41
I know I keep thinking fight club	Joe Shlabotnik	Jan 2015	#50
Not a great idea	Duckhunter935	Jan 2015	#28
Dunno myself. Its a lot tamer than shutting down freeways. To me it seems kind of mild	progree	Jan 2015	#29
Sometimes, raising awareness requires getting "in your face" with the general public	alp227	Jan 2015	#53
well I disagree	Duckhunter935	Jan 2015	#57
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What's an asb baton? I googled and it showed me results for Asp batons	progree	Jan 2015	#31
Here	ismnotwasm	Jan 2015	#35
Are you promoting violence sir?	ismnotwasm	Jan 2015	#33
Back so soon? oh mirt!	hrmjustin	Jan 2015	#34
Changes in police policy are carried out by the Mayor, Governor or County Executive...	brooklynite	Jan 2015	#37
Dunno. The same question could be asked about just about any form of protest	progree	Jan 2015	#43
The Protestors are Sending a Message: Remember us and Join Us!	McKim	Jan 2015	#40
+1000	Joe Shlabotnik	Jan 2015	#51
And sometimes the phrase	TexasMommaWithAHat	Jan 2015	#64
Woohoo! Bravo! Someone who gets it.	brush	Jan 2016	#80
Odds are, these people are provocateurs.	DinahMoeHum	Jan 2015	#42
I doubt it very much.	progree	Jan 2015	#44
+1	Joe Shlabotnik	Jan 2015	#52
Had I been in one of those "white" dining places during one of these, I would have stood with thm	tavalon	Jan 2015	#45
Several diners stood with them	progree	Jan 2015	#48
Me, too.nt	stage left	Jan 2015	#49
I'd have stood right beside you.	Live and Learn	Jan 2015	#55
I don't feel segregated	Skittles	Jan 2015	#66
Had I been in one of those "white" dining places during one of these, I would have stood with thm	tavalon	Jan 2015	#46
I'd have been interested if I was eating there.	Inkfreak	Jan 2015	#58
The sniffiness of some folks about this tells me it is EXACTLY the right tactic	alcibiades_mystery	Jan 2015	#60
Yup, I think some feathers have been ruffled, oh well, such a pity	progree	Jan 2015	#61
Well, I think this is great.	Starry Messenger	Jan 2015	#62
I figured that if the protesting moved away from the easy-to-pretend-to-criticize traffic blockings	LanternWaste	Jan 2015	#63
good.	Ramses	Jan 2015	#67
Get in their face. K&R	Jefferson23	Jan 2015	#68
"Their" face? Whose face?	Joe Magarac	Jan 2015	#69
Play your nonsense on someone else..I'm not interested in what you believe makes an impact for good	Jefferson23	Jan 2015	#70
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right on! hopefully it wil encourage more civil protest, eom	whereisjustice	Jan 2015	#71
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As long as police are gunning down unarmed people in the streets,	mountain grammy	Jan 2016	#76
Oh ppl brunches were disrupted - oh well	Truprogressive85	Jan 2016	#77
This isn't about a handful of diners being momentarily inconvenienced!	johnp3907	Jan 2016	#81

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