BLM Rioters “Aren’t Making Me Any Safer”

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Hello John,

When it comes to the conditions that sparked rioting in American cities, Project 21 member Rich Holt said it’s liberal elected leaders who deserve the blame – not the police.

In a panel discussion on RT America, Rich said that people should “not forget” that liberal city council members and other elected officials shoulder the blame for “creat[ing] the economic conditions that have deprived black people of opportunity, of education.”

“They’re responsible,” Rich stated. “Put this on their hands – not the police officers.”

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Facing off against Salon editor D. Watkins in an interview taped during the height of the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Watkins said there needs to be “serious police reform.” On that, Rich could find some agreement.

Citing some of the recommendations found in Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America,” Rich said many officers have been dragged off their primary mission by elected officials and the bureaucracy. They shouldn’t, Rich suggested, be spending their time on expired license plates, broken tail lights and other minor infractions that are often used to fill local government coffers with ticket money. He said these policies have sometimes led to deadly outcomes.

But there’s a lot more to consider when it comes to the rioters and the proper public response. Quite frankly, Rich didn’t see the protests helping him as a black man:

We also have to take into consideration that many of the protesters… are making a complaint about pockets of law enforcement and racism that do exist, but… there’s no reason for them to destroy the community.

These are mostly white protesters who are causing havoc all over our country. And for what? For me? I mean, they aren’t making me any safer.

The conversation turned to how people are finding law-abiding behavior disrupted by Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters who demand compliance and endorsement of their radical agenda. Rich compared this to fascist behavior seen in the 20^th century, and that the end goal of these protesters is socialism rather than racial equality.

For example, a diner at a Washington, D.C. restaurant was surrounded by Black Lives Matter protesters who demanded she raise her fist in solidarity. Despite her participation in such protests, she refused because, she wrote, “it is never okay to coerce people’s participation.” For her principled stand, the mob bullied her.

Rich said this intimidation appears to be more about political goals than helping out black folk:

When I take a look at the people walking into these restaurants, demanding people raise their fist – and then calling them white supremacists if they don’t – I’m just reminded of the brown shirts and the black shirts fighting in Italy over how to create the best socialist empire.

This is what we are really looking at here.

These aren’t people involved in helping black people. They don’t want to help me. They want to create socialism. That’s what they want.

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