Black Lives Matter

The crowd cheered. I hustled to slide the fresh battery into place, snap the latch closed, click on, and survey the scene. On their knees, protestors in front of the newly erected fence applauded as a cop on the other side took a knee. Around him, other cops seemed to take no notice, shifting in their riot gear as the sun slowly dipped behind the White House. I didn’t bother taking a picture. Shallow displays of solidarity are easy and pathetic, both in practice and in pictures.

A former police officer, and now outspoken conservative commentator, Brandon Tatum talks about ‘taking a knee,’ the untimely death of George Floyd, and to what degree ‘systemic racism’ actually exists in today’s America.
In his episode of Burning Questions hosted by Steven Edginton, Tatum shares his views on these and many other controversial aspects of the current political unrest in America. Watch:

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Henrik cover the latest news about CHAZ, the targeting of police, the rise of racial tribalism, violence against White people and a rumored US wide police strike is incoming. Things are about to get interesting.

America shuttered as protests kicked off following the recent police killing George Floyd in Minneapolis, elevating the political action group Black Lives Matter to the forefront of the political conversation. Old wounds were once again inflamed, as the body politik now echoed calls for “racial justice” and even further afield. Suddenly, activists, politicians and media pundits were all repeating the same mantra – decrying the scourge of ‘systemic racism in America.’ But is it true?

Death of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks due to the excessive force exhibited by the policemen raises two crucial constitutional points in the context of liberty as enshrined in the fifth amendment of the American Constitution. The preamble of United Nations constitution begins with the words, ‘we the people’. However till the 24th amendment the racial discrimination was not prohibited[Read More...]

Why is this not an Emmett Till moment?
The quick, simple response is because the Democratic Party is where social movements go to die and this will be absorbed into their own conservative narrative.

I spent most of the years Nixon was in the White House living abroad. He was nearly as bad as Trump and I couldn't live in a country where he was president. So embarrassing. But eventually-- it was a morning after I woke up dreaming in Dutch instead of English-- I decided I wanted to live in my own country. I moved back to the U.S., the country I can now say I chose to live in, didn't just happen to be born in-- though I was that too.

A long smoldering and now massive popular response to injustice has been catalyzed by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th. Even Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson concedes, “this was without precedent in the modern era.”

If the English-language press had done its job, and not parroted press releases that promote vaccination as the only escape from the social isolation we’ve endured the last three months, the public would be asking many questions about the ongoing protests and their relation to the logistics of vaccine trials. To test a vaccine, typically […]

By F. William Engdahl – New Eastern Outlook – 16.06.2020