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In reply to the discussion: Thom Hartman joins number of white progressives slamming those criticizing #BLM [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)As has been pointed out by me and others--Seattle has been under tension between police and POC for years (shot a friend of mine dead) and the police Department was investigated by the Feds for brutality.
And this is a "liberal" city. Thousands of adoring fans showed up for Sanders rally. The event that was 'disrupted' wasn't even his event--he was there to speak. Seattle is the city of the WTO protests. Seattle is a city of dozens of protests--from immigration reform to how the homeless are treated. We've been known to 'disrupt' traffic. Hang signs, chant, march. We had occupy. We've had tent cities. We have sit ins. We have anarchists.
What happened with Sanders shouldn't even be a surprise, and it shouldn't require so much explanation, but none so deaf who will not hear.
And "reflexive white person response" Hartman nails it.