To the charge that "no one's listening," "we're voiceless etc. That's just not the case.

1.) Black people own the largest political party in the country. If it wasn't for 90% plus patronage from black Americans that translates into roughly 10 million plus raw vote advantage for Democrats then that party would cease to exist. That's a large reason why things like Gay Marriage and other uber left items can't make it thought state legislatures or ballot initiatives.

2.) No one listened to Collin Kaepernick: Collin Kaepernick is a multi-million dollar spokesman for one of the largest companies in the world. Every time he tweets or takes a shower it shows up on CNN. Because of his actions Jerry Jones was on the floor of his stadium kneeling with players. The NFL gave 10's of millions of dollars to charitable causes. Jay Z was appointed as essentially a defacto owner. They were considering a rule to give black coaches and GMs more draft picks and decided instead to expand the Rooney Rule.

3.) from 2009 to 2016 the AG for the United States were both Black. Eric Holder and Lorreta Lynch may have had their short comings, but no one thinks that they were shills for the "MAN". They both had the ability to oversee any police action that they deemed was a violation of civil rights and prosecute those they deemed responsible. This includes investigations of things like the Mike Brown Case, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner etc. Not only did they exercise that power, but they essentially took over certain police departments of the country and issued guidelines to others.

4.) In the Mike Brown Case specifically, you had a situation where people LIED TO A GRAND JURY about material facts in the case in order to frame someone who didn't look like them. That lie was then repeated on a loop by the Main Stream media as proof of the flying spaghetti monster "Systemic Racism". Up to the time that the Grand Jury declined charges the Local Prosecutor and the police were in constant contact with protesters about the role the police department had in civil unrest and what steps they could take to bridge mistrust. After several black witnesses exonerated Darren Wilson, and the autopsy results showed that he was a.) not shot in the back b.) didn't have his hands up (confirmed by the autopsy initiated by the BLACK USAG) they still burned the city down.

5.) All policing, by definition, is locally managed. As pointed out in this thread, the overwhelming number of major urban areas in this country are run by Democrats. Going back to the Freddie Gray Case, they Prosecutor was a (FINE) Black woman, the Mayor was a (FINE) black woman, the police chief was a minority, the Governor was a democrat, the USAG was Black and the President was black. That's a far cry from protesting citizens openly run by members of the white citizens council. Again, they still had riots and childishness. Killer Mike (while literally wearing a shirt that read "Kill Your Masters") talked about the need to organize, strategize and beat up prosecutors we don't like at the ballot office. For some reason he neglected to mention that the prosecutors in most cases were supported in overwhelming fashion by black Americans or are POC's Themselves.

6.) The most conservative President elected in 4 decades just passed CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. Specifically to alleviate or overcome previous sentencing disparities etc. We let thousands of POCs out of jail through the first step act. His most visible ally on the state level just appointed two minority justices to the Florida Supreme Court. So much for the Racist in Chief.

7.) Since the outbreak of the Ferguson Riots, jurisdictions have adopted different standards and deployment patterns to limit police interactions with black suspects. The results? Increased crime, property damage, and loss of life in the very communities people claim to want to protect.

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