#BlackLivesMatter activist convicted of attempted felony lynching in California

Submitted by Alex Ocana on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 8:04am

June 2, 2016 . Jasmine Richards became the first black person in the U.S. to be convicted of lynching. No, she wasn't part of a mob torturing and hanging white men. Jasmine was trying to ‘unarrest’ another black woman she felt was being unlawfully taken by police. Will this be the governments response to protests and mutual aid? This should be in a Daily Dystopia thread.

http://theantimedia.org/black-lives-matter-leader-lynching/

Read it before watching the video where Jasmine speaks for herself, tells us her experiences growing up in Orange Grove, California. Orange Grove is a so-called "no-tolerance (free fire ?) zone.

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Submitted by Big Al on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 9:18am

That's incredible.

"They use force to make you do what the deciders have decided you must do".

Submitted by WindDancer13 on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 9:18am

In answer to your question:

Will this be the governments response to protests and mutual aid?

Jails and prisons can only hold just so many people. Recent protests have resulted in pepper spray and fire hoses. The police have been geared for a war. Future encounters will not be handled in the same manner as the staged protests on the Capitol steps a few months ago. It will probably get a lot worse as the government tries to suppress the People's voice and acts to promote justice.

To paraphrase Niemoller:

First, they came for the Blacks
But I was not Black, so I did nothing...

Thanks for sharing this.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

Submitted by tle on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 11:52am

This reminds me of a different prosecution.

This happened back in 2003:

In a Miami federal court, the attorney general charged the environmental group Greenpeace under an obscure 1872 law originally intended to end the practice of "sailor-mongering," or the luring of sailors with liquor and prostitutes from their ships. Ashcroft plucked the law from obscurity to punish Greenpeace for boarding a vessel near port in Miami.

Yes, the Shooter quote is just as valid as ever: "The law is what I say it is!"

However, the linked article clearly states that the term "lynching" was removed from that law two months before this particular arrest, so at least they're not, figuratively, throwing acid in your face as they pummel you.

Submitted by blazinAZ on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 1:55pm

white supremacy

The system has all of the power in its grubby hands. Cops can kill people with impunity and either stay on the force or retire with full pensions. Meanwhile, protesters are attacked and severely punished for exercising what remains of our "free" speech.

I benefit every day from my white-skin privilege, and I continue to do everything I can to dismantle white supremacy. It and capitalism (the unholy duo) are the worst ills on the planet, the cause of wars, racism, poverty, environmental destruction, mass incarceration, etc., etc.

#FreeJasmine

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There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka

Submitted by blazinAZ on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 6:56pm

petition for Jasmine

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/freejasmine-no-jail-time-black-lives-m...

Sign and pass it on, please

blaze

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There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.
--Amiri Baraka