Burned Baby Burned: The Riots That Weren’t
“The public mind has been so poisoned that an acquittal of George Zimmerman could ignite a reaction similar to that, 20 years ago, when the Simi Valley jury acquitted the LAPD cops in the Rodney King beating case.
Should that happen, those who fanned the flames, and those who did nothing to douse them, should themselves go on trial in the public arena.”
— Pat Buchanan, “What If Zimmerman Walks Free?” Real Clear Politics, May 22 2012
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“With today’s social media I fully expect organized race rioting to begin in every major city to dwarf the Rodney King and the Martin Luther King riots of past decades.
If you live in a large city be prepared to evacuate or put up a fight to win. You will need firearms, fire suppression equipment along with lots of food and water. Police resources will be slow and outgunned everywhere.
America is about to see some combat related population control like we’ve not seen since the Civil War. Martial Law can’t be far behind complete with major efforts at gun grabbing.
This may be a turning point in America. Freedom will either be retaken or lost for our lifetimes and our children’s.”
— Paul Huebl, “America Will See Its Worst Race Riot Yet This Summer,” Crimefilenews.com, June 26 2013
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“If some form of social disorder, be it limited or widespread, does ensue should Zimmerman walk free, authorities will be well prepared. The Department of Homeland Security recently put out another order for hundreds of items of riot gear in order to prepare for “riot control situations.” The federal agency has also committed to buying around 2 billion rounds of ammunition over the course of the last year.”
— Paul Joseph Watson, “Ex-Chicago Cop: Zimmerman Acquittal to Cause Race Riots,” infowars.com, June 28 2013
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“I tell you, the media can barely keep its pants up. All right, the jury instructions are next in the Zimmerman trial. They just can’t wait. Although I don’t think the media wants a verdict today, ‘cause it will get lost over the weekend, maybe the Sunday shows. They’d rather have the verdict on Monday so they can use the whole week to trash the country.
Plus the riots are scheduled for Monday. They probably don’t have the rioters ready to go today. But they can’t help themselves. I mean, folks, it’s amazing. Closing arguments are finished, and then the prosecution did their rebuttal, closing arguments, and the judge next is gonna charge the jury. For those of you in Rio Linda, that doesn’t mean they’re gonna arrest them. It means they’re gonna give them their instructions and then the jury’s off. What if it’s like the OJ jury and they come back in like an hour?
Friday is a better day for a riot. The jurors have been sequestered. They may just want to get out of there and take the occasion of Friday to run away from town and hide. It’s hard to predict what’s gonna happen. (interruption) Well, Monday or Friday, what difference does a day make to a rioter? No, no. Big difference. Even if you get media coverage of your riot on Saturday, it’s not as impactful as on a Monday or Tuesday. So the rioters, they’re not gonna be revved up to go today. Rioters… the bus reservations and the hotels. Well, no, they’ll trash those. I think the DOJ’s probably already done the organizational aspect of the riots.”
— Rush Limbaugh, “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” July 12 2013
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“Within moments of the announcement of the verdict Saturday night and continuing through Sunday, demonstrations, some planned and some impromptu, arose in neighborhoods in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, New York and Atlanta. There were no reports of serious violence or arrests as the day went on, a contrast with the riots that swept Los Angeles after the verdict in another race-tinged case, the 1992 acquittal of white Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King, a black construction worker.
As dusk fell in New York, a modest rally that had begun hours earlier in Union Square grew to a crowd of thousands that snaked through Midtown Manhattan toward Times Square in an unplanned parade. Onlookers used cellphones to snap pictures of the chanting protesters and their escort by dozens of police cars and scores of officers on foot. Hundreds of bystanders left the sidewalks to join the peaceful demonstration, which brought traffic to a standstill.
In Sanford, the Rev. Valarie J. Houston drew shouts of support and outrage at Allen Chapel A.M.E. as she denounced “the racism and the injustice that pollute the air in America.” “Lord, I thank you for sending Trayvon to reveal the injustices, God, that live in Sanford,” she said.
About 40 people in Atlanta, carrying sodas and Skittles to underscore the errand to a store that Mr. Martin was completing when he was shot, marched to Woodruff Park on Saturday night. In Washington, about 250 marchers protested the verdict late Saturday and early Sunday as police cruisers trailed them.
A few hundred protesters gathered at a rally in downtown Chicago on Sunday, some wearing signs showing Mr. Martin wearing a hoodie.
“I’m heartbroken, but it didn’t surprise me,” said Velma Henderson, 65, a retired state employee who lives in a southern suburb of Chicago. “The system is screwed. It’s a racist system, and it’s not designed for African-Americans.”
A similar sense of resignation flowed through St. Sabina, a Catholic church on the South Side of Chicago, where many parishioners are black. They gathered in the sanctuary holding signs that read, “Trayvon Martin murdered again by INjustice system.”
“Like many of you, I’m angered, I’m disappointed, I’m disgusted,” said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who is white, told his congregation at St. Sabina. “And yet like many of you, I’m not shocked. ’Cause unfortunately, this is the America that we know all too well. Yesterday, we watched the justice system fail miserably again.”
As blacks and whites struggled with the racial implications of the debate, many called for prayer and peace and urged that there be no escalation of violence.
“My heart is heavy,” said Milton Felton, a cousin of Mr. Martin’s, outside Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Gardens, Fla., where members of the family had gathered. “But that’s our justice system. Let’s be peaceful about it.”
— Adam Nagourney, "Prayer, Anger and Protests Greet Verdict in Florida Case,” New York Times, July 14 2013
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/22/what_if_zimmerman_walks_free_114228.html
http://www.crimefilenews.com/2013/06/america-will-see-its-worst-race-riot.html
http://www.infowars.com/ex-chicago-cop-zimmerman-acquittal-to-cause-race-riots/
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/07/12/i_m_not_the_one_hoping_for_trayvon_riots
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/us/debate-on-race-and-justice-is-renewed.html?ref=us