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Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incident
Posted by mizzoukills on 7/7/16 at 11:28 am466
Did this really happen?
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In February, when Baton Rouge hosted its annual Spanish Town Parade celebrating Mardi Gras, a prominent theme was mocking the Black Lives Matter movement.
A float declared “Pink Lives Matter” and showed a flamingo getting beaten with police batons with a sign around its neck saying “I can’t breathe.” The flamingo is the mascot of the Spanish Town Parade, which is known for its inappropriate humor. The flamingo was an obvious reference to Eric Garner, who told police that he couldn’t breathe just before he was killed in that encounter.
Another float joked about “Freddie Gray Goose” — Freddie Gray was another black man killed by police, which sparked large riots in Baltimore — and some attendees waved Confederate flags, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported.
Doug Cossman, a board member for the group that oversees the parade, told the Baton Rouge Advocate he’s sorry if anyone was offended but “we’re not about to start censoring anybody’s free speech rights.”
Gary Chambers, the publisher of a local magazine who wrote about the float, told Fusion he thought the floats went too far — especially since it happened in February, during Black History Month.
“They make fun of everybody, but when you go to the point of mocking an unarmed African-American man who lost his life in the streets of this nation, I just don’t find that funny,” Chambers told Fusion. “Every year they do this … and we’re supposed to be OK with it.”
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In February, when Baton Rouge hosted its annual Spanish Town Parade celebrating Mardi Gras, a prominent theme was mocking the Black Lives Matter movement.
A float declared “Pink Lives Matter” and showed a flamingo getting beaten with police batons with a sign around its neck saying “I can’t breathe.” The flamingo is the mascot of the Spanish Town Parade, which is known for its inappropriate humor. The flamingo was an obvious reference to Eric Garner, who told police that he couldn’t breathe just before he was killed in that encounter.
Another float joked about “Freddie Gray Goose” — Freddie Gray was another black man killed by police, which sparked large riots in Baltimore — and some attendees waved Confederate flags, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported.
Doug Cossman, a board member for the group that oversees the parade, told the Baton Rouge Advocate he’s sorry if anyone was offended but “we’re not about to start censoring anybody’s free speech rights.”
Gary Chambers, the publisher of a local magazine who wrote about the float, told Fusion he thought the floats went too far — especially since it happened in February, during Black History Month.
“They make fun of everybody, but when you go to the point of mocking an unarmed African-American man who lost his life in the streets of this nation, I just don’t find that funny,” Chambers told Fusion. “Every year they do this … and we’re supposed to be OK with it.”
This post was edited on 7/7 at 11:31 am
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by Walt OReilly on 7/7/16 at 11:29 am to mizzoukills
Yeah it really happened
Was pretty sickening to watch
Was pretty sickening to watch
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by LSUTigersVCURams on 7/7/16 at 11:29 am to mizzoukills
Yes it happened, and it was hilarious.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by Boudreaux35 on 7/7/16 at 11:30 am to mizzoukills
So, anything can be funny unless it offends someone?
Gary Chambers offends me, so he needs to go away.
Gary Chambers offends me, so he needs to go away.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by OysterPoBoy on 7/7/16 at 11:30 am to mizzoukills
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Gary Chambers
Stopped reading.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by genuineLSUtiger on 7/7/16 at 11:30 am to mizzoukills
Karma is really coming back to bite the white man in the arse these days. And it's only going to get worse in the coming decades.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by whit on 7/7/16 at 11:30 am to mizzoukills
Spanish Town is trashy.
Am I doing it right??
Am I doing it right??
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by mizzoukills on 7/7/16 at 11:31 am to whit
Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by SirWinston on 7/7/16 at 11:31 am to mizzoukills
I wasn't there and didn't see those floats but they sound clever and genuinely humorous to me
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by TigerintheNO on 7/7/16 at 11:31 am to mizzoukills
Not every community, follows Missouri's lead, and bends over and grabs their ankles when BLM tells them to.
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re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by OysterPoBoy on 7/7/16 at 11:32 am to mizzoukills
I guess it's not run by pussies.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by mizzoukills on 7/7/16 at 11:32 am to TigerintheNO
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Not every community, follows Missouri's lead, and bends over and grabs their ankles when BLM tells them to.
Okay....???
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by LNCHBOX on 7/7/16 at 11:33 am to mizzoukills
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Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
The same reason your account hasn't been permanently deleted.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by ProjectP2294 on 7/7/16 at 11:34 am to mizzoukills
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Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
Why would they not be? Who is supposed to stop them?
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by TeddyPadillac on 7/7/16 at 11:34 am to mizzoukills
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Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
Why are the BLM posters allowed to be offensive?
It's a free country. You can say whatever the frick you want.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by Salmon on 7/7/16 at 11:35 am to mizzoukills
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Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
allowed?
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by lsuhunt555 on 7/7/16 at 11:35 am to mizzoukills
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Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
Because they are floats in a fricking parade.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by therick711 on 7/7/16 at 11:36 am to mizzoukills
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Why are the Spanish Town floats allowed to be offensive?
Because gay men are also an insular minority who have been historically discriminated against.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by L5UT1ger on 7/7/16 at 11:36 am to TigerintheNO
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bends over and grabs their ankles
Hella interesting choice of word talking about the Spanish town parade.
re: Parade mocked deaths of black men months before Sterling incidentPosted by Lucky_Dog on 7/7/16 at 11:36 am to genuineLSUtiger
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Karma is really coming back to bite the white man in the arse these days. And it's only going to get worse in the coming decades.
How is karma biting me in the arse?
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