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Statues toppled and state senator in an ambulance after overnight protests in Madison, WI
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:01 am
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:01 am
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Even media people are getting concerned
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Protests in Madison, Wisconsin, over a man's arrest resulted in toppled statues and a state senator in an ambulance.
Devonere Johnson, a Black man, was arrested Tuesday after he was seen on video carrying a bat and moving around inside and outside of a restaurant while speaking into a bullhorn, police said in an incident report. He escaped the squad car before being tackled, the report said.
He has been tentatively charged with disorderly conduct while armed, resisting arrest and attempted escape.
A group tore down the statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg and threw it into Lake Monona, the station reported. Heg was a Norwegian migrant who fought for the Union in the Civil War, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
The group also pulled down the Forward statue outside the State Capitol -- which the Wisconsin Historical Society said symbolizes devotion and progress, WKOW said.
Democratic state Senator Tim Carpenter of Milwaukee was present for the overnight protests and said he was assaulted after taking a picture, the station reported.
WKOW said its crew called 911 to get him an ambulance.
Even media people are getting concerned
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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
So the Madison crowd last night: knocked over the statue of an abolitionist immigrant who died fighting for the union, a statue commemorating women's suffrage and beat up a 60 year old state senator and left him lying on the ground.
This post was edited on 6/24/20 at 11:03 am
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Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:03 am to RLDSC FAN
Fought for the union and got cancelled?
Hmmm. Methinks it’s all about skin color and not slavery
Hmmm. Methinks it’s all about skin color and not slavery
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:07 am to RLDSC FAN
Like I said these terrorists are about nothing more than looking for a excuse to do terrorists thing wit their friends
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:12 am to RLDSC FAN
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Democratic state Senator Tim Carpenter of Milwaukee was present for the overnight protests and said he was assaulted after taking a picture, the station reported.
You sure do hate to see that.
More elected officials, folks.
I mean, Ts and Ps, of course....
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:14 am to RLDSC FAN
I mean, I can kind of understand the anger and tearing down statutes that don't belong to you, but I draw the line at littering. You tore it down, you take it to the dump, fricker. I don't want to dicker my boat prop on a piece of improperly-disposed statue. Animals! The lot of em!
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:16 am to RLDSC FAN
quote:
Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
So the Madison crowd last night: knocked over the statue of an abolitionist immigrant who died fighting for the union, a statue commemorating women's suffrage and beat up a 60 year old state senator and left him lying on the ground.
JUSTICE they cry.... JUSTICE.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:16 am to rsbd
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:17 am to RLDSC FAN
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group tore down the statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg and threw it into Lake Monona, the station reported. Heg was a Norwegian migrant who fought for the Union in the Civil War, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Oh, now this is getting good.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:24 am to RLDSC FAN
This doesn't distract from the movement. This IS the movement.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:25 am to RLDSC FAN
Democrats doing Democrat stuff to Democrats.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:32 am to RLDSC FAN
Why do they capitalize "Black" in news stories now?
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:33 am to RLDSC FAN
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Devonere Johnson, a Black man
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:34 am to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:34 am to SEClint
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On Juneteenth, the Associate Press announced that it was updating its style guide to capitalize the B in Black. The decision came after a week in which USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and NBC News all made the switch.
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AP’s style is now to capitalize Black in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity, and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa,” wrote John Daniszewski, the AP’s vice president for standards, in a blog post. “The lowercase black is a color, not a person.”
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:35 am to LSUJML
quote:this is bullshite, cause when they've referred to white people it's always a lower case W
“The lowercase black is a color, not a person.”
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:36 am to LSUJML
And so will White, Red and Yellow also get this distinction as well? Maybe Brown too?
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:39 am to SEClint
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this is bullshite, cause when they've referred to white people it's always a lower case W
Learn your place, sir.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:40 am to HogX
quote:Say, how big a gal are ya?
I'm shocked at the demographic that did it.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:40 am to RLDSC FAN
“He escaped the squad car before being tackled, the report said.”
How tf does this continue to happen.
How tf does this continue to happen.
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