r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • 21h ago

Could probably hear the “FOH!!” from space

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u/MutedRage 20h ago

Right or wrong, we only get there if their outcomes look like ours.

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u/Forty86 20h ago

Peacefully, this is the only way to get there. But you can also get there with civil unrest that isn’t scared of violence.

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u/go4urs 19h ago

When/where is proof of this?

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u/Forty86 17h ago

If you’re asking me for proof of when violence frees the oppressed, I’d suggest opening any history book that talks about Iran, South Africa, U.S., China, Japan. Like idk where to start.

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u/wafswafs 18h ago

That is not what happens with a hung jury, though. It's a retrial.

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u/MutedRage 17h ago

Sure. He was one person. He did what was within his power.