{"id":45322,"date":"2020-05-26T23:42:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T03:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=45322"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:17:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:17:31","slug":"white-supremacy-is-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/white-supremacy-is-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"White Supremacy Is Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a black man named Christian Cooper <\/a>asked a white woman named Amy Cooper<\/a> (no relation) to put her dog on a leash in Central Park’s Ramble, where dogs are required to be leashed to protect the wildlife and plants. In response, Amy Cooper called 911 in fake hysterics<\/a> and told the dispatcher that an “African American man” was threatening her and her dog. She was openly trying to commit murder-by-cop<\/a>. Christian got her whole act on video and left the scene, as did Amy Cooper, before the cops showed up. This was a fortunate outcome considering that later the same day in Minneapolis, after a call about a “forgery in progress<\/a>,” a black man named George Floyd was handcuffed and killed by a police officer<\/a> who knelt on his neck as Floyd cried out, “I can’t breathe” and three other officers stood by.<\/p>\n

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The @naacp would fly the flag on the left at its Manhattan headquarters from 1920 – 1938 after a Black man was killed by a white mob. In 2015, artist @dreadscottart created an updated version, which in the picture on the right is seen outside @jackshainman gallery in 2016. #irunwithmaud<\/a><\/p>\n

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