Guns = Freedom

[audihenry]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/17/826081/-The-day-the-Klan-messed-with-the-wrong-people

"Sipping coffee in Perry's garage with shotguns across their laps, the men agreed that defending their families was too important to do in haphazard fashion. "We started to really getting organized and setting up, digging foxholes and started getting up ammunition and training guys," Williams recalled. "In fact, we had started building our own rifle range, and we got our own M-1's and got our own Mausers and German semi-automatic rifles, and steel helmets. We had everything."

"...a large, heavily armed Klan motorcade roared out to Dr. Perry's place, firing their guns at the house and howling at the top of their lungs. The hooded terrorists met a hail of disciplined gunfire from Robert Williams and his men, who fired their weapons from behind sandbag fortifications and earthen entrenchments. Shooting low, they quickly turned the Klan raid into a complete rout. "[Police Chief] Mauney wouldn't stop them," B. J. Winfield said later, "and he knew they were coming, because he was in the Klan. When we started firing, they run. We run them out and they started just crying and going on."

"Amazingly no one was killed, but a number of cars were disabled. The following day the Monroe city council held an emergency meeting and passed an ordinance against Klan motorcades."

There's more, read it at the link.

[forgiven]

Maybe taken on the Black Panthers at voting booths should be next on the agenda.

[Turbinator]

Maybe taken on the Black Panthers at voting booths should be next on the agenda.

Huh? Explain? It's been awhile since I've seen any Black Panthers anywhere.

Turby

[Seesm]

YOu had me at Guns=Freedom!!

[IGOTDIRT4U]

Huh? Explain? It's been awhile since I've seen any Black Panthers anywhere.

Turby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGbKHyGuHU

In the city of "Brotherly Love" no less...

[rojocorsa]

Dupe. Something like this can already be found in Off Topic.

[MolonLabe2008]

It's been awhile since I've seen any Black Panthers anywhere.

Define "awhile?"

Here are two "Black Panther" members outside a polling site wielding club's intimating voters during the 2008 presidential election...

[Clayface]

Your post title is misleading. I thought you were going to rant about law abiding citizens not having the legal right ( atleast in Calif) to own fully automatic assualt weapons.

[audihenry]

Define "awhile?"

Here are two "Black Panther" members outside a polling site wielding club's intimating voters during the 2008 presidential election...

Intimidating? The whole point of the Black Panthers was to make sure that black voters would be able to cast a vote without being bullied by white racists.

I suggest you study history before repeating what Fox News reports as "intimidation."

[IGOTDIRT4U]

Intimidating? The whole point of the Black Panthers was to make sure that black voters would be able to cast a vote without being bullied by white racists.

I suggest you study history before repeating what Fox News reports as "intimidation."

But the point of THAT pic (and my posted YT vid) is that they indtimidated white people, as captured by the reporter's video. Also, in PA, there is a voting law that prohibits certain actions in front of a voting area, including the wearing or appearance of uniformed personnel (whether a legally recognized entity or not). Yes, you're right, that latter law and SOME of the purpose of the BP was to ensure that blacks would not be intimidated, but that is not what happened on 11/8/08 in Philly.

[dwa]

Intimidating? The whole point of the Black Panthers was to make sure that black voters would be able to cast a vote without being bullied by white racists.

I suggest you study history before repeating what Fox News reports as "intimidation."

are you stating then that those men where there in position on that day and time specifically to allow black voters to vote safely? i thought the black panthers were a way for the founders of the crips to sell drugs and engage in pimping, murder of police officers and other thuggery.

what crimes were the original members incarcerated for?

[IrishPirate]

I don't care if this gets modded.....F*CK THE KLAN!!!!

of course, this happened a long time a go in a state far far away.....but I'd be happy to do it again today, right here in CA!!! No use for racists in this world!

[audihenry]

I don't care if this gets modded.....F*CK THE KLAN!!!!

of course, this happened a long time a go in a state far far away.....but I'd be happy to do it again today, right here in CA!!! No use for racists in this world!

Amen brotha.

[kermit315]

Intimidating? The whole point of the Black Panthers was to make sure that black voters would be able to cast a vote without being bullied by white racists.

I suggest you study history before repeating what Fox News reports as "intimidation."

So, do you have a cite showing that this incident was related to ensuring black voters could vote? What were the white racists doing there that garnered a need for the Black Panthers?

Looks like straight up racism to me. It has nothing to do with what Fox says, any body with 2 brain cells can watch that video and figure out what is going on.

[DNA]

google New Black Panthers if any of you think the militants have gone away. They are alive and well and in SoCal.

Dan