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Intersection of Newbury Street and Mass. Ave. shut in police-shooting protest

Protest march on Newbury Street

Protesters against police violence, organized by Black Lives Matter, marched down Newbury Street at lunchtime, then congregated in the middle of the intersection of Newbury and Mass. Ave. briefly before heading down Mass. Ave. to Boylston Street.

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why is it always white women playing a major role in these protests? Who exactly are they, what groups do they represent? How many are members of the LGQBT community?

I'm bi, so don't accuse me of being 'homophobic'?

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Have more motivation to protest what they consider oppression of others?

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And it's Saturday, they probably have the day off.

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I think it's because the general public is more likely to listen to a white face, especially if that white face is speaking about racial oppression. The face of a white woman stirs up feelings of sympathy and has done so throughout history (this has been both a positive and negative phenomenon), so people will listen to her, even if they ultimately do not agree with what she's talking about. Add some white men and you've got the public's rapt attention.

It's sad because black and brown folks cannot find that same audience to listen to them when issues like this (police brutality/virulent racism/urban inequality) are statistically more likely to affect them than whites of any socioeconomic group. So, in this case white allies are sometimes used as a political tactic, just as long as the white allies realize that this is not *their* struggle. They are there to prop up the voices of the marginalized and bring attention to the cause.

There's also the fact that this is Boston, so you're gonna see more than a few white faces, regardless.

Finally, about the question of where are the LGBTQ groups -- please. They're not gonna come out unless they're radical-leaning/radical, period. Also, the major LGBTQ orgs went corporate long ago and don't want to upset their interests.

/Also bi, yet jaded

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… and the mother of his now traumatized children. The "group" she's representing is her family.

FFS.

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Denis Reynoso took a cops gun and shot at officers and they killed him. The fiance wants an independent investigation but won't comment on the DA's official report but says it was mistaken identity. Mistaken identity or not if you don't want to be killed by the cops, don't try to kill them first.

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I have to say of all the officer involved shootings this seems the least questionable.

That article seems to offer no proof of the mistaken identity claim.

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And the original "crime" was what, not wearing a shirt? Oh, and the broken safety holster. Were there any witnesses to this incident besides the police?

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Multiple people called this in and it wasn't because he wasn't wearing a shirt. He was agitated and threatening people. And high and off his meds. This is a tragedy but god only knows, it would have been worse if something had happened to that little boy.

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in the neighborhoods where young black men are killing each other.

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How many times a day does Fox News repeat them so they get stuck in your heads?

I know it may be hard to believe but it is possible to think it's awful that young black men are getting shot in their own neighborhoods AND to think that it's awful that young black men are getting shot by police, and that protesting over the latter does not imply you don't care about the former.

If you really cared, you would already be familiar with the work being done by the Mother's Day Walk for Peace and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. But they don't ever report on those groups on Fox News, so I'll wait while you Google them.

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Now, Mr know it all fox news hater, would you please enlighten us as to how many young black men are shot by other young black men for every young black man shot by police FOR NO REASON (i.e. he didn't pull a knife/gun on them?) 1,000? 10,000? Maybe 100,000?

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I will concede many of the young black men who die violently do so at the hand of other young black men.

That does not therefore mean that the issue of police killing young black men is not a valid one for consideration.

Now how many hours of Fox News do you watch a day?

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I don't see much of a difference between far right and far left - different color, same shit.

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Hey Adam, why don't you put a link on UH to the audio clip of Charles Barkley's radio interview. Don't worry, it isn't on Fox News.

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Why does a single incident where a white cop shot a black thug get all this media attention, whereas young black males shot by black thugs normally don't get anything other than a quick blurb on hub? No one wants to hear the inconvenient truth, I suppose?

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It just means you don't subscribe to either of Boston's daily newspapers, both of which have gotten a lot better over the past few years at covering violence within Boston city limits.

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I'm not a republican, nore am I a progressive liberal (socialist). I just think its funny that people are protesting on behalf of a young man you pulled a gun on a cop.

And yes Im very much aware of the mothers day walk. Unlike you, I'm from here, and have spent far more time in these neighborhoods.

So be a good liberal and say a prayer to the almighty Obama tonight. Maybe he'll only double you insurance rates in 2015.

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Stole a cops gun, put it to the officers head and was shot. WTF do you expect to happen when you put a gun to someones head?

People are pissed about his death? He tried to murder another human, failed, and subsequently was killed.

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I feel all those fringe groups would get much more respect from the general population if they start picking better martyrs - rallying behind a violent thug who robbed a store and assaulted a police officer doesn't look that great.

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Indeed , they are looking for empathy , but create apathy.

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I thought this protest was supposed to be about the police shooting of the Gentle Giant in Ferguson, MO. When did it become about a guy in Lynn? Then again, it's tough to have a protest against white cops killing black gentlemen in the same week when at least six black eyewitnesses and the autopsy support the Ferguson officer's account of the shooting. Hopefully the Boston group rented enough money to rent a van to get to Ferguson to join the promised riots when/if the officer is cleared.

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Keep the Faux Nooze lie pipeline going.

Remember kids - the more you repeat a lie, the more true it gets!

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Of him robbing a store was fabricated?

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Autopsies lie too...

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Both the store he bought things at and the store that was robbed came forward with videos showing that the kid the cops murdered was indeed innocent.

But all black teens look alike to you I guess ... stop looking at them as murder targets through a gunsite with a paranoid lens and you might notice individual differences.

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are not Michael Brown and his friend? Because I haven't heard anything of the kind and no--black teens do not "all look alike" (that particular stereotype is usually applied to Asians, btw). Those two kids are very distinctive looking. If you have a link, please post.

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Somehow, whatever you read appears to be in error - or high propaganda spin:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/10/26/ferguson-lies-again/

Here's the actual report - which says nothing of any sort like the newspaper's report on it: http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/a...

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I love it when these entitled liberals (regardless of race) protest because they're the same liberals who cross the street when I walk by (I'm a muscled Dominican guy) or who attend these posh, agenda-laden colleges. Stick to your organic coffee shop and your pseudo bohemian lifestyles, folks.

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I'm a muscled Dominican guy

I'm a 6'3" tall, 27 year old Olympic Athlete and Fashion model. (yes, in Second Life but shhhh!)

You must be new here on the internets.

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Ok--I also noted that the majority of these protesters seem to be white women but come on--how many people *really* cross the street when they see you coming? "Muscled" and "Dominican" are just not on most city gal's list of "reasons to flee." Unless you are truly menacing in some way, carrying a weapon, talking loudly to yourself, or wearing an agitated python around your neck, I just don't see it. Maybe there's a doughnut shop across the street or a big sale on comfortable shoes.

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“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” -- Rev. Jesse Jackson

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Or old whites. I live in a very mixed, mostly safe neighborhood. I have my own pretty intuitive way of sizing up whether someone feels threatening to me and it has very little to do with skin color. Do they seem disturbed, hostile, drunk or drugged; are they walking with purpose or loitering; are they just acting strange or as if they're looking for someone to go after? I've never in my life said "ooh--brown guy with muscles! Run!" I mean jeeze--I'd spend a LOT of time crossing the street if that were true.

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No relevant comment in the archive from "Reverend" Sharp-tone?

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In a week where we've seen three cops shot in California and four more in NYC attacked by a nutter with an axe, maybe we could lay off for just a day or two? I appreciate the concern about police brutality but there's this promotion of the idea that every cop everywhere is the enemy or a trigger-happy KKK member and I really question whether anything useful or constructive comes out of this approach. There have to be better community-based ways to address these concerns and not a bunch of white girls tying up Newbury St of all places.

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Sally, as a police officer, I would like to thank you for your comment. It's very hard, and increasingly disheartening, to do my job while also trying to remain informed. I frequently find myself struggling whether or not to read the comments on this site. The disdain for police officers in America is something I struggle with on a daily basis. People like the commenter "swrlygrrl" make me not even want to go into work on some nights.

However, I took an oath which I take very seriously. I swore to protect the innocent at all costs, even if it came at the loss of my own life. What happened in Ferguson was tragic, but there is overwhelming evidence that Michael Brown violently attacked a police officer. Yesterday, I watched the movie "Fruitvale Station", and ultimately concluded, upon further reading, that the officer involved in that unfortunate incident should have been punished more punitively than he was.

What I wished people knew is that 99.99% of officers are good people, kind hearted and sympathetic to the plight of the citizens of the inner-city. We are on the front lines of an Anerican war that most choose to ignore. To take a life in the line of duty is something I hope to never experience. Despite that, if my life is ever in jeaporady, I will do what I must to neutralize a threat so that I may hope to return to my family. I am not naive, and I realize that we remain an incredibly race driven society. I am also a minority officer, if that matters.

Thank you Sally. I will re-read your comment on the nights when I wonder why I'm doing this at all.

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As an African American living in MA, I question and said it before. If #BLACKLIVESMATTER
WHY NO OUTRAGE?
Where is the Black Community?

WHY AREN'T RESIDENTS IN THE STREETS PROTESTING AGAINST PEOPLE WITH GUNS SHOOTING ROBBING KILLING EACH OTHER & INNOCENT VICTIMS?

If police are involved, White police Black suspect....Oh God all hell breaks loose.

A type of mindset....anticop antiwhite cop-We are just waiting for something to happen so we can protest.

Only lives taken by a police officers weapon matter?

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Officer, I also said as a Black African American, I am ashamed and Angy at the actions of mainly Black males.
So I say it again....
The truth hurts sometimes.
Some Black parents are not being responsible parents.....Shame on them.
Crimes, in many areas - Boston MA for example, including the shootings are being committed by Black males....and females, or dark skinned Hispanics.

✴ I don't blame the Police one bit for watching and questioning....AND BEING ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE GUN VIOLENCE!
The ones intent on crime, anti-police, gangbangers, thugs, drug dealers are making it hard and dangerous for the rest of us that have the same color skin.

If they cleaned up their acts, then the cops would not be looking for or suspicious of gun activity from so many BLACK, DARK Skinned suspects!

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I have to wonder when leaders of my community will speak out against the senseless violence in places like Marysville, Indianapolis, Fayetteville, Sandy Hook and Aurora.

If they cleaned up their acts, then the cops would not be looking for or suspicious of gun activity from so many WHITE, LIGHT Skinned suspects!

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are statistically a drop in the bucket as far as the US violent crime rate is concerned. It's the mass slaughter that goes on daily in mostly urban America that accounts for most of the US violent crime,including homicides. Aurora, Columbine, Sandy Hood all sensational, over the top violent crimes, but also statistically not typical or common, barely register as a blip.

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I'm usually on the same page with you on these things, but I gotta say...I think this is not a sound comparison. The daily drumbeat of young black men shooting other young black men--occasionally taking down innocent passers-by--is a different can of worms than Aurora or Sandy Hook or Marysville (where the shooter was a 14-year-old Native American, btw--by all accounts a beloved, well-adjusted and popular kid). These mass shootings, though more and more common, are an aberration, and the perps are generally in the grips of despair and/or mental illness. The guy a few weeks back in OK who beheaded a co-worker? Nuts. The guy who went after the police officers with the hatchet? Crazy. But no one has ever suggested that the young men who shot Dawnn Jaffier or shot up the Harambee playground were crazy or unbalanced--it's like they were just going about their business.

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I'm sure the fact that the Newtown guy had mental issues is of little consolation to the parents of his victims.

In any case, I brought those up to make another point, in this discussion in which some people keep insisting blacks can only protest violence by other blacks:

Why is it that the Fox News crowd insists that black protesters have to protest every single bad thing that happens to blacks, all at once, or none of their claims are valid?

Do we ask white climate-change protesters why they aren't doing anything about meth addiction?

No, we don't. This concern trolling about violence in black neighborhoods is nothing but an effort to put those people in their place and a clever effort by Fox and friends to distract 99% whites from the people who are really harming them - none of whom are black.

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Rev. Al Sharpton while in Ferguson at Michael Browns Funeral said...
(Tweet by Nichole Berlie KSDK news @NicholeBerlie)

"We have to be outraged at ourselves too.
Blackness was never about being a gangster or a thug."

I did not hear or read any articles in response to this comment.

Let's ignore what we don't like to hear?

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Which is that, yes, people in the black community are dealing with black violence. That you choose to ignore that or can't be bothered to research it does not make that fact just disappear.

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I must apologize for commenting on the lack of protests from the Black communities regarding gun violence and homicides.

I formed my opinion based on what I see and hear from the media headlines. I have not researched or bothered to find information on my own.

I do wish the media would show more of the positive activities surrounding the gun violence issue in our state.

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I can't imagine doing your job. And yes--we all know that there are bad cops out there but I don't honestly believe that they are a majority or that the system is irreparably broken. There's a lot of work to do, to be sure.

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Traffic was ridicukous at the intersection of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue today at about 2:15 PM. Grrr...

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