8 Black Panther Party Programs That Were More Empowering Than Federal Government Programs
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David_TheMan
Banned
Some of you all might want to look and research how they got funds and food for their programs.
They were basically going up to black and community run store owners and shaking them down.
They'd tell them give us ___ amount of food or your store might have some problems or your life could be taken.
What they were doing wasn't sustainable and it was just as destructive to the community as the shyt the government was doing or maybe more so because it was on top of the shyt the government was doing to them.
They were basically going up to black and community run store owners and shaking them down.
They'd tell them give us ___ amount of food or your store might have some problems or your life could be taken.
What they were doing wasn't sustainable and it was just as destructive to the community as the shyt the government was doing or maybe more so because it was on top of the shyt the government was doing to them.
MrFantastic
Pro
Where can I read more about this?
MyNameIsMyName
Rookie
We need to bring these Black Panther programs back
Instead we got these useless #BLM feminists who hurt the black cause more than help it
Instead we got these useless #BLM feminists who hurt the black cause more than help it
You gotta link?
I love the self reliance, don't love the communism.
Not at the expense of corporate socialism.
Onetime Portland Black Panther Percy Hampton reflects on the movement, issues that remain today
"Old police reports and media accounts depict the Panthers as bent on destruction -- of white businesses in Northeast Portland, of the Portland Police Bureau and the Portland Development Commission, of capitalism as we know it. The reports accused Hampton, the party's local distribution manager, of smuggling guns and dynamite into Portland and blackmailing store owners to donate to Panther causes or face picketing or worse.
Facts are facts: In 1969 and 1970, protesters repeatedly broke windows and tossed homemade incendiary devices at businesses along Union Avenue, now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Rallies against the Vietnam War dissolved into violent skirmishes between police and students. Multiple store owners complained to police that party members led chants of, "burn it down, burn it down," outside their doors after they declined requests to subscribe to the Panthers' weekly newspaper or donate to the party's charity work. Informants told police that party leaders had more than 100 guns -- including rifles with high-powered scopes. "
With old police reports,and FBI accusations where does the truth begin and where do the lies end
...Besides I think we've seen worse things happen to black businesses haven't we?Asking or even demanding a donation sounds generous when you compare.