And if the media is stoking public interest in this case that would supposedly go unnoticed otherwise, who was behind the one million hoodie march?
Preparing for Riots After Zimmerman Verdict Is Racial Fear Mongering
The assumption that there will be violence if Zimmerman is acquitted runs counter to recent history
Many predicted riots after George Zimmerman was found not guilty and some people circulated this video of “riots in Miami” (it’s actually of the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot).
The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin.
It doesn't seem like these isolated instances are evidence of the thread's title statement.There will definitely be rioting, the verdict notwithstanding. It is not going to be spontaneous, or a series of unrelated "isolated incidents." Batshit crazy, perhaps, but looking at the data I just pulled up and placing into context, I can't find an alternative outcome in the tealeaves.
Tell that to the victims which already out number the one killed in self defense .
The use of congregation-based organizing has been linked to Jesse Jackson when he was organizing his own political campaign. But most famous for drawing on Alinsky principles is President Barack Obama.His own community organizing and campaigns have long held strong roots in the tactics of the organizer who did so much work in his city of Chicago.
In 1969, Hillary Rodham wrote a 92-page senior thesis for Wellesley College titled "There Is Only the Fight . . . ": An Analysis of the Alinsky Model. The subject was famed radicallcommunity organizer Saul Alinsky.
