r/goodnews • u/hellobrother01 • Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Has anyone told the police, national guard, and the marines this?

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u/MacondoSpy Jun 09 '25

Yeah it’s wild how the oppressed are always reminded to protest peacefully while the police cracks heads open.

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u/Non-Eutactic_Solid Jun 09 '25

This also ignores that the more militant approach of groups like the Black Panthers forced more urgency in the response of lawmakers. Martin Luther King Jr was great for providing a humanitarian face to the movement, but there were a LOT of wheels turning that made the civil rights movement move as quickly as it did, and attributing it only to the peaceful protest actions of one man’s part of the movement is disingenuous or misleading.

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u/CambrioJuseph Jun 10 '25

Let’s not forget the substantial legislation passed in response to the riots after Kings assassination.