Greater New York Black Lives Matter president Hawk Newsome joined “The Story” Wednesday to discuss the direction of the movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody and the subsequent demonstrations across the country, many of which have sparked destruction and violence.
“You … have said that violence is sometimes necessary in these situations,” host Martha MacCallum told Newsome. “What exactly is it that you hope to achieve through violence?”
“Wow, it’s interesting that you would pose that question like that,” Newsome responded, “because this country is built upon violence. What was the American Revolution, what’s our diplomacy across the globe?
“We go in and we blow up countries and we replace their leaders with leaders who we like. So for any American to accuse us of being violent is extremely hypocritical.”
MacCallum clarified that her question was based off comments she had heard Newsome utter in various interviews.
“I said,” Newsome told the host, “if this country doesn’t give us what we want, then we will burn down this system and replace it. All right? And I could be speaking … figuratively. I could be speaking literally. It’s a matter of interpretation.
“Let’s observe the history of the 1960s, when black people were rioting,” he went on. “We had the highest growth in wealth, in property ownership. Think about the last few weeks since we started protesting. There have been eight cops fired across the country.”
“I don’t condone nor do I condemn rioting,” Newsome added. “But I’m just telling you what I observed.”
Later in the interview, Newsome insisted the Black Lives Matter movement is about “saving lives” and its adherents should be “applauded” for upholding the Second Amendment.
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Black Lenin!
We must vote Trump and begin importing Chinese people to nyc.
The guy is dangerous and probably belongs in prison .
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_terrorism
He made it very clear, the BLM movement is a terrorism organization.
This racist thug should be locked up immediately for issuing terrorist blackmailing threats. DOJ should do something about this Democrat private army of Brownshirts.
when you have George Soros bankrolling him and his thugs, he’s got nothing to fear
Sounds like a child throwing a tantrum.
OY VEY I LEFT MY NAME AH YID ON MY LAST POST. PLEASE ERASE IT . IF B.L.M. FINDS OUT WHAT I WROTE THEY”LL CALL ME RACIST.
who cares what this lowlife says, take him and all his followers to jail, send them back to where they came from if they are not happy in a privelged land, thats what happens when you give them too much benefits, they just take advantage. send them to north korea, lets see how their protests would go there
Every corporate website has a banner lecturing me about the movement and how much money they are donating to the organization. makes me wonder.
This thug is perfect spokesman for Democrat party. This what you could get in Biden’s cabinet