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Archae

(46,356 posts) Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:40 AM Jul 2013

Right-wingers post fake video of "riot."

Some right-winger posted a video of a 2011 riot in Vancouver, claimed it was blacks in Miami rioting over the Zimmermann verdict.

The tweet and the videos have all been removed, but why do this at all?
Simple. Racism.

So it was hardly surprising that a video of a riot in Miami began circulating on Twitter within two hours after the verdict was announced last night.

Except there was no riot in Miami. The video was from the 2011 Stanley Cup Riot in Vancouver, Canada. The debunked video has since been deleted, but that probably won’t matter. After all, two store windows were broken in Oakland, prompting this reader response:

"blacks are animals this wasn’t a big surprise that they riot"

As Time‘s Marc Polite wrote Thursday, conservative stories of blacks rioting in the wake of the Zimmerman trial defy recent history … and reinforce the narrative that caused Trayvon Martin’s death:

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/14/riot.html

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Right-wingers post fake video of "riot." (Original Post) Archae Jul 2013 OP

Disgusting (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #1

Consistent with Zimmerman, when the threat doesn't exist they make it up. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #2

those suggesting riots handmade34 Jul 2013 #3

Reader resposnse: "blacks are animals" ThoughtCriminal Jul 2013 #4

It's funny because the most Dash87 Jul 2013 #6

There's also a big "Canada something" sign on the building to the left. Demoiselle Jul 2013 #7

They want riots so bad. Dash87 Jul 2013 #5

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

1. Disgusting (nt)

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:41 AM

Jul 2013

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

2. Consistent with Zimmerman, when the threat doesn't exist they make it up.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:46 AM

Jul 2013

A pox on the lot of them.

May they all shrivel and die and leave this place for people without such hatred and bigotry in their hearts.

handmade34

(22,758 posts)

3. those suggesting riots

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:49 AM

Jul 2013

know that there is, and has been, great injustice done in our country and they need reasons to continue the status quo

ThoughtCriminal

(14,049 posts)

4. Reader resposnse: "blacks are animals"

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:31 PM

Jul 2013

Those "Black" people are pretty pale and sure dress heavily of Miami in July.

Dash87

(3,220 posts)

6. It's funny because the most

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:39 PM

Jul 2013

identifiable person in the picture, the guy to the right of the flaming car, is clearly white. How did they miss that?

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)

7. There's also a big "Canada something" sign on the building to the left.

Reply to Dash87 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 04:06 PM

Jul 2013

Good grief.

Dash87

(3,220 posts)

5. They want riots so bad.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:37 PM

Jul 2013

They want riots to fulfill their neck beard Turner Diaries fantasies of a race war. Notice no Trayvon Martin supporters or neutral people actually want riots.

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