It’s been 67 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color line and yet …
by digby
On Monday night, mostly white St. Louis Cardinals fans clashed with a group of mostly black protesters peacefully demanding justice for slain teenager Michael Brown…
At one point, an older white man starts yelling at the protesters, shouting, “That’s right! If they’d be working, we wouldn’t have this problem!” Then, the Cardinals fans begin chanting “Let’s go Cardinals!” which morphs into “Let’s go Darren!” referring to Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot Brown.
Later on in the video, a woman shouts, “We’re the ones who gave all y’all the freedoms that you have!”
“We’re the ones who gave ya’ll the freedoms that you have…”
Pretty much says it all.
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