Inconvenience for thee, but not for me

One African American man told the Boston Globe, “If these protesters believe that Black lives matter, then they need to stop making us late for work and our other commitments…For many, being late to work is not acceptable and can lead to termination.”

The First Amendment does not protect you from the consequences of your actions. They had the right to protest, but not to impede or endanger others. A total of 29 protesters were arrested and charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and willfully obstructing an emergency vehicle. They pleaded guilty and were released on their own recognizance. Although they were laughing and chatting after leaving the court house, they had no comment for the swarms of reporters waiting to talk to them. In fact, they were quite testy that said reporters were … GASP … blocking their cars!

Hypocrisy much? Reporters who tracked down the protesters at their homes the next day were rebuffed. “Go away.” “This is harassment.” “You’re trespassing.” “I’m not comfortable with this being filmed here.” At least two of the protesters were 20-something white slackers living with their parents in nice houses in upscale neighborhoods.

Tweets:

• #AccidentLivesDon’tMatter The crowd of me me me strikes again.
• Two big upsets today. 1) Marty Walsh fired protester who worked for city. 2) A protester had a job.
• She won’t have to bear the burden of working for the oppressors any more.
• She was fired for cause = no unemployment. She had too much income last 6 months = no food stamps.
• It’s funny they depended on the exact system they are “protesting” against to free them up.
• It’s even funnier that black cops cuffed these all-white protest blocking I-93 to protest white police brutality against black people.
• So tired of the constant indignation from these people, most of whom have never been repressed at all.
• Ignorance is only blissful for the ignorant.
• Ignorance is like death. If you’re stupid or dead, you don’t know or care, but it is uncomfortable for those around you.
• If they really WERE repressed, they wouldn’t be in our faces, would they?
• I think that if they want to see real repression they should go to the Middle East and protest the killing of Christians.

Sources:

• http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/boston_area_highway_blocked_by_protesters
• http://www.wcvb.com/news/expressway-in-milton-medford-shut-down-by-protesters/30718692
• http://twitchy.com/2015/01/17/two-big-upsets-found-here-boston-mayor-fires-city-employee-for-role-in-i-93-protest/
• http://twitchy.com/2015/01/17/circle-is-complete-iowahawk-spots-head-spinning-momentofzen-in-i-93-protest-arrests/
• http://twitchy.com/2015/01/15/massachusetts-trooper-asks-highway-blocking-protesters-an-important-question/
• http://twitchy.com/2015/01/15/maddening-massachusetts-police-say-protesters-forced-diversion-of-ambulance-carrying-crash-victim/
• http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/01/black_lives_matter_boston_i-93.html