As Milwaukee Burns, Official Lists Demands That Must Be Met To End Riots.
As Milwaukee, Wisconsin burns, an elected official addressed the public about the violence rocking the city after an armed suspect was shot and killed by police. Instead of calling for peace, the alderman, an elected member of the city council, listed demands that must be met in order for the riots to end before issuing an unbelievable threat — and things aren’t looking good for the city or our nation.
The chaos began Saturday night as riots broke out in the city after an African-American police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old black suspect who had a long criminal history and was armed with a stolen handgun loaded with 23 rounds of ammunition. Before the facts were known, an angry mob descended on the streets, burning businesses and a police car while also violently attacking innocent people and looting. Even though a black cop killed the suspect,
whites became a target, and chants of “
black power” were heard as businesses were set ablaze and first responders were shot at when they attempted to stop the destruction.
As angry black people burned the city of Milwaukee while hunting white people to attack,
city leaders pleaded for calm and Mayor Tom Barrett implored parents of anyone at the scene to “get them home right now” and called on faith leaders to help restore order. However, Alderman Khalif Rainey had a different idea for ending the riots. Justifying the grievances of the black community, he added a list of demands that need to be met before issuing a threat.
During a press conference where city leaders called for calm, Alderman Khalif Rainey made excuses, demands, and threats, claiming Milwaukee is “the absolute worst place in America for African-Americans to live in the entire country.” Saying that black people are “tired of living under this oppression,” he began hinting towards his demands, saying, “nobody can deny that there are
racial problems here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that
have to be rectified.” Unfortunately, it got much worse from there.
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This is the warning cry,” Rainey said, speaking of the rioters burning their community to the ground, hunting whites to attack, and shooting at firefighters who tried to put out a gas station fire. “Where do we go from here?” he asked. “Where do we go as a community from here?
Do we continue with the inequity, the injustice, the unemployment, the under-education that creates these byproducts that we see this evening? Do we continue that?”
Neatly packaged as inconspicuous questions were his list of demands as he said the black community needs to be given more if leaders want to stop riots from happening. To be clear that he was demanding that the black people’s grievances be rectified immediately, he followed with a threat. “
If you don’t, this vision of downtown, all of that, You [are] one day away. You [are] one day away (from it happening again),” he threatened.
So, if whites do not start rectifying the plight of oppression allegedly suffered by blacks, we can expect more violence, riots, looting, burning, and shooting. Just to be clear, an officer shooting you when you are armed and non-compliant is not oppression. Not being allowed to commit your crimes without the “interference” of law enforcement is also not oppression. That’s caused civilization, and if you want to be a part of it, the first step is acting civilized rather than lawless.
Rainey’s rhetoric is blatantly misguided and ignorant.
Milwaukee’s economy is expanding. Companies are hiring. However, these animals in the streets don’t want jobs. As Rainey discussed the unemployment within the black community, his “byproducts” burn the very businesses that could employ them. This lawlessness is not an act of desperation. The word “injustice” has become just an excuse to loot and demand more. A normal reaction to “injustice” doesn’t include
breaking into a small business and stealing fake hair. A bad economy isn’t remedied by burning businesses.
This is the message sent by black leaders in the communities, and it’s downright scary. Demand more, and if you don’t get it, destroy more. Meet our demands, or else. That’s what is being heard, and if we are “one day away,” Rainey has ash and blood on his hands for encouraging rioters to burn their city and continue their attack. It’s time to hold those who perpetuate this narrative, encouraging this kind of terrorism, be held responsible. Rainey should not be on any council, he should be behind bars for inciting riots.