“I feel like it’s more secure now,” one woman said. “I know my son can walk home and be OK.”

Summary

Following a February 7th neo-Nazi rally, residents of Lincoln Heights, a majority-Black Ohio town, formed an armed Safety and Watch Program to protect against hate groups.

The rally, where participants waved swastikas and shouted slurs, received little police intervention, sparking fears of future threats when no arrests or identifications were made during the incident.

Volunteers now patrol bus stops and neighborhoods. “I’ve never felt safer as a Black man in my community,” said spokesperson Daronce Daniels.

The historically underserved and self-governing community shows strong support for the initiative with yard signs and sees this as a continuation of its legacy of self-reliance and community defense.

  • CompostMaterial@lemmy.worldEnglish
    118·
    10 hours ago

    Cowards tend to back down when confronted on equal grounds. This is essentially a resurgence of the Black Panther movement, which worked quite well doing the exact same thing.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      19·
      8 hours ago

      This is essentially a resurgence of the Black Panther movement, which worked quite well doing the exact same thing.

      Well, up until it got COINTELPRO’d and the cops assassinated Fred Hampton, at least.

    • Notserious@lemmy.caEnglish
      29·
      9 hours ago

      I wonder if this will trigger republicans to enact gun laws

      Mulford Act A 1967 California bill to repeal the law that permitted citizens to carry loaded weapons in public places The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that prohibited public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and signed into law by governor of California Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted with the goal of disarming members of the Black Panther Party who were conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, in what would later be termed copwatching. Wikipedia

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          4 hours ago

          Fun fact: Reagan kicked off his 1980 campaign with a speech in Philadelphia MS - a middle-of-nowhere city known for absolutely fucking nothing except the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964.

        • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
          13·
          7 hours ago

          Or at least a bigger caliber. Why do all these would be assassin’s not spend and extra 200 dollars in range time. Meanwhile kennedy gets the fucking marine that bullseye’s womp bats with a garand.

      • chingadera@lemmy.world
        11·
        7 hours ago

        Lmfao imagine showing up to be the voice of the people and banning something termed “cop watching” and not hanging yourself right after.

      • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        8 hours ago

        An interesting distinction, so you could carry an unloaded rifle, and a magazine or ammunition in your pocket and be totally legal and still ready to defend yourself if needed