While I agree with the sentiment of that article, it's a bit too far IMHO. I don't like that it goes into the police keeping an eye on the armed men in a large protest. If course they did. Just as the police keep an eye on the armed white men. That they exercised restraint and did not escalate the situation tells me the writer is assigning his own bias and creating a story which ironically he is accusing others of doing.A group of black men exercising their Second Amendment rights showed up in the Georgia neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was killed to demonstrate for freedom and liberty because...
Oh, wait, I’m showing my journalistic bias by reporting this story in the same way that outlets reported on the white protesters who storm state capital buildings and order $5 foot-longs at Subway while cosplaying their favorite Call of Dutyavatars.
My bad. Sometimes I be on that “all men are created equal” shirt
Instead, I’ll defer to an objective organization like CBS 46:.........
Of course, the story doesn’t mention that the gun-toting negro thugs were part of a group of more than 1,000 people. They probably also forgot to write the part where the crowd terrorized the neighborhood by furiously releasing balloons, as WTOC reports.
Of course, the WTOC story made sure to differentiate between the peaceful protesters who were honoring Arbery and the black militants who were also peaceful and also honoring Arbery.
But that’s understandable. I mean, look at these scary black men acting the same way as white men who are never arrested..........
Armed Black Men Show Up In Neighborhood Where Armed White Men Lynched Ahmaud Arbery
A group of black men exercising their Second Amendment rights showed up in the Georgia neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was killed to demonstrate for freedom and liberty because…www.theroot.com
It was a strong start that ultimately left me feeling like just another person trying to put a wedge into our culture.
Give credit where it's due and call out the wrong. Going beyond that to assign nefarious motive sinks to the level you're calling out making you no better.