The beacon signal was activated: National Action Network (NAN), National Association For The Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Nation of Islam (NoI), New Black Panther Party (NBPP), AME Church Network and all their leadership responded. Buses were brought in from around the region to supply hundreds of foot soldiers for the marches and protests.
Then comes the Ferguson Protesters, Madison groups and professional grievance advocates from around the country arriving en masse.
@NYjusticeleague for #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/hvPYvYXsaf
— Judith Browne Dianis (@jbrownedianis) April 25, 2015
.@bccbloc Student Organizer: "The fight cannot just take place in the streets." #FreddieGrayhttps://t.co/1ASJrnvLYy
— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 25, 2015
https://vine.co/v/eWhv0eV1dTg
But there’s a problem.
Baltimore presents a strange problem for those arriving.
A paradigm shift.
That uncomfortable moment when the professional racists arrive to gnash their teeth, only to discover the majority of leadership throughout the city is black.
Now what?
“Man, this is weird, we gotta go find us some white people”…
"Let's shake it up at this baseball game." – Malik Shabazz, of Black Lawyers for Justice. pic.twitter.com/spKB2vhglD
— Kevin Rector (@kevrector) April 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/592057015205285889
https://vine.co/v/eWM5vrmbhgO
And check this out. Three groups united and throwing gang signs. “Bloods”, “Crips”, and the “Nation of Islam” (red bow ties). But notice the preferred sign for the Nation of Islam:
