Opinion: Montogomery Riverside brawl
Attempted Lynching In Montgomery, Opps!
Oops! They did it again. It's rare when we get a front-row seat to witness where savagery really comes from — a bunch of ne’er-do-wells trying to put a black man back in a place of subjugation in a sort of festival of violence that draws in even their women.
See, Black people are expected to be the bigger person and turn the other cheek, so authorities rarely feel compelled to act — at least not immediately. All this stems from centuries of learned behavior.
Domestic terrorism in this country — i.e. lynchings were a show, a public spectacle that required the community involvement of children, judges, police officers, politicians, name them, all coming out to stand by and watch.
It goes without saying, that the impact that lynching has had on the Black community is profound. The lessons were learned and continue to be learned today; Nobody is coming to save them but themselves.
Some individuals somehow still believe that the color of their epidermis alone continues to put them somewhere above the rules, general decorum and allows them to act like literal wild animals.
