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Jesse Jackson Says Militia Beats Blacks
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Jackson likens cops to 'militia,' terrorists
By Steve Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
CHICAGO - Jesse Jackson yesterday equated police officers accused of brutality with terrorists, referring to police as the "militia." Top Stories
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"There is a pattern of African Americans being beaten by the militia and killed by the militia," Mr. Jackson said in an interview with the Washington Times. "These are all acts of terror, and we really need to get a definition of terrorism. Unarmed citizens being beaten and killed by the militia is an act of terrorism."
His statements were made during the 36th annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund Conference. Mr. Jackson is the founder of both groups.
The remarks repeated similar statements made during a wide-ranging discussion with N'Digo magazine, a 125,000-circulation black weekly in Chicago, in which he said that federal, state and local entities can be responsible for "terrorist" acts.
In that interview, Mr. Jackson also stated that incarcerations of black men "are part of a growth industry that is making millions of dollars for non-black communities it is a criminal act against humanity."
The N'Digo interview was part of an annual feature the magazine does on Mr. Jackson for his conference.
"If terrorism is shooting or killing innocent people, then the police that recently shot at an innocent black couple here in Chicago and were acquitted, despite being under the influence of alcohol, were terrorists," Mr. Jackson said in the interview, which appears in the July 18-24 edition of the magazine.
He also said that President Bush "is exploiting the fears of Americans and exaggerating incidents, playing the terrorism theme like a one-string guitar."
"Isn't terrorism the four police officers who beat Rodney King? Or the police that shot Amadou Diallo? What we must do is fight for a definition of terrorism and hold all those who fall under that definition accountable."
"I don't think we have become enraged as a people, as journalists, as ministers, as communicators - we just kind of accept what's happening against our own community."
N'Digo was founded as a monthly in 1989 and is a formidable rival of this city's original black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, which was founded in 1903.
Publisher Hermene D. Hartman is a former employee of Rainbow/PUSH, according to N'Digo editor David Smallwood.
Mr. Jackson has done many interviews with N'Digo, he said.
"This interview was scheduled to be an hour, but Mr. Jackson is an old friend, and it went on for three hours," Mr. Smallwood said. "He knows us well - he is an old family friend - and he tends to let his guard down when he does interviews with us."
Mr. Jackson has been a vociferous critic of Mr. Bush and the war on terror, although the N'Digo interview is the first time he has likened American police officers and governments to terrorists.
Earlier this month at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mr. Jackson called Mr. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft "the most threatening combination in our lifetime" to civil rights.
Rainbow/PUSH has been beleaguered by personnel problems recently, laying off several employees of its main office here earlier this year. But Mr. Jackson continues to travel extensively and keep his high public profile.
So it came as something of a surprise Sunday when the 60-year-old Mr. Jackson, who lives on the south side of Chicago, announced that he had selected Chicago pastor the Rev. James Meeks as his successor to guide Rainbow/PUSH.
But yesterday, Mr. Jackson appeared to recant that statement, issuing a press release that clarified any questions of his pending retirement.
"I have no plans to step down anytime soon. But when I do, Reverend Meeks will be my successor," Mr. Jackson said in yesterday's statement.
An aide added that Sunday's announcement is "by no means a resignation."
Mr. Meeks, 45, has been the organization's executive vice president since 1999. He is running for state Senate as well as being the leader of Salem Baptist Church, which has one of Chicago's largest black congregations.
The Rainbow/PUSH conference continues today with former President Bill Clinton delivering a keynote speech at a luncheon with the theme "Women and AIDS: An International Perspective."
In the N'Digo interview, Mr. Jackson praised Mr. Clinton for his work on battling the AIDS virus and raising the profile of the issue.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020723-85008396.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By Steve Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
CHICAGO - Jesse Jackson yesterday equated police officers accused of brutality with terrorists, referring to police as the "militia." Top Stories
Dow falls below 8,000
China tests missile
Investors shaken but won't stir
Some blue chips report strong growth in earnings
Cash crunch pushes Sri Lanka to peace
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"There is a pattern of African Americans being beaten by the militia and killed by the militia," Mr. Jackson said in an interview with the Washington Times. "These are all acts of terror, and we really need to get a definition of terrorism. Unarmed citizens being beaten and killed by the militia is an act of terrorism."
His statements were made during the 36th annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund Conference. Mr. Jackson is the founder of both groups.
The remarks repeated similar statements made during a wide-ranging discussion with N'Digo magazine, a 125,000-circulation black weekly in Chicago, in which he said that federal, state and local entities can be responsible for "terrorist" acts.
In that interview, Mr. Jackson also stated that incarcerations of black men "are part of a growth industry that is making millions of dollars for non-black communities it is a criminal act against humanity."
The N'Digo interview was part of an annual feature the magazine does on Mr. Jackson for his conference.
"If terrorism is shooting or killing innocent people, then the police that recently shot at an innocent black couple here in Chicago and were acquitted, despite being under the influence of alcohol, were terrorists," Mr. Jackson said in the interview, which appears in the July 18-24 edition of the magazine.
He also said that President Bush "is exploiting the fears of Americans and exaggerating incidents, playing the terrorism theme like a one-string guitar."
"Isn't terrorism the four police officers who beat Rodney King? Or the police that shot Amadou Diallo? What we must do is fight for a definition of terrorism and hold all those who fall under that definition accountable."
"I don't think we have become enraged as a people, as journalists, as ministers, as communicators - we just kind of accept what's happening against our own community."
N'Digo was founded as a monthly in 1989 and is a formidable rival of this city's original black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, which was founded in 1903.
Publisher Hermene D. Hartman is a former employee of Rainbow/PUSH, according to N'Digo editor David Smallwood.
Mr. Jackson has done many interviews with N'Digo, he said.
"This interview was scheduled to be an hour, but Mr. Jackson is an old friend, and it went on for three hours," Mr. Smallwood said. "He knows us well - he is an old family friend - and he tends to let his guard down when he does interviews with us."
Mr. Jackson has been a vociferous critic of Mr. Bush and the war on terror, although the N'Digo interview is the first time he has likened American police officers and governments to terrorists.
Earlier this month at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mr. Jackson called Mr. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft "the most threatening combination in our lifetime" to civil rights.
Rainbow/PUSH has been beleaguered by personnel problems recently, laying off several employees of its main office here earlier this year. But Mr. Jackson continues to travel extensively and keep his high public profile.
So it came as something of a surprise Sunday when the 60-year-old Mr. Jackson, who lives on the south side of Chicago, announced that he had selected Chicago pastor the Rev. James Meeks as his successor to guide Rainbow/PUSH.
But yesterday, Mr. Jackson appeared to recant that statement, issuing a press release that clarified any questions of his pending retirement.
"I have no plans to step down anytime soon. But when I do, Reverend Meeks will be my successor," Mr. Jackson said in yesterday's statement.
An aide added that Sunday's announcement is "by no means a resignation."
Mr. Meeks, 45, has been the organization's executive vice president since 1999. He is running for state Senate as well as being the leader of Salem Baptist Church, which has one of Chicago's largest black congregations.
The Rainbow/PUSH conference continues today with former President Bill Clinton delivering a keynote speech at a luncheon with the theme "Women and AIDS: An International Perspective."
In the N'Digo interview, Mr. Jackson praised Mr. Clinton for his work on battling the AIDS virus and raising the profile of the issue.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020723-85008396.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't serve Americans well to use "militia" as a bad word in any context, least of all the Blacks, who have a legitimate history of using their right to keep and bear arms to form groups like the Black Panthers to try to protect themselves and their families from violent racists during desegregation. This to me is commendable, so long as we are not talking criminal activity. In fact, some Blacks had their hearts and minds in the right place when they took advantage of their Second Amendment right to form "unorganized militia" groups in the 60s which carried small arms for self protection against attacks, foreign or domestic.
The best and the brightest always seem to die young, and now we don't have Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X speaking for the African American community today, we have Jesse and Al Sharpeton and that other guy, what's-his-name, preaching, and all of them mediocre intellects compared to those lost to assassination. Jesse is running his mouth, and making a very bad simile for sensational effect. If the actual "militia" were illegal, Blacks would have a lot to holler about, as we all would. If Blacks start refering to abusers in uniform as militia, they are doing no one any good, least of all the concept of freedom to bear arms granted all of us by the Second Amendment.
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Jackson is a RACIST. Yes that's possible, a black American can be a racist. He's just a black version of the KKK. Alan Keyes and Dr.Walter Williams on the other hand got my vote for being men.
rodney colson
He has certain hot words that he has mouthed shallowly to the media so long that he has forgotten what they mean. He substituted militia for police for the opportunity to demean a greater class of people. Or "the more likely reason" he misspelled police and his spellchecker picked militia instead.
swede
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Will270win@nraonline.com
He only talks to get donations from the weak of mind. Aren't there militias that sign up blacks? (I was told so).
If everyone ignored him- maybe he would go away!!
rodney colson