Comments on: The ambivalent silences of the left: Lovelle Mixon, police and the politics of race and rape http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/ Black liberation news and views Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carl http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-6747 Carl Wed, 26 May 2010 09:41:38 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-6747 everyone has suffered some degree of brain washing making people haters so I think that most people are victims if you study each case in depth. So I try not hate groups( black, white, jewish, muslim etc)
while every body is preoccupied with hating each other. The new world order roles on.( Divide and conquer.)

]]> By: Nick Vivion http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 Nick Vivion Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:03:28 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-3312 That link was not working for some reason. Here is the direct link:

http://assignments.bbn3.com/videos/lovelle-mixon-martyr-or-murderer-448

]]> By: Nick Vivion http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-3311 Nick Vivion Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:57:02 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-3311 I just finished a video about this story for BBN3, “Lovelle Mixon: Martyr or Murderer?” It look at a different angle on this story.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/nde24l8

Cheers

Nick V

]]> By: Ophelia http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2699 Ophelia Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:53:42 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2699 Death at the hand of violence is always tragic. Whether it is a Black civilian or a White police officer, no one should die due to hatred and violence.

Instead of generalizing all police officers are bad and oppressive or all civilian males of color are thugs, let’s remember we’re all people first.

People, let’s stop hurting, raping, oppressing, killing and hating one another. Doesn’t matter what color your skin or what position in society you have – it’s wrong.

People of color, let’s stop hurting one another. People of authority, reach out to the community and get to know us as individuals. Then you won’t react out of fear and mistrust and we will trust you to protect us.

Please, dear Lord, dear spirit of compassion, let us learn to listen and care for one another. Our survival, our lives, our enjoyment of this world depends on it.

Peace,

A sister

]]> By: Otis http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2600 Otis Wed, 20 May 2009 01:16:38 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2600 Unfortunately the author of this article is too ignorant to provide acurate information. Throughout the article he makes statements, and then only provides obvious bias supporting information. Lets not forget about false complaints against police (very very common) and ridiculous lawsuits. Stating that Mixon’s actions were in his actions because of the “three strikes” rule, causing him to be scared, is any excuse is an absolutely absurd comment. Three strikes…even someone with common sense would have learned after two. To finish, lets talk some real talk……..In a city with demographics like Oakland, of course more people of color will be stopped/contacted. It’s a simple ration. More black citizens, more black contacts. It’s hypocritical to say Oakland PD are constantly harrassing the citizens of Oakland at every turn. It’s just a completely untrue statement. Think about it, isn’t the very next complaint usually heard about how the police are never around……? Oakland is violent, and it’s violent because of it’s citizens….take some responsiblity for your own actions, PERIOD.

]]> By: James http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 James Tue, 12 May 2009 18:17:29 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2528 Great Post Jack Johnson!!

]]> By: Jack Johnson http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2501 Jack Johnson Sun, 10 May 2009 07:38:41 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2501 A Poor attempt to manipulate our view of mixon by holding up grant in our face. They are two totally different (outrageous) cases. Eyewitnesses tell us Mixon is a killer, DNA tells us he’s a rapist. Case closed there folks. He had his chance to be a productive member of society. But he chose to die young and leave a handsome corpse.
Oscar’s murderer will be dealt with–or Oakland will burn.
Readers, don’t let this article blur the clear line between these two cases. Why defend a mad dog like Mixon, when he didn’t defend his own honor? (Oh yeah, h-o-n-o-r ever heard of it?)
The “left” doesn’t owe Mixon anything but silence. Stay tuned on Grant.
If you don’t move beyond this panther/cop paradigm you may not be dead, but you will be irrelevant. The southern cracker is dead, the urban hater is dead. It’s Obama time. Lighten up, tighten up, get it on!
Give up the hate, give intelligence and peace a chance. Give your kids a chance.
All killed in the Mixon case deserve our sympathy because they were all human beings. That said, Mixon decided to kill rather than preserve life. Police are sworn to arrest or eliminate people like him. Regardless of race.
Stop hating on basis of zip code! So what if a cop lives in Danville or whatever….everybody commutes somewhere. You hate the cops because they don’t live here and then call them ‘occupiers’ when they’re here.
This is not Gaza and nobody is using depleted uranium on you. Parts of this article sound as if they were written by a provocateur who would inflame the historically ignorant to harden their hearts toward the very people (cops) who very well might be called to save them at some time.

People of Oakland recognize that your solidarity is not served by tolerating violent people in your midst who would bring danger to your neighborhoods and hold you virtually hostage.

Oscar Grant’s white murderer-with-a-BART-cop-badge will go down…
But That doesn’t have a thing to do with Mixon. Aside from the human tragedy, don’t equate the two.
Between worrying about ‘killer cops’ black muslim baker hitmen and lax city governance, the forces of chaos and darkness are looking smug. What’re you gonna do Oaktown?
(I’m talking to you too Berkeley?)

]]> By: Carole Ann http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Carole Ann Sat, 09 May 2009 18:29:10 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2498 On the politics of rape and race, I am still blown away by the 1997 Sherrice Iverson case. Sherrice, a 7-year old Black girl, was raped and killed in the women’s bathroom of a Las Vegas casino in the wee hours of the morning. Unbelievably, the “accomplice/lookout” was in the next bathroom stall while his friend raped and strangled this little Black girl. This “monster” chose to turn a deaf ear to her screams and ignore them. Due to the fact that Nevada did not have a “good samaritan law,” the “accomplice” look-out person, was set free by a Nevada grand jury….and allowed to return to California and continue his education. Talk about a monster, he put the definition in the word. (for more information on Sherrice Iverson, search under her name to read this harrowing story.) She did not live to reach 18.

]]> By: Wallace http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2489 Wallace Fri, 08 May 2009 15:39:55 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2489 The police in America are exercising social control of blacks through terror. We are being forced to accept rates of unemployment as high as during the depression and think it is normal. We are being forced to accept conditions of life which would not be tolerated by any group of real citizens! Black labor is being systematically replaced by foreign workers and we are being left to rot in forced idleness. Unfortunately we have not figured out how to employ and use our energies.

]]> By: James http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 James Tue, 05 May 2009 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2453 Now that you know for a fact that Mixon is nothing but the lowest form of life a rapist, and a murderer, when are you going to admit you backed the wrong horse in this race?

]]> By: Sto Per http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 Sto Per Tue, 05 May 2009 07:53:31 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2450 What a sad, pathetic piece of bumbling propaganda. I wonder how you would view Lovelle if he had raped your twelve year old sister or daughter… the raped the other two women we now know he raped for sure. So all cops are bad, huh? You’ll beg for one to come and protect you when your being car-jacked by Lovelle’s apprentices, or when your homies “home invade” your family and rape your wife as four local “ganstas” did in my neighborhood two years ago(an initiation in which they forced the woman’s parents to watch her being anally raped by all four men). Hey, peace bro!

]]> By: Brother from another planet L.A. http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 Brother from another planet L.A. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:47:07 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2321 I walked out to my car a week ago to grab some art supplies out the back of my volvo. I closed the back of the volvo stopped for a second and talked to a neighbor then casually walked into my house and into the bathroom.
A few minutes later my room mate came into my room flustered and surprised, she asked me where was I and what did I do. I said I’d been there in the bathroom but was outside just before. She informed me that two “white L.A.P.D. cops” trespassed into our backyard looking for a black man wearing a black jacket walking suspiciously. I supposed that was me, I did not see them. They continued to interrogate her about the house and who was in it and who mowed the lawn recently. I can’t even walk outside my house without being profiled and almost detained by cops. I wonder what they would have done to me had they stopped me, would they have detained me there and questioned me? I have no love for the police, never have and never will. They are weak and scared, they prey on those weaker and less armed than them. Mixon just gave them a little taste of their own medicine. GooD job!

]]> By: leroy http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 leroy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:51:26 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2313 Oakland is a victim of itself – of it’s own citizenry.
Oakland blacks, like most blacks, just want one thing – a free, good time. An for that you just gotsta have sharp cloths, jewelry, a fine car, and BBQ, Uh-huh!.

]]> By: James http://sfbayview.com/2009/the-ambivalent-silences-of-the-left-lovelle-mixon-police-and-the-politics-of-race-and-rape/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 James Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:31:56 +0000 http://www.sfbayview.com/?p=4060#comment-2312 Act like you got some sense when you deal with the police, this is not some kind of new thing, it’s always been this way!

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