Black Panther Group Leads Open Carry ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protest Outside Texas Legislature
A protest outside the Texas legislature today completely confused online outrage-mongers by combining something conservatives hate, the Black Panthers, with something liberals hate, the right to Open Carry.
Pics from the Twitter:
Black Panther group outside Texas Capitol protesting black deaths by police #txlege #txpolitics @houstonchron pic.twitter.com/jcPrQ127lR
— ChronicleMike (@ChronicleMike) March 16, 2015
Black panther-led open carry protest in front of Texas Capitol #opencarry #txlege pic.twitter.com/BEaU06UQyS
— John Savage (@JohnSavage_) March 16, 2015
chants of "fuck the police" at #txlege pic.twitter.com/eLmc84r6eN
— John Savage (@JohnSavage_) March 16, 2015
Black Panther protesters leaving Capitol #txlege pic.twitter.com/ILN5hdwUrl
— John Savage (@JohnSavage_) March 16, 2015
Black Panther group outside Texas Capitol protesting black deaths by police #txlege #txpolitics @houstonchron pic.twitter.com/jcPrQ127lR
— ChronicleMike (@ChronicleMike) March 16, 2015
MT @DMNPolitics: Gun group loosely affiliated with Black Panthers marches at #txlege | http://t.co/nhKzZO6aiL #txlege pic.twitter.com/0JtVqSJX7v
— The 84th Legislature (@84thLegislature) March 16, 2015
And also in Austin:
Now: Black Panther Party march around the Austin streets. #sxsw2015 gets all the attention, we're the only reporters. pic.twitter.com/FcRp3uz7iO
— Lorena de la Cuesta (@LorenadlaCuesta) March 16, 2015
There were some supporters on Twitter:
@nytxnn @JohnSavage_ it's an open carry protest – a protest where they exercise their legal right to open carry. Whites do it all the time.
— Rosa Smith (@quendergeer) March 16, 2015
@JohnSavage_ God bless them, I wonder if tea party will support black gun advocates @Montel_Williams
— TruthCasterTV (@TruthCastersTV) March 16, 2015
@AngelDevil1166 @JohnSavage_ They're as much entitled as next guy. In fact – makes me happy to see em w/their sidearms. Shit cops take note.
— Last Resort (@abacor) March 16, 2015
More from the Dallas Morning News:
The Dallas-based Huey P Newton Gun Club marched through downtown Austin and posted up outside of the Capitol building with long guns Monday as the Texas Senate debates open carry bills.
The club is named after the co-founder of the Black Panther Party and inspires their message, according to member Erick Khafre.
The Black Panther Party is associated with extremist tactics, but Khafre said the group is not interested in being violent.
“We’re interested in educating people about their rights and defending their community,” Khafre said.
