World News – United States – Martin Luther King Jr Arizona Girl Says Arizona Protesters Would Face Police Brutal If They Were Black

The daughter of Dr Martin Luther King jr wondered what would happen if armed blacks gathered outside the counting centers, as some supporters of President Donald Trump did

Bernice King, daughter of the late civil rights activist, said on Twitter that « the democratic process was disrupted » after protesters supporting the president gathered outside the Maricopa County Election Department office in Phoenix, Arizona

As Biden leads the vote in Battlefield State, around 150 Trump supporters, some armed, gathered outside the constituency on Wednesday night chanting “count every vote” Arizona is an open transport state

Imagine, for a moment, if there was a large gathering of black people, some with guns, outside a ballot counting place in Arizona Imagine the police presence and violence against this group, and calls for law and orderâ ???? The democratic process is disrupted

The Associated Press reported that the crowd also chanted « Fox News sucks! » The network called the state for Democratic candidate Joe Biden

Trump supporters converged on polling centers across the US, demanding that every vote be counted in states where Trump lags behind Biden, while calling for counting to stop in states where the president is ahead

This came after Trump prematurely claimed victory in the election, even though neither he nor Biden got the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win and the votes in the main battlefield states are still counted

King said if the group outside the polling center had been made up of armed blacks, the police would have responded in greater numbers and with violence

« Imagine, for a moment, if there was a large gathering of black people, some with guns, outside of an Arizona ballot counting place, » she wrote. Imagine the police presence and violence against this group, and calls for the ‘The democratic process is disrupted’

This nation has tough days ahead We can’t lie to each other about it Racism and white supremacy won’t go quietly But come on, they must

In another tweet, King said: « This nation has a tough day ahead We can’t lie to each other about it Racism and white supremacy won’t go quietly But come on, they have to. » She was contacted for further comment

Robert Cruickshank, Campaign Director for Demand Progress, tweeted: « Police when progressives peacefully protest: ‘crack down on everything we have, show no mercy !!’

« Police when Tories show up with guns: ‘Oh, do you need us to stand aside? Of course, mate' »

Maricopa County continues to count the ballots and is not intimidated by these morons, thank you my God But still the way progressives are treated when they speak for the lives of black people and the way they wing nuts are treated when they threaten democracy with guns is quite austere

In another tweet, he added that « the way progressives are treated when they speak for the lives of black people and the way wingnuts are treated when they threaten democracy with guns is pretty f * * king stark « 

The Martin Luther King Jr center shared a tweet from a local reporter who said security at the Maricopa County polling center feared the mob would try to force their way inside

« This is what dangerous rhetoric, callous ‘leadership’, fear of losing power and white supremacist ideology will do, » the center wrote.

Early Thursday morning, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office told Newsweek it was « watching the crowd » in what it called peaceful The office said no one had been arrested and that no citation was issued

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