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by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
As the FBI director explained, the term “terrorist” has a very specific legal meaning in the US. Legally,
a terrorist is somebody aiming to influence or change government or corporate (it's hard to tell them
apart) policies by breaking the law. By that definition, Dylan Roof, who simply wanted to kill as many
black people as he could is NOT a terrorist. The willingness to kill a lot of black people is NOT a
change in corporate or governmental policy. Killing lots of black folks has been business as usual ever
since Europeans landed in the New World half a thousand years ago....
....If breaking the law to change government or corporate policy makes you a terrorist, Martin Luther
King, Chelsea Manning, Wikileaks' Julian Asange, anti-pipeline activists and “#BlackLivesMatter
protestors blocking roads and streets, and even Boondocks cartoon character and self-confessed
domestic terrorist Huey Freeman all pass the test.
Read more: http://www.blackagendareport.com/whos-a-terrorist
As the FBI director explained, the term “terrorist” has a very specific legal meaning in the US. Legally,
a terrorist is somebody aiming to influence or change government or corporate (it's hard to tell them
apart) policies by breaking the law. By that definition, Dylan Roof, who simply wanted to kill as many
black people as he could is NOT a terrorist. The willingness to kill a lot of black people is NOT a
change in corporate or governmental policy. Killing lots of black folks has been business as usual ever
since Europeans landed in the New World half a thousand years ago....
....If breaking the law to change government or corporate policy makes you a terrorist, Martin Luther
King, Chelsea Manning, Wikileaks' Julian Asange, anti-pipeline activists and “#BlackLivesMatter
protestors blocking roads and streets, and even Boondocks cartoon character and self-confessed
domestic terrorist Huey Freeman all pass the test.
Read more: http://www.blackagendareport.com/whos-a-terrorist