Baltimore men march 35 miles to DC to protest inner city violence; national media hardly notices
byShaun KingFollow forshaunking
attribution: Personal Photo used with permission
If any one of these men tossed a rock at a police officer it would've made the news
Late Sunday night, in what was called the 300 Men March, men from Baltimore who are frustrated with inner city violence began a 35-mile march from downtown Baltimore to Washington, DC, in a show of solidarity.
The members of the 300 Men March, a grass-roots group that recruits city youth to walk the streets denouncing the hundreds of killings in Baltimore each year and the apathy that often follows, planned to take their message to the National Mall, where they will arrive Monday afternoon.
Munir Bahar, the group's founder, said the walk to Washington measures about four times the group's previous longest march, a 10-mile hike across Baltimore on North Avenue in July. With breaks along the way, he said, the journey, the distance of which is longer than a marathon, should take about 20 hours, and end at about 2 p.m.
Not taking as many breaks as they planned, the men arrived in DC a full two hours early.
But here's what I know...
Had any one of these men carried a "**** the Police" sign, the march would've gone viral.
Had any one of these men decided to throw a rock at a police car window, his picture would've been plastered all over the news.
The truth, though, is that this bold march, from men and boys who had never marched anywhere near that distance in their lives, hardly made a whimper on the news cycle while black men doing bad shit seems to headline local and national news on a regular basis.
Below are some beautiful images from the march.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...r-city-violence-national-media-hardly-notices
byShaun KingFollow forshaunking
attribution: Personal Photo used with permission
If any one of these men tossed a rock at a police officer it would've made the news
Late Sunday night, in what was called the 300 Men March, men from Baltimore who are frustrated with inner city violence began a 35-mile march from downtown Baltimore to Washington, DC, in a show of solidarity.
The members of the 300 Men March, a grass-roots group that recruits city youth to walk the streets denouncing the hundreds of killings in Baltimore each year and the apathy that often follows, planned to take their message to the National Mall, where they will arrive Monday afternoon.
Munir Bahar, the group's founder, said the walk to Washington measures about four times the group's previous longest march, a 10-mile hike across Baltimore on North Avenue in July. With breaks along the way, he said, the journey, the distance of which is longer than a marathon, should take about 20 hours, and end at about 2 p.m.
Not taking as many breaks as they planned, the men arrived in DC a full two hours early.
But here's what I know...
Had any one of these men carried a "**** the Police" sign, the march would've gone viral.
Had any one of these men decided to throw a rock at a police car window, his picture would've been plastered all over the news.
The truth, though, is that this bold march, from men and boys who had never marched anywhere near that distance in their lives, hardly made a whimper on the news cycle while black men doing bad shit seems to headline local and national news on a regular basis.
Below are some beautiful images from the march.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...r-city-violence-national-media-hardly-notices
