New Black Panther Party to carry guns at the Republican convention in Cleveland

New Black Panther Party to carry guns at the Republican convention in Cleveland

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The chairman of the New Black Panther Party, a “black power” movement, said his group will carry arms for self-defense during protests at the Republican convention next week if allowed under Ohio law.

“If it is an open state to carry, we will exercise our second amendment rights because there are other groups threatening to be there that are threatening to do harm to us,” Hashim Nzinga, chairman of the New Black Panther Party, told Reuters in an interview.

“If that state allows us to bear arms, the Panthers and the others who can legally bear arms will bear arms.”

Nzinga condemned the killing of five police officers in Dallas last week as a “massacre” and said his group played no role in the attack.

Officials in Ohio have said it will be legal for protesters to carry weapons at demonstrations outside the convention under the state’s “open carry” laws.

Several other groups, including some supporters of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, have said they will carry weapons in protests as well, leading to concerns about rival groups being armed in close proximity.

Nzinga said he expected “a couple hundred” members of the New Black Panther Party to join a black unity protest that is scheduled to be held on Thursday in Cleveland.

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Though Ohio is an open carry state, which allows for the open carry of guns, the hosting venue—the Quicken Loans Arena—strictly forbids the carry of firearms on their premises.

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This is a very dangerous situation that can cause absolute chaos with many people at risk of getting injured or worst, killed.

The Governor needs to take urgent action and 'Declare Martial law' prohibiting all 'Carry' firearms on the day of event.

Regardless of the "right to carry" law, this is not a good idea. All it will take for hell to break loose is one idiot!

Dallas Shooting and Open-Carry Laws Loom Over Cleveland Convention Plans

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The violence in Dallas last week is intensifying worries in Cleveland about visitors and protesters taking firearms downtown during the Republican National Convention, where thousands of people plan to demonstrate.

Ohio’s open-carry laws mean that those who legally own guns can take them into the 1.7-square-mile area where many of the events and protests connected to the Republican convention will be held next week. Beginning Sunday, protesters are expected to flood into the city, with causes ranging from white supremacy to Palestinian rights.

“Obviously, everybody is on edge after Dallas,” Brian Kazy, a member of the Cleveland City Council and its Safety Committee, said in an interview Sunday evening.

Mr. Kazy said he had never been concerned about Ohio’s open-carry laws. But then Micah Johnson, an African-American sniper said to be determined to murder white police officers, went on a rampage in Texas, which also has open-carry laws.

“If you had some mass confusion, even if you had a civilian who was carrying who would attempt to help out, I think the mentality of any law enforcement officer would see an individual with a gun, would see an individual possibly shoot and would react to that,” he said.

Cleveland officials are promising increased security during the Republican gathering, with resources from city, state and federal authorities. And within the convention area, the Secret Service will set up a smaller perimeter near the Quicken Loans Arena that will have stricter security and prohibit guns. Delegates to the convention, for example, will not be able to take their guns onto the convention floor.

However, given the recent tumult around the country, some leaders are anxious that the environment could turn dangerous. One group made up of current and former members of the military called the Oath Keepers, who have shown up at other tense events heavily armed, say they again plan to carry weapons into Cleveland.

Stephen Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, said he strongly supported citizens’ rights to bear arms, but he is urging people not to take their guns anywhere near Cleveland’s downtown during the convention.

“The last thing in the world we need is anybody walking around here with AR-15s strapped to their back,” he said. “And the absolute tragedy in Dallas is proof positive that we just cannot allow that to happen. I would really just beg these folks, just leave your guns at home. Come, say whatever it is that you want to say, make whatever point it is that you want to make, but it’s going to be very, very difficult to deal with the R.N.C. as it is.”

He added that officers were already in a “heightened state” because of the passions generated by the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, on both sides and the security challenges as thousands of delegates fill the city.

Eric Pucillo, the vice president of Ohio Carry, a gun rights group based in Kent, Ohio, said he understood Mr. Loomis’s concerns, but stressed that people could not be legally prevented from carrying their guns downtown.

Convention planners and city officials emphasize that they are prepared for the Republican gathering and the crowds it will attract.

The Cleveland police chief said Friday that after the Dallas shootings the city would be changing its security plans but did not go into detail. Dan Williams, a spokesman for Mayor Frank G. Jackson, also declined to describe how Dallas had reshaped the city’s security plans, or whether officials were concerned about the state’s gun laws.

“We are going to follow the law and the law is the law period,” Mr. Williams said. “We believe that we are prepared.”

Meanwhile, some are planning to take their own security forces to Cleveland.

Tim Selaty, director of operations at Citizens for Trump, said his group was paying for private security to bolster the police presence. While Mr. Selaty said people should be allowed to carry guns, his group is banning long weapons from a rally in a park it is hosting on Monday.

“We’re going to insist that they leave any long arms out for sure because we believe that will make sure our people are safer,” he said. “In other words, no AR-15s, no shotguns or sniper rifles — all of the things that you would think somebody would bring in to hurt a lot of people in a very short time.”

But, he said, he does generally believe civilians being armed make for a safer environment and that he “can’t blame” people who are scared because of Dallas and want to come to Cleveland armed.

“It’s every citizen’s right to be able to defend themselves and their family, and I believe that an open-carry society is a much politer society,” Mr. Selaty said. “Regardless of whether I’m at a rally for Donald Trump or I’m walking down the street, I would rather have my gun with me than not. You know, it’s better to have a gun when you need one, than need one and not have one.”

The groups coming to Cleveland represent a broad spectrum of views. Some want simply to celebrate Mr. Trump’s nomination; others identify as white supremacists and believe Mr. Trump will help advance their views.

Large marches are also planned by liberal and progressive groups who see Mr. Trump as a demagogue and his candidacy as a danger to democracy. And some groups are coming with more encompassing causes, such as alleviating poverty, ending military interventions abroad and working on ways to combat institutional racism.

In an interview, Mayor Jackson said that anyone coming to the city should feel confident that officials and the police would deal with whatever circumstances “appropriately.” He added that the authorities did not plan to “overpolice,” but that they had the proper equipment and personnel needed should emergencies arise.

“The City of Cleveland is going to conduct itself in a way to have a safe convention for the delegates, for the visitors, for protesters, for demonstrators, and if you come to Cleveland you should feel safe,” Mr. Jackson said. “People have a right to exercise constitutional rights. They have a right to do that and we have an obligation to protect that. What people don’t have a right to do is hurt other people or tear up property.”

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Regardless of the "right to carry" law, this is not a good idea. All it will take for hell to break loose is one idiot!

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There will be a lot of idiots there. If there are not enough outside the convention, there will be plenty inside.

Some idiot couldn't wait until Cleveland.

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City, county, state and federal law enforcement is involved.

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The cops just love these open-carry clowns.

The Northwestern Ohio Minutemen posted on the corner of W Roadway and Superior, three blocks from the Republican convention. They were clad in military-style uniforms and carrying AR-15s and multiple magazines.

Asked why they’re here, one of them said, “It’s the Constitution.”

Feet away, state troopers and officers in bulletproof vests kept watch. I asked an officer what he thought about having to police them, and he rolled his eyes.

“No comment,” he said, “but it’s a pain in my ass.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Nick Cannon leads Black Lives Matters protest outside Republican National Convention - and attacks BOTH parties for 'taking our votes for granted'

Rapper and ex-husband of Mariah Carey takes part in protest outside Cleveland, Ohio, venue for Republican National Convention

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Massive security in the city as protesters from both sides demonstrate outside Quicken Loans Arena

By SHEKHAR BHATIA IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 00:01 GMT, 19 July 2016 | UPDATED: 10:21 GMT, 19 July 2016

Rapper Nick Cannon joined Black Lives Matters protesters outside the Republican National Convention on Monday - and attacked both political parties.

The former husband of singer Mariah Carey stood in front of banners and posters calling for justice and an end to shootings of black men by police.

He said he felt let down by both Republicans and Democrats

He said: 'We want to be respected. We want to feel safe. We want the American Dream.

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Salute: Protesters made Black Power symbols as Nick Cannon spoke in downtown Cleveland in a
Black Lives Matter protest

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High-profile: Rapper Nick Cannon led protests over black deaths at the hands of police in a
demonstration held outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio

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Plague on both your houses: Nick Cannon said he was offering a bipartisan message that both parties
had taken black votes for granted

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Speaking out: The rapper addressed protesters in Cleveland where he said he wanted to highlight the
deaths of black people at the hands of law enforcement

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Prominent cause: The deaths of the black men and women in police-involved shootings and other
police-involved incidents is now the focus of protests outside the Republican National Convention

'You are messing with our peace of mind. We can't operate as Americans when we can't walk outside and feel safe.

'We are going to be out here for the entire convention and make sure our voices are heard.

'My community brought me down here today and the lack of representation for my community brought me down here today.'

He said he had '100 per cent' disappointment with both Republican and Democrat parties adding: 'Both aren't speaking about our issues and they have been taking our votes for granted for far too long.

'They would just sweep it under the rug and pretend it is not happening. We are just crying for help and we are losing lives by the hour.'

Scores of protesters backing the Black Lives Matter cause were on the streets of Cleveland as the Republican National Convention got under way.

The center of the Ohio city has been swamped by police concerned about tensions between different groups of demonstrators - and their own safety in the wake of the murder of eight officers in the course of a week, each by long black gunmen.

The murders - five officers killed in Dallas, Texas, three in Baton Rouge, Louisiana have stoked fears of further violence, and themselves came in the wake of the deaths of two black men at the hands of police officers, one in Baton Rouge, the other in St Paul, Minnesota.

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Joint protest: Anti-Trump and Black Lives Matters demonstrators joined forces at the gathering
attended by Nick Gordon

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High security: Cleveland and Akron police bike units followed a protest which was made up of
Black Lives Matters and anti-Donald Trump activists

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Cannon leads Black Lives Matters protest outside Republican National Convention - and attacks BOTH parties for 'taking our votes for granted'

The Circus Comes to Cleveland

Feature: Pseudo-events at Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention

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BY: Aaron MacLean July 18, 2016 8:10 pm


CLEVELAND, Ohio—It is flattering to be in Cleveland for the GOP convention as a member of the press, because everything that happens here is really for me. Not me specifically, of course, or even primarily for writers at online newspapers—TV stations with large audiences are obviously higher up on the press heap—but the media as a whole, with its ability to broadcast events and to shape public opinion about them, is the whole reason-for-being of this vast, tense pep-rally.

Nothing is actually going to happen here, politically speaking, so if it weren’t for us, what would be the reason to hold this expensive, disruptive get-together? The failed effort to force a floor vote on the rules package, which, had it succeeded, would still have failed to stop Trump’s nomination, will likely be the closest thing this week to anything resembling political “news” in the strict sense. And, again, it failed. As most expected, the will of a plurality of GOP primary and caucus voters will be respected, Trump will be crowned, Scott Baio will speak, and the Republican Party will continue its hard tack toward authoritarian, blood-and-soil populism.

But what’s important is publicity for the candidate and the campaign, and we, the press, will provide it. What’s important for the protesters outside the Green Zone—a wholly just comparison, as Cleveland is an occupied city, with regiments of police and federal officers and a fair few troops from the National Guard on hand—is just the same: attention from the press, in the protesters’ case preferably at a level all out of proportion to their generally small numbers.

Cleveland in 2016, despite some hope in recent weeks that something might actually happen here, will be, like all modern political conventions, a manifestation of what Daniel J. Boorstin called “pseudo-events”—events that masquerade as “news” but in fact are carefully controlled gambits for attention. A pseudo-event’s relationship to actual events is that of the circus to military battles.

Politics aside, if anything is going to happen here it is likely to be outside Fortress Quicken Loans, hopefully not in the form of a terror or anti-police attack, and more likely in the form of some sort of unrest between pro- and anti-Trump activists in the streets. But to achieve a “chaos in Cleveland” narrative (there’s a good pseudo-event word) the anti-Trump protestors, judging by what I have witnessed, will need to up their game considerably.

Monday’s principal protest, a “Stop Trump” march from a downtown park to the main pedestrian entry point of the RNC, deployed a few hundred noisy but relatively well behaved demonstrators, shadowed by a substantial number of police and scores of photographers. More police were in reserve, hidden away in the lobbies of public buildings downtown. I watched about a hundred or so slip inside one from a convoy of school busses that came from who-knows-where. The police are keeping large formations out of sight until needed, and can appear very quickly when the need arises. It is surprising when you see large numbers of them, because they seem to appear out of nowhere. Last night I observed platoons of them gliding around the industrial river-side flats on bicycles, all wearing matching headlamps and doing who knows what, besides contributing to the generally surreal sensation that prevails here.

It would be bad for Cleveland if chaos breaks out downtown in the next few days. People here are worried: a waitress at a restaurant near the RNC told me that three cooks no-showed for work today out of fear for their safety. It’s not clear to me that it would be bad for Trump. Chaos in Cleveland, if it comes from the left, would very likely strengthen Trump’s appeal as a law-and-order candidate, and motivate his supporters to vote for the man who claims he will reverse the slide towards disorder and public anxiety under the Obama administration.

Trump and the protestors are, in this way, symbiotic—and both have a similar understanding of the importance of the media. At least two of today’s demonstrations provided press contacts, and even small groups of agitators understand the game perfectly well. A small group of men, no more than ten, one of whom told me they represented “Jesus’ Church” gathered in Cleveland’s Public Square this afternoon. A few wore “FEAR GOD” hats and wore military equipment, though I didn’t see any guns. The ringleaders then proceeded to shout some nasty, Westboro Baptist Church style arguments regarding who was going to heaven and who was getting the spiritual shaft, so to speak.

This of course immediately attracted the attention of some college kids and a small number of ANSWER Coalition types who were hanging around the square. Words were exchanged. Things got tense. The press gathered.

Then came a few dozen officers on horseback—again, seemingly from nowhere—and several dozen more on bikes, from departments across Ohio and the Midwest. In a manner reminiscent of the Roman Legions on an easy day, the leaders of the bike contingent shouted some orders (“SINGLE LINE! COLUMN OF TWOS!”) surrounded the Westboro-types, and then escorted them out of the park. One of them thanked an officer within my hearing for the efficient tactics of the detachment of cycles. I saw on Twitter that the Westboro-types had set up shop a few blocks away, aiming to repeat their success at gaining attention.

It is a cliché to observe this, but only because it is so often true: many, many more reporters were watching and photographing this theatrical production than there were actors in it. But that’s the game—say something outrageous, cause a ruckus, get noticed by the press, and achieve some sort of influence on account of the notice.

It is no exaggeration to say that Trump has built his career on this tactic—he’s not the king of New York real estate, as he once boasted he wanted to be, so much as the king of pseudo-events, of “publicity stunts.”

Showing up to talk at the convention tonight, an unprecedented move by a presumptive nominee, is a perfect example of his stock in trade. The reaction of the press, which loves to cover “surprising” micro-transgressions against the customs of pseudo-events as though such matters actually constituted news, is entirely in keeping with the rules of the game.

Trump and the protestors may or may not need each other, but they both need the media. Trump needs the media even when he’s abusing its members for being unfair to him, to transmit this very abuse of the press to his voters, and get them angry at yet another coastal elite driving the country in an internationalist direction. And the media? Well, we need them all.

The Circus Comes to Cleveland

CAIR Hands Out Anti-Islamophobia'Pills' to People at Republican Convention

How about pills that immunize us against axe-attacks, truck rampages, and gunmen that scream "Allah'u Akbar!"?

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has to get some free <acronym title="Google Page Ranking">PR</acronym> somehow. In June, TruthRevolt's Trey Sanchez reported that CAIR released a spoof "anti-Islamophobia" pill commercial.

Well, the purported civil rights organization's minions are now delivering the goods at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, handing out "pills" that cure Islamophobia (a "disease" CAIR made up, in fact).

"Take two and call a Muslim in the morning."

That's the labeling on CAIR's "Islamophobin" packages of chewing gum disguised as a panacea for Republican bigots.

The "pill box" claims to alleviate "blind intolerance," an "irrational fear" of Muslims and "unthinking bigotry." What's more, it cures "U.S. presidential fear mongering."

The box's faux-warning label reads that the only side effect is that users will "spread love."

Of course this tongue-in-cheek gag would be fun if it were not coming from a group with known ties to Hamas, if the Republican Party did in fact stand for blind hatred and bigotry, and if there weren't abundant and ongoing demonstrable evidence that people's concerns about Islam are legitimate.

We think CAIR should instead invent a pill that will immunize innocent people against axe-attacks, rogue truck rampages, lone-wolf suicide vests, and guns that scream "Allah'u Akbar!" before opening fire.
(h/t: Washington Examiner)

CAIR Hands Out Anti-Islamophobia 'Pills' to People at Republican Convention

Video: Robert Spencer exposes CAIR’s cynical and deceptive “Islamophobin” campaign

Robert Spencer exposes CAIR’s cynical and deceptive “Islamophobin” campaign

JULY 19, 2016 4:15 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER

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As the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) distributes its “Islamophobin” gum at the Republican National Convention, I expose the dishonesty and propagandistic manipulativeness of the entire “Islamophobin” campaign.