The area’s largest Facebook militia group is shutting down, but the ad hoc militia dream lives on Defend the Tri leader Dylan Tafoya announced he intends to delete his Facebook group “around noon” today, but that doesn’t necessitate the end of militia activity in the Tri-Cities.
If you support Black Lives Matter, there’s no room for encouraging ad hoc militias “These armed groups regress our community’s justice, complicate the work of our law enforcement officers, reduce the feeling of safety of our neighbors who are People of Color, and their net effect does not make our community more just.“
Sundown towns? Yes, sweet dear Richland. And Pasco*, too. There is no natural force that caused a massive split in demographics in the 1950s and the dramatic difference we still see today. You can’t solve problems if you can’t or won’t see them.
The Tri-Cities is a sundown town “There are real historic reasons why people of color, and specifically Black Americans, have not found the Tri-Cities liveable and chose to move on.”
Why am I getting unfriended for saying #AllLivesMatter? “If you’re asking yourself, ‘Why am I getting unfriended for saying #AllLivesMatter whenever my friends say #BlackLivesMatter?’ then this message is for you.”
