BLM Leader: “If This Country Doesn’t Give Us What We Want, Then We Will Burn Down This System”


The violence being carried out across the country by Black Lives Matter and their supporters is not only necessary for change, it’s justified as a form of self-defense, according to Black Lives Matter Greater New York Chair Hawk Newsome. During a heated segment with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Wednesday, the BLM leader made it quite clear that the organization intends to continue being violent – to “burn down the system” – until they ‘get what they want.’

In a 2015 interview, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors admitted that she and many of those within the movement are “trained Marxists.” That being the case, burning down the system would seem to be the goal, not the means.

“Well, that’s fine but that’s not why we are here,” MacCallum said. “The only reason I posed that first question to you the way that I did, I watched you talking on a bunch of different interviews today and you said, ‘Burn it down.’ You said it, ‘Burn it down, it’s time.’ So that makes me think that you want to burn it down.”

“If this country doesn’t give us what we want then we will burn down the system and replace it,” Newsome replied. “And I could be speaking figuratively, I could be speaking literally. It’s a matter of interpretation.”

Newsome then broke down recent history, claiming that every time a police officer had hurt someone, they had been told to wait for due process.

“But the moment people start destroying property, now cops can be fired automatically,” he continued. “What is this country rewarding? What behavior is it listening to? Obviously not marching, but when people get aggressive and they escalate their protests, cops get fired. Now, you have police officers and Republican politicians talking about police reform. I don’t condone nor do I condemn rioting, but I’m just telling what I observed.”

MacCallum then mentioned Martin Luther King Jr, who said, “Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout, ‘White Power!’ when nobody will shout, ‘Black Power!’ but everybody will talk about God’s power and human power.”

“Do you agree with that?” she turned the question to Newsome.

“I love the Lord,” he replied, adding, “And my Lord and savior Jesus Christ is the most famous black radical revolutionary in history. And he was treated just like Dr. King. He was arrested on occasion, and he was also crucified or assassinated. This is what happens to black activists, we are killed by the government.”

Our apologies for the video quality, Fox News has not yet released the segment.

Source: Daily Caller



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