Last month’s protests in Baltimore are still fresh in the minds of Americans. They evoked images of similar, often violent demonstrations that took place last August in Ferguson, Missouri, after the police shooting death of Michael Brown.
Well, there are still protests happening today in Ferguson – but they’re a little bit different. Here’s the first part of a statement released this week by the Millennial Activists United:
“On May 14, 2015 many individuals and organizations of the protest movement that began in Ferguson, Missouri organized a sit-in in the office of Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE). The demand was simple: Cut the checks.”
In other words: People are angry that they haven’t been paid for protesting in Ferguson as they were promised.
So who is MORE, exactly? Here’s the next sentence of the statement:
“Early in the movement, non-profit organization MORE, formerly known as the St. Louis chapter of ACORN…”
ACORN (aka Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) filed for bankruptcy in 2010 after undercover video surfaced of ACORN workers allegedly engaged in illegal activities like soliciting voter fraud.
But the nationwide group had other problems as well, according to author Matthew Vadum:
“ACORN had a lousy employee relations track record too. It habitually failed to pay wages to its workers, directed workers to commit voter registration fraud, busted attempts to unionize the group, asked to be exempted from paying the minimum wage, and sent women to canvass alone at night in bad neighborhoods.”
http://www.ijreview.com/2015/05/326169- ... ff-people/
Why isn't Jessie Jackson, Sharpton, and even Barry and Hillary not protesting the unfair treatment of those loyal sheep.
Maybe time to unionise the protesters. Maybe Patch, PM, and Big Mike should go to Ferguson and lend their support for those unfortunate, unrepresented workers..
