Feds Watchin'

Feds Watchin’:

How They Tune In When We Get Turnt

 Up Ima be fresh as hell if the feds watchin’

                                        Feds Watchin’  2 Chainz



Many people across the country are upset over the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin. And rightly so. The trial was a miscarriage of so called justice if I’ve ever seen one. However, the fact that we can’t sleep on. is that for the past two weeks the whole ‘hood has been on trial.

  From the day that the George Zimmerman trial began, most of the focus of the media was not on the death of an innocent 17 year old Black kid, but on how Black folks in Sanford, Florida and ‘hoods across America were gonna react if Zimmerman was found not guilty. While people in this country claimed to be on a nightly “verdict watch,” in reality, they were on a 24/7 “riot watch.” What is interesting is that the tactics the Feds used to monitor black rage in Sanford were the same ones that they have, historically, used over and over again when they think that there is the possibility of “urban unrest.”


The preemptive strike against the hood has gone on for decades. One of the strategies that they used in preparation for the Zimmerman verdict was to call together “local leaders” (preachers/community organizers) in order to get their followers to remain calm after the verdict was announced. They have used this tactic before. During the pre-LA Rebellion in 1992, the Po Po instituted a program called “Operation Cool Response” where they reached out to the same group of folks to keep the streets from gettin’ rowdy. So, since one of the current catch phrases in Hip Hop is “turnt up” maybe they call this ”Operation Turnt Down?”

Also, according to media sources such as USA Today, the Sanford Police Department set up snitching operations called “rumor control hot lines” to keep tabs on the streets. So, if you heard your next door neighbor blastin’ F*** the Police by NWA verdict night, it was your civic duty as a law abiding citizen to call the snitch hot line and drop a dime. This tactic has also been used before..

According to Dr. Patricia Turner in her book. “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” rumor control networks go as far back as World War II as “an effort to prevent potentially adverse hearsay of all sorts from gaining credibility.”

The media has, also, long played a role in snitching on the hood. I’m sure that many freedom fighters during the Black Power Movement were confused as to how statements they made to a mild mannered news person wound up in their court case file. According to Samuel Yette in his classic work, “The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival in America” , in 1969, the Justice Department subpoenaed the “unpublished notes of reporters from Newsweek, the New York Times, CBS and Time Life” who had interviewed members of the Black Panther Party.

I also found it strange that the pre -verdict police predictions of no violent protests in major cities across America was followed by a post verdict CNN map pinpointing protests across the country that they claimed to be nonviolent. So the question becomes, how did they know? There had to be some level of surveillance both pre and post Zimmerman verdict.

What is most ironic is that barely a month ago, white America was all up in arms by the “Prism” revelation by Edward Snowden that accused the government of using social media and cell phone data to spy on American citizens. If there had been an announcement that a Tea Party or a National Rifle Association protest had been monitored because of unsubstantiated threats of violence, you can best believe that there would have been hell to pay. But since many people in power think that Black people are only interested in rap music and reality shows, there was no such outcry.


African Americans did not really need an Edward Snowden to tell us that we're being watched, as researchers such as the late Steve Cokely ,warned us about the intelligence community 20 years ago. We have a long history of being under the microscope via the military or the Feds that goes back to the Marcus Garvey Era of the early 20th century.

And more information is being revealed everyday. One of the most interesting things that came out of the trial coverage was Fox News’ revelation that the US Justice Department’s Community Relations Service, took an active role in the Trayvon Martin rallies, last year. The agency was set up in 1964 and, supposedly, serves as a “peacemaker for community conflicts over race.” But the same question must be posed that was asked of FBI agents during the Civil Rights Movement, “are you protecting us or are you watching us?”

Although the powers that be would like to downplay the outrage in the hood over the Zimmerman acquittal it must be noted that they invested a lot of time. money and resources to keep the hood in check.

The tactics that were used against the Black community during the recent Zimmerman trial seem to have been taken right out of the Richard Nixon playbook on “Law and Order” and anyone one who cannot see that is either blind or stupid.

Like Dead Prez once said:

Can You relate/We’re livin’ in a police state.


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NWSF Bullet: There's a Riot Goin' On

I was listening to Rev. Al Sharpton's "Keepin' it Real" show today with guest host Eleanor Tatum of the Amsterdam News. They had JR of the Block Report on talking about the murder of Oscar Grant by Oakland's Bay Area Transit and the rebellious aftermath.

Things were going kinda smooth until Ms. Tatum and some of the callers started parroting the old line about how "we" shouldn't burn down "our" own property.

That's when the discussion got a tad bit heated.

Brotha JR pointed out that the rebellion took place downtown and "we" don't own property there.

That exchange kinda reminded me of Malcolm X's House Negro/Field Negro analogy when he talked about how the house Negroes "would give their life to save the master's house quicker than the master would."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zUIjP4KWok

Come to think of it. If black folks don't own any property than they can't really burn down what they don't have can they?

JR went on to say that the media only covered the Grant story because of the rebellion. But what really shut it down was when he told Ms. Tatum that if it wasn't for O-Town settin' it off they wouldn't be having that conversation.

At that point there was a collective, "ooooooh" resonating from hoods across America.

Needless to say JR didn't get to say goodbye...

Let's face it.

Historically, black folks have gotten much more attention from yellin' "Fight the Power" than from singin' "We Shall Overcome."

Ask any black activist and he will tell you that the only time that the media care about what black folks think is when there is the threat of someone raisin' the roof.

If you are not either in a position to start a riot or call one off, the talkin' heads really don't give two cents what you think.

Also, look at how many government programs were started after the rebellions of the 60's and after the Rodney King verdict in the early 90's.

Although, politicians are quick to say there is no money for the poor, have you notice how quickly they find some funds when they smell smoke?

Back in the 60's Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) said:

"A lot of people in the in the bourgeoisie tell me that they don't like H. Rap Brown when he says 'I'm gonna burn this country down.' But every time Rap Brown says that, they get a poverty program."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzREY649PWA

You might not agree with those kind of tactics but you can't deny that the squeaky spinnin' rims get the grease...

As Run DMC once rapped:

"Don't ask me because I don't know why. But it's like that and that's the way it is.

NWSF Bullet: Mind Playin' Tricks on Me ?

To hear some people tell it, black folks suffer from a combination of hypersensitivity and paranoia. This prevents us from seeing events clearly and causes us to over exaggerate events that effect us. Stuff like police brutality, lynchings, slavery...

In other words, we are not trusted to believe our own eyes.

Well after watching the video of the cold blooded murder of Oakland's Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit officer (BART), Johannes Mehserle, that took place on New Year's Day, you can only come to one conclusion no matter how much you speed it up or slow it down:

Murder!

I'm just waiting for the spin doctors to come up with 1000 reasons why the murder was justified. I admit that is going to take a lot of spinning but stranger things have happened.

CNN is running a piece that talks about poor little Mehserle getting death threats. The story also reports that BART is saying that there is the possibility that the officer, who has been on the force two years, may have mistaken his gun for a taser...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/07/BART.shooting/

Talk about reaching.

Reportedly, BART spokesman , Linton Johnson said that there is more to the story than what was captured on the camera phones of the people who were at the scene. However, BART is not releasing the footage from surveillance cameras.

Well, Davey D and the folks at the San Francisco Bay View are doing their usual outstanding job at getting to the bottom of the story.

Check out their version below:

http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/topic/998

We send our condolences out to the family of Oscar Grant.