RadioOnFire.com - Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke took to social media to deride the government on Saturday [October 15], and he made it clear that he's done being all talk and no action. In a tweet that expressed discontent over the job the White House, Congress, the Department of Justice, and the media are doing, Clarke seemed to encourage supporters to go beyond words and take to the streets if they feel as angry as he does.
"It's incredible that our institutions of gov, WH, Congress, DOJ, and big media are corrupt & all we do is bitch," Clarke wrote, in the caption of a photo which depicts a crowd of people staging a revolt. "Pitchforks and torches time."
Not only does the body language of those posing in the photo infer rage, the visual of people holding torches, sticks, pitchforks, a machete, and an ax clearly connotes violence. To those who've followed Clarke's campaign to restore law and order, the post would seem to either contradict his past attitude towards dissenting citizens showing their aggression out in public, or to suggest a double standard as it relates to who gets to rebel. Back in August, Clarke's jurisdiction was confronted by the possibility of an all-out uprising, as journalists were assaulted, police vehicles vandalized and officials were pelted with dangerous objects following the shooting death of 23-year-old Syville Smith by Milwaukee police. After nights of broken curfews and intense confrontation between protesters and riot police, Clarke stifled the demonstrations once and for all, when he designated the National Guard to be on standby.
Source: twitter.com
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