Gary Chambers Profile picture
Aug 28, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read Read on X
In 2016 when we attempted police reform there was a critical vote and Tara Wicker abstained from several votes to reform the police department. It lead to those issues being deferred until after the 2016 elections, the council ended up not approving a single reform to the police
department, in part because of Wickers votes or lack thereof. Then they created a group that has no power to be “ambassadors” for the department.

In 2018 there was a vacancy on the council. For the first time in HISTORY there was an opportunity to balance the Metro Council
here in Baton Rouge. Wicker went with “council tradition” against the overwhelming will of the Black community to send the vacancy appointment to the governor instead of allowing a bias council to decide. Tara Wicker voted against the majority of voices that appeared that night,
and against the Black elected officials that asked her to be in solidarity with her community. Wicker followed “her conscious.”

I find it not only ironic, but justice that she was ejected from the race for Mayor-President for not filing her 2016 and 2018 taxes of all the years.
The same years she took votes against her people.

Now I told you all back in 2018 I wouldn’t vote for Wicker for Dog Catcher or Usher Board #2 because I felt she betrayed our people. So my position was clear out the gate. I wasn’t going to do anything against her,
but I would never have supported her for Mayor.

What I think isn’t always clear to some of US is, you can betray your community if you choose. You can even think you know better than the people,
but political leadership isn’t about politicians doing what their “conscious” tells them to do, but to hear THE PEOPLE.

Let this be a lesson, You may be able to sell Black people out, but you can’t buy them back.
I’ve learned to #KeepPushing, and if you sit by the river long enough some form of justice will roll down stream. This isn’t rejoicing in her being ejected — just letting you know justice is coming. #ChangeIsComing My memory is long, because this fight is one of endurance.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Gary Chambers

Gary Chambers Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @GaryChambersJr

Jul 21
Trump plays in Black people face everyday.

The reason he said “they are taking Black jobs” is because Trump doesn’t believe in hiring Black people in top positions.

How many Black judges did Trump appoint? 9

How many Black judges did Biden appoint? 59

How many Black cabinet appointments did Trump have? 1 Ben Carson.

How many Black cabinet appointments did Biden have? 6 including VP. Next in line for the job.
Why does this matter? If there are no Black people in these positions, then our perspectives and experiences aren’t in the room to be considered.

The president appoints about 3600 people in key government positions only 1200 require senate confirmation. These are the people who run the government. It’s why Trump and his people in Agenda 47 say they want to “purging federal bureaucracy” which means fire government employees.
I know most of us don’t really understand the depths of how government works, but those of us who do are telling you this is not a drill.

Trump doesn’t value Black people and he showed that in his first term by only appointing 1 Black person to a job in his cabinet.

He doesn’t believe leadership and judging the nation is a Black job… he’s already proven this. If you’re voting for Trump and you’re Black you just ignore facts.
Read 5 tweets
Feb 15, 2023
We are trending toward a Black society in America that sees money as the door to freedom.

Black people built Greenwood, Power allowed it to be burned down.

If we yield our political power & ONLY gain wealth, we’ve just become rich slaves to a system that continues to harm us.
Some of us have been slaves so long, when we see free men and women we criticize what we don’t understand.

America has fooled us that money equals freedom.

Wealth without power is not freedom, it’s leverage. Anyone can navigate enough leverage.
A poor white man in America is still given more grace by law enforcement than rich Black people.

Look at entertainers & how police treat them vs just your average white citizen. Money doesn’t stop the harassment, power does.
Read 8 tweets
Dec 4, 2022
Two things can be true.

One can be happy to see Deion Sanders advance his career. I believe he’s special & has the capacity to do something special any where he goes.

It just felt good to see him bringing all that Black power to a Black institution. His leaving has impacts.
We have to be able to have more than one perspective at the table to have an honest conversation.

First, Deion Sanders can do whatever he feels is best for him & his family.

Second, people can feel different things about how it impacts others, because it does.
An HBCU is where Coach Prime got his degree & his head coaching job.

The winningest coach in football history is from an HBCU.

HBCU’s had & STILL have value.

The question for now isn’t about Coach Prime, his decision is made.

It’s how do we carry what was started forward.
Read 7 tweets
Nov 4, 2022
I’m going to list how many Black voters we have in different parishes around the state vs how many Black voters showed up to early vote.

E. Baton Rouge 129k - 12,520
Orleans 145k - 16,443
Caddo 73k - 6,955
Jefferson 73k - 6,428
Lafayette 37k - 2,751
Ouachita 37k - 2,928
Calcasieu 31k - 2,260
St. Landry 25k - 3,038
St. Tammany 22k - 24,09
Tangipahoa 21k - 1,541

That means for every 10 Black people you see this weekend, only 1 of them voted.
There are 942,000 registered Black voters in Louisiana. If you want change share this & let’s move them.
We rank #50 in the nation.

#48 in education
#46 in healthcare
#47 in opportunity
#50 in crime

While Mr. Call a Crackhead @SenJohnKennedy collects a government check while doing nothing to make Louisiana better.

We can force a runoff if Black voters show up in masses.
Read 5 tweets
Nov 4, 2022
A year ago @lukemixonla called me to tell me he was running for the U.S. Senate. I asked him how would he get the Black vote. He stumbled around with his answer because he had no plan to get Black voters.
Today he dropped a ad with a fake New Orleans accent pandering to Black voters in New Orleans.

When people ask me why I ran, it’s because I’m tired of people like Luke Mixon taking my community for granted.
As it stands we have Mr. Call a Crackhead on the right showing only Black people in his ad. Now we have Luke using paid Black voices because he hasn’t actually worked to earn the Black vote.
Read 5 tweets
May 15, 2022
As a Black man in America I’ve never feared my Muslim brothers and sisters.

It was young white men who hung my ancestors. It was young white men who became cops & got away w murdering us.

The biggest threat to Black liberty has always been white men.
Even the gun violence in the hood.

Who created the ghetto? Who redlined Black people into housing projects, paid us unfair wages, gave our tax dollars to their communities while starving ours?

White men did. Those are facts. If you don’t like those facts, change your ways!
Black people being killed in the grocery store for being Black, I don’t have time to be politically correct to save the feelings of white men when Black bodies are dropping in this nation everyday.

The cancer of America has always been racist white men & women. They exist.
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(