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 dumolebrad rated 12 months ago - MALACHI RITSCHER ARREST PHOTOS FROM HIS WEB PAGEOnce again, Malachi Ritscher is in the forefront of my thoughts. Here's a guy who walked the walk. He protested, was arrested and made a very powerful political statement with his fiery death. He set himself on fire to advance a message I see no w...
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- ntltrmllgnc rated 7 months ago
- fascism by habit
- dumolebrad rated 12 months ago
- MALACHI RITSCHER ARREST PHOTOS FROM HIS WEB PAGEOnce again, Malachi Ritscher is in the forefront of my thoughts. Here's a guy who walked the walk. He protested, was arrested and made a very powerful political statement with his fiery death. He set himself on fire to advance a message I see no way of escaping, that if we are not silenced by our apathy, we will be silenced by our police.**Original Review prior to his death**((Look at these pictures illustrating Chicago police abusing power. Good luck on your pending lawsuit.))From the page: "A word of thanks to Dan Sloan, the hero behind the camera whose idealism and sense of civic duty led him to document this episode demonstrating the systematic and flagrant abuse by the City of Chicago of free speech rights guaranteed by the Constitution."**UPDATE**This is Malachi Ritscher. Click the link above to see him protesting in downtown Chicago. He was arrested and had filed suit.On November 3, 2006, Chicago activist, music enthusiast, and sound engineer Malachi Ritscher immolated himself alongside Chicago's Kennedy Expressway, claiming discontent with the United States' occupation of Iraq in his "personal statement", published on his website, SavageSound.com.Next to his body was found a videotape and a small sign, on which the phrase, "Thou Shalt Not Kill" was printed.[6][7][8]The Vietnamese monk, by burning himself, says with all his strength and determination that he can endure the greatest of sufferings to protect his people.... To express will by burning oneself, therefore, is not to commit an act of destruction but to perform an act of construction, that is, to suffer and to die for the sake of one's people. This is not suicide.
- danyeilat rated 14 months ago
- How I love democracy, and café au lait too ;-)
- ketogah rated 15 months ago
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"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech ...
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble ..." from the
First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1791
found on dumolebrad's pages. thank you. http://dumolebrad.stumbleupon.com/ he writes of this man:
"Once again, Malachi Ritscher is in the forefront of my thoughts. Here's a guy who walked the walk. He protested, was arrested and made a very powerful political statement with his fiery death.
He set himself on fire to advance a message I see no way of escaping, that if we are not silenced by our apathy, we will be silenced by our police."
- FKFaceMcFayden rated 14 months ago
- I guess it's safe to say that my Grandfather spent the winter of 1944-45 freezing his ass off in Bastogne for nothing.
- Tookietoo rated 22 months ago
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I am sorry! :(
http://www.iheardyoumalachi.org/story.html
http://www.anairhoads.org/wolfe/ malachi.shtml
http://www.savagesound.com/gallery99.htm
http://www.savagesound. com/gallery100.htm
http://tinyurl.com/y3g3jq (Guardian)
http://tinyurl.com/waexc (Chicago Tribune)
Peace to you, Malachi Ritscher! I heard you and I will tell it to others and they will tell it to others - in Europe, in USA and in Iraq - you have my word!
- schmeanel rated 23 months ago
- thank you to protesters - keep America from getting too submissive
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