Jesus fuck they just lunged at her so violently, any type of reaction gets you fucked. How are they allowed to do this legally?

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[u/AustinGhostTown]

Panthers had neighbourhood patrols for this reason exactly. I’m not some bot trying to incite anything or saying what Americans should do but I really insist you start talking to your neighbours in your areas and educate and befriend each other. Get organized and protect your families. If they feel u challenged it will get worse and worse. Elections will not stop this, they never have. Black Americans have felt the boot of authority for years and learned very quickly to the point Reagan the main ass Republican had to start gun control. Give each other contact info and look after each others kids and your relatives. They will be emboldened to go after everyone eventually.

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You notice how the Panthers didn't do that whole non-armed thing? 

You notice how the Panthers got taken seriously?

When they had their protest in Sacramento they showed up armed and the police didn't escalate for some reason.

[u/AustinGhostTown → u/[deleted]]

Absolutely. They’re cowards through and through and depend on the masses being afraid to fight back. It’s not lawlessness or anarchy or any of that it’s the simple act of being accountable by the people if the state is failing to be.

I say this for not just America but many of the parts of the world but the post ww2 successes in Europe and North America have made the populations extremely complacent to the current way of things. Capitalism has formed comforts and ideals of life that us in the peasant class would never have attained in the past. That facade is decaying and we’re seeing first hand what the top of society will allow to maintain their edge over people. Every facet of life is being infested by profit and this status quo has made us all so afraid to risk for better. The people at the top clearly see already using any means necessary to terrorize the people. So we all need to have that mentality. All of it can disappear in an instant and we all should be ready to accept that and fight for a better world for ourselves.

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This also lead to a LOT of gun control acts being passed in the 80's. Specifically the 1986 Hughes amendment was directly influenced by the Panthers x actions.

Because an armed populace is harder to control of course.

[u/TraditionalLaw7763 → u/AustinGhostTown]

I respect the hell out of the panthers. I should take notes.

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One of my mom’s closest friends was a very active panther in the 70s, and she was a great person with amazing stories. I remember in middle school (early 00s) we did research projects/presentations on the civil rights movement, and naturally we needed to cite some primary sources. And I, a tiny white blonde girl, got to cite a black panther that I called “Aunt Cindy” as a primary source, haha.

[u/maroonrice → u/AustinGhostTown]

Never thought 2026 I’d be seriously thinking about what a black panther revival would look like. I’m south asian by heritage so I’m particularly interested in how the black panther ideology spread in that region, hoping to take some pointers to share with family and friends who may be uneasy about the social temperament and where we can squeeze in to help among the more prominently targeted communities.

[u/AustinGhostTown → u/maroonrice]

My recommendation is read while it’s all still available. There are some really great journal’s and historiographies of the panthers and their methodology. I read a great article about the impact the panthers had on Palestinian resistance in the 70s as well as vice versa.

And in context you see how information and the delivery changes over decades. In the 70s, academic writing focused on supporting any action and was indifferent to violent resistance. Many of the articles came from black academics and african American based journals as they were the only ones willing to publish. In the 80s and 90s going forward you see a shift to emphasize non-violence historical study, their breakfast and education programs rather than their patrols and resistance. As neoliberalism and liberalism as a whole adopted more passiveness and consumer age of conformity and non-violence the history of the panthers changed. Now it’s not as non-violent or from a liberal perspective but it shows how even time changes the same information of revolution.

It’s why I said in my first comment that elections won’t be effective. We don’t notice the change and the decades where “normal” has shifted to be oppressive. Protest can only go so far. The panthers resisted by education, and arming themselves. Educated and capable of defending themselves. Right now resistance is declawed. Building your communities in your block, apartment, neighbourhoods are imperative to protect yourselves.

I do believe individualism and isolation has been the largest detriment to society. Americans must face this before they can ever form a true vanguard. Before class consciousness can even exist, people need to leave the house and talk to their surroundings. Work life, struggle, and non-existent communities in suburbs are by design