Re: BET Award Winner Whines About Trump Shutting Down L.A. Riot With Military Force

On Jun 11, 2025 at 1:30:48 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

While most winners at the BET Awards Monday night avoided the topic of
politics, rapper and singer Doechii, real name Jaylah Hickmon, criticized
President Trump for making moves to restore order following violent anti-ICE
riots in Los Angeles.
 
"As much as I am honored by this award, I do want to address what's happening
 
right now outside of the building," the 26-year-old Florida native said
during her acceptance speech. "There are ruthless attacks that are creating
fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order. Trump is
using military forces to stop a protest."
 
"I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every
 
time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed
against us. What type of government is that?" Hickmon continued.

How did they even hold these awards? The BET Awards are held at the Microsoft
Theater at L.A. Live which is squarely within Mayor Bass's downtown curfew
order. Everyone present at the awards should have been arrested for violating
the curfew.

And did it occur to "Doechii" that he's standing in the middle of an 8PM-6AM
curfew area precisely because the protests aren't anywhere near as peaceful as
he's claiming they are? A deep blue 'progressive' Democrat mayor does not
declare a curfew when protests against Donald Trump are peaceful. She lets
anti-Trump protests go on without interference for as long as possible. Only
when the reality becomes so overwhelming that it can't be denied or spun or
gaslighted away longer does a hard-left Castro-loving Democrat mayor like Bass
impose curfews.