2020-01-17 Wyoming: MLK Day in Riverton - WCOTC

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There was just a single member of the WCOTC  in Riverton - and he's going to remain nameless here.

He was an employee of the local prison system and was used by Hale because on the surface, he seemed to be a peer of his community and could handle himself in any legal and social situation. Hale was wrong on all counts. Unfortunately, his community was predominately Red Indian, and being a White employee of the local prisons, he was considered to be a White Invader of Indian Lands.

After Hale's arrest some months later, he allowed the skinheads to claim control of the WCOTC and then turned on all other remaining Creators, claiming he had been lumbered with the job of leading the WCOTC and chucked it in.

The Riverton MLK march against the lone WCOTC member was just an excuse for the local Indians to force a load of guilt onto the local Whites.


Community members to hold events to address recent Riverton incidents, show unity

Chris Aadland chris.aadland@trib.com| Star Tribune (USA) | 17 January 2020

https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/community-members-to-hold-events-to-address-recent-riverton-incidents/article_eb03188b-fef5-5944-bc67-c11a5496a98c.html

Excerpt: After recent events reignited long-simmering concerns around race relations in Riverton, many in the community are planning events to move forward and show that area residents can be united.

A talking circle on Saturday will allow the community to discuss the recent shooting of a 58-year-old Northern Arapaho man and heal from the aftermath. An annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day walk on Monday will include students from several school districts — just weeks after some Riverton students were disciplined for wearing attire associated with a violent and racist group.

Those two recent events in Riverton have prompted community members to confront concerns from some that the city — which borders the Wind River Reservation — isn’t a welcoming or understanding place for those from different backgrounds.

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18 YEARS AGO: The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day walk in Fremont County in 2003 was organized by Wyoming Indian High School students after the World Church of the Creator in 2002 announced its intentions to relocate its headquarters to Riverton. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the group — which is now known as Creativity — and its members follow violent neo-Nazi, white supremacist ideals.

Hundreds, between more than 700 and 800, turned out for that first walk. Organizers are hoping for a similar turnout this year.

“The Martin Luther King Walk of 2003 was very important for us. We stood up against bigotry and white supremacy as a community,” said Samuel Iron Cloud, a Wyoming Indian High School graduate who helped organize the first walk, according to Whalen. “This is just as important today. I think it is crucial that we remain unite and not divided, especially with the current state of our nation. It’s important we stand together as one!”

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Students, community members march in Riverton to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Indian students force White community members to march in Riverton to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day
 - If you don't march, you're a RACIST!

Chris Aadland chris.aadland@trib.com| Star Tribune (USA) | 20 January 2020

https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/students-community-members-march-in-riverton-to-observe-martin-luther/article_a7b54603-542d-5ba6-8a97-b50c42112bb6.html

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/students-community-members-march-in-riverton-to-observe-martin-luther/article_b7a19612-1397-5de0-9476-9c72ea62078b.html

Excerpt: RIVERTON — About 200 students, community members and leaders marched here Monday to observe Martin Luther King Jr. and talk about how the county’s youth are united against racism, two days after community members gathered to discuss a police shooting late last year.

Non-White & Libtard Beliefs: All RACISTS must die + Whites who don't march for MLK are RACIST!
"Hey Whitey! It's MLK Day ... March or Die!"

On Monday, community leaders and residents joined students from six Fremont County school districts in a walk – with morning temperatures in the single digits – from Riverton City Park to city hall, where speakers discussed both Martin Luther King Jr.’s contributions to the civil rights movement and present-day race-related issues in the city.

“Native children today live in a world of acceptance and love that is represented by all of you,” said Corwin Howell, Wyoming Indian High School student and Traditional Club president. “All of you are good {WHITE PEOPLE} … and you proved this by travelling to Riverton and walking to show that there is no room for hate in Wyoming.”

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The walk was first organized by Wyoming Indian High School students in 2003 as a response to a racist organization called the World Church of the Creator announcing its intention to relocate its headquarters in Riverton. A white man shot two Indigenous people – one fatally – in 2015 at a detox center in Riverton, which also prompted discussions over the treatment of Native Americans in the city.


Comment:

walking to show that there is no room for hate in Wyoming

Just what is school chief Sitting Bullshit's definition of "Hate"

Considering that non-Whites and self-hating Libtards consider that All White people are Racist, All Racists are Haters and that Only Whites are capable of Hate, one cannot help but assume that what the Indians mean is that THERE IS NO ROOM FOR WHITEY IN WYOMING.

Cailen.

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One Creator lived in Riverton twenty years ago, and not only are they still talking about it to this day, but they are publishing regularly about it in their Fake News ...


Two recent events have sparked new conversations about improving race relations in Riverton. But will they result in more than talk?

Chris Aadland chris.aadland@trib.com| Star Tribune (USA) | 26 January 2020

https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/two-recent-events-have-sparked-new-conversations-about-improving-race/article_4e7fdb98-4d84-5cdd-bcc0-0c827e23a41f.html

Excerpt: RIVERTON — Braving temperatures in the single digits, with a Confederate flag flying in a yard across the street, about 200 community members filed off buses or out of cars and lined up on the street Monday, waiting to start a march to City Hall.

Soon they, mostly students, would walk the short distance to the building, where speakers would emphasize Martin Luther King Jr.’s contributions to civil rights, and how important those ideals are to uphold in Riverton.

The students and community members were outside of Riverton’s City Park preparing to take part in the 17th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Equality Walk in Riverton — an event originally started by Indigenous Fremont County students in response to news of a racist organization’s intention to locate its headquarters in the city.

This year, though, recent events in this city had organizers re-emphasizing the need for unity.

Last week’s march followed recent events that have prompted discussions about divides between the city’s Native and non-Native residents: the fatal police shooting of a Northern Arapaho man ... In September, 58-year-old Anderson Antelope was shot and killed outside of the Riverton Walmart after authorities said he stabbed the officer and ignored orders to drop his knife, endangering bystanders.

While an investigation determined the officer acted lawfully, ... many angered residents were clamoring for more details.

“In our community, the past couple of years, (we) have suffered some tragedies,” Samuel Iron Cloud, a Wyoming Indian High School graduate and one of the organizers of the first Martin Luther King Jr. Day walk, said event during this year’s event. “But we do not let that define who our communities are. The people in our communities are good people. We stand together and fight against bigotry, against white supremacy.”

“I don’t think we’ve moved very far,” he said. “I don’t think we’ve progressed very far with race relations.”

Riverton residents are also not strangers to hearing concerns from Indigenous residents and neighbors who feel they aren’t welcomed by all in Riverton.

When the approximately 200 community members and students converged in Riverton for Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day walk, they were participating in an observance walk first organized at Wyoming Indian High School in 2003 as a response to what was then called the World Church of the Creator announcing in 2002 its intentions to relocate its headquarters to Riverton. The group and its members follow violent neo-Nazi, white supremacist ideals, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.