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Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters issued “social justice” and “black liberation” demands regarding “diversity” to a restaurant owner in Louisville, KY, including a directive for “donations” to organizations run by non-whites.

Listed demands from a BLM affiliate in Louisville include racial quotas for staff and ownership of business suppliers, donations to organizations run by non-whites, and adjustment to dress codes. The posters used the acronym “BIPOC” (“black or indigenous persons of color”) as a euphemism for non-white persons:

-23% of Staff is BIPOC in Front of House

-23% of inventory is from BIPOC retailer(s)

-Regular donations to BIPOC organization

-Dress code policy does not discriminate against BIPOC patrons of employees. . . .

The posters include a stated commitment to be publicly visible as a public service announcement pending future “inspections” of restaurants and other businesses.

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Three varieties of posters with the message, “YOU CAN’T STOP THE REVOLUTION,” were directed at restaurants in Louisville’s NuLu neighborhood with the grades A, C, and F according to a “NuLu Social Justice Health and Wellness Code.”

Posters with the C-grade declare, “A facility that fails two (2) consecutive regular inspections will be under administrative review.” Those with an F-grade include the following message, “[This] facility has failed to meet minimum requirements of the Nulu Social Justice Health and Wellness Code inspection. This includes [a] failure to create a safe space for black inclusion.”

The letter includes neo-Marxist assertions, decrying “gentrification” as a “process [that] has been happening to black, indigenous, and persons of color at the hands of white, heterosexual patriarchy since the inception of this nation we call home. Black folx [sic] can’t ‘have their own space’ when wealthy white folks see an opportunity to make more money.”

“Repercussions of non-compliance” are listed in the letter:

  • Reduction in Racial Index Score/bias report to the Better Business Bureau.
  • Social Media Blast: Notification, via all social media platforms, of non-compliance.
  • Boycott: Public boycott, coordinated through social media and mail announcements, of yours NuLu establishment AND any other business ventures owned by you.
  • Protest: Visible, media-covered demonstration/sit-in outside your establishment.
  • Invasive Reclamation: Placement of booths/tables outside your establishment where competing Black proprietors will offer items comparable to those offered by you.
Fernando Martinez, the owner of La Bodeguita de Mima, a restaurant serving Cuban cuisine, described Black Lives Matter’s demands as a Mafia-style shakedown. He characterized them as “Mafia tactics,” according to Courier-Journal, a Kentucky-based newspaper. . . .

Local supporters and some from Louisville’s Cuban community held a rally to support Martinez’s restaurant on Sunday, which was vandalized in recent days. They said the restaurant “has been subject to vandalism and extortion in recent days.”

The Courier-Journal reported:

La Bodeguita de Mima was forced to close July 24 during a [Black Lives Matter] demonstration that shut down East Market Street, at which several protesters presented Martinez with the list of demands and said he “better put the letter on the door so your business is not f*cked with.”

The restaurant remained closed the next two days because “management and staff were concerned about safety,” according to the release. “30+ staff members (mostly immigrants) were unable to earn a paycheck.”

https://twitter.com/ChrisTurnerWDRB/status/1286764516466995200?s=20

Chris Turner, a Louisville-based reporter, reported on a Black Lives Matter protest forcing the closing of businesses on July 24:

Black Lives Matter Louisville markets “anti-racism training” on its verified Facebook page produced in partnership with MoveOn.org and other left-wing and partisan Democrat organizations.

An “activist” affiliated with Black Lives Matter denied that his organization’s demands amounted to a threat.

(Excerpt from Breitbart. By Robert Kraychick. Photo from Dreamstime.)

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Cindy Deggendorf
August 6, 2020

WHERE ARE THE LOUISVILLE KY LEADERS?????? WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR DOING ABOUT THIS???? WHAT IS THE MAYOR DOING ABOUT THIS???????

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Bill Tobey
August 6, 2020

Prayer time in Sacramento, CA recently. Background on a Saturday evening we had two protests in downtown Sacramento. The first one was peaceful. The second was people all dressed in black carrying pipes and paint spray cans. They smashed windows in City Hall, spray-painted buildings including county jail.

While praying for them, I saw myself walking among the second group I put my hand on each of their shoulders and God to heal the deep wounds in each of them. I was never afraid and God said I had touched the root!

So let’s keep praying over our land asking God to heal each person’s wounds.

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Virginia Douglas
August 6, 2020

Jesus proclaimed that the gates of
Hell will not prevail against His Church! Behind the many gates of Hell in every city where lawlessness, rioting, and looting capture the media, our own children are being held captive by Satan. The Church can and should work together with constitutional law enforcement and take the gates of Hell off their political hinges. “Do not finish My word,” (Jeremiah 26:2c)

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Liz
August 6, 2020

Sounds like the mafia in Chicago. Let’s be realistic, if we won’t stand behind our law enforcement, why would we expect them to stand up for us. The Word says be doers of the Word, and not just hearers, deceiving ourselves. We are to blame for being so long silent. Stand up now or what happened on 9/11 is coming to all of our neighborhoods.

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Darlene Estlow
August 6, 2020

Father, I pray for courage for those who love you to stand against evil. Dismantle these evil organizations. Reveal the truth about them to our citizens.

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Marlene
August 6, 2020

These people aren’t any different than the Mafia of the early 20th century, guilty of EXTORTION.They threatened harm, as well as destruction of their property and often times the murder of business owners and/or their families, employees, if they didn’t pay the gangsters “protection money” They are nothing more than common criminals!
Yes, it’s necessary to pray BUT it’s way past time for us to get up off of our knees and stand together and fight back!!!!!!!!!!!
An individual person or business owner doesn’t have much of a chance standing alone but everyone standing and resisting these people together have a better/fighting chance to win against these thugs. It helps to have law enforcement on your side as well as all the authorities, but today, are there any-really, even a few??? who will stand with and protect the citizens of the community ??
This needs to take place across the whole country and now!!!! It’s unfortunate for many that this wasn’t started several months ago when these criminals started doing their dirty work.

ENOUGH PEOPLE!!!!!!

I bind the spirit of fear in the name of Jesus and command courage and strength to arise in all the citizens of the United States of America now. I ask the Lord to send forth His warring angels to do battle in the heavenlies, that as believers, we put on the full armor of God, daily, according to Ephesians 6 and that Holy Spirit shows us how to use each piece of the armor against the enemy.

Take courage, we are not alone, for the battle is the Lord’s and he still sits on His throne and has everything under control.
But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. Luke 28:21 NASB

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    Marlene
    August 6, 2020

    1 more thing…
    James 4;7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Remember that he is our enemy and he uses people to do his dirty work.

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Judy
August 6, 2020

Extortion by BLM against Hispanics?? Apparently only some people of color matter, not all.

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Mel Teoh
August 6, 2020

Holy and Just Father,
Thank you for today as the Bible said This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Father God, we ask that the resources of the ungodly (Antifa, BLM, Open Society Foundation, The Transition Integrity Project, The New America Foundation) to dry up. Just as Jesus spoke to the nonproducing fig tree and it dried up from the roots, we ask in Jesus name to the resources of those who work evil in our government and command their money, communication, and alliances to dry up from the roots.

Thank You, Father. Amen.

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Susan
August 6, 2020

Interested in assisting the restaurant? Check-out this GoFundMe account: https://gf.me/u/ymygkz.
Let’s put our prayers to action!

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Mary Capp
August 6, 2020

By demanding certain results, but creating an atmosphere in which no one would be willing to go to those businesses to apply, sounds like a carefully crafted takeover. The businesses can only hire those who apply, maybe BLM should make sure their BIPOC can apply first before they demand changes. We need to pray for the Lord to hasten His work so we will be ready when he returns.

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Elizabeth McConn
August 6, 2020

We must pray. God is doing His work and we must trust Him and stand on His Word. This is my fourth time trying to get this comment printed, but my computer deletes it. God is calling us to stand on His Word and PRAY. He will do the work. He alone will get the glory. Trust Him. He knows all the details and His army is alert to His orders. He is turning this country back to Him but the violent people will not give up without a fight. He will bring repentance to our hearts and give us power to change for His purpose and glory. Let us pray that the battle will bring many unbelievers to their knees and see the mercy of the Lord change their hearts. God is the God of love and mercy, not chaos and confusion. We are called to TRUST HIM. Amen

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Michele
August 6, 2020

It’s a communist movement by their own admission and muslim organizations like CARE are said to back them and see it as an advantage for their cause..we need to pray that God takes this movement out, i pray it fizzles out. Our Lord can eradicate it. Pray for a revival among these misinformed people who are really puppets for the global agenda.

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