Thirty pieces of silver, same old script betrayal never goes out of style.
scrpn687 on
LaKeith’s portrail in the movie was incredible.
Organic-Wrongdoer-64 on
Huh??? Wasn’t it in exchange for not going to prison or something? The movie painted him out to be a sort of victim as well.
Ando_Three on
In case anyone wants a little context/an absolute banger of a movie, check out Judas and the Black Messiah.
InAppropriate-meal on
Judas is pretty misunderstood, he had no idea of the real consequences of his actions, he was tricked by jewish leaders and the romans and thought jesus would just be imprisoned and then expelled he had no idea he would be executed (he even donated the money to the poor)
O’Neal doesn’t have that excuse.
imperfectionlad on
Didnt he got a gas station of his own or sumn?
PatronSaintOfCunts on
I feel like if you set up the Panthers and go to the news about it, you already knew that was your best option out.
TerriblyRare on
Don’t forget they were super young at the time, Fred Hampton was 21 when he died and William was 19* when he was recruited
RemarkablePr0tection on
He ran out into the highway and was killed by a car. The crazy thing is that he had just relocated back to a west Chicago suburb shortly before, like less than a week. He was staying with an uncle and a man that lived in that building had done the exact same thing (ran into the highway and died) just a few months before.
NoNet5188 on
Clarance Thomas did it for an RV
goodbyegoosegirl on
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Bright-Molasses-8017 on
Interesting time to start seeing these posts. Feels just like in 2003 when bush was sending kids to die in Iraq
PassThatSpliff on
The biggest threat to black people will always be our own. There are so many of us that will sell us for their own personal gain.
JohnAtticus on
He killed himself about 1 month before his interview aired.
His interview was in the second episode of a new documentary series “Eyes on the Prize” about the Civil Rights movement.
The night he killed himself was the same night the first episode aired.
That episode was on Emmitt Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
He might have watched the first episode and gotten an idea of how the show would later present Fred Hampton’s story… Then realizing in that context how horrible his interview would seem.
TakenInChains on
yeah Judas and the Black Messiah was one movie I watched once and then never again. it’s crazy to think I’m now older than Fred was when he was murdered
enricopena on
Median wage in 1969 was $4.03 per hour. O’Neal betrayed the revolution for less than two weeks pay or approximately 74 hours and 26 minutes of work.
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No wonder he killed himself – coward.
Thirty pieces of silver, same old script betrayal never goes out of style.
LaKeith’s portrail in the movie was incredible.
Huh??? Wasn’t it in exchange for not going to prison or something? The movie painted him out to be a sort of victim as well.
In case anyone wants a little context/an absolute banger of a movie, check out Judas and the Black Messiah.
Judas is pretty misunderstood, he had no idea of the real consequences of his actions, he was tricked by jewish leaders and the romans and thought jesus would just be imprisoned and then expelled he had no idea he would be executed (he even donated the money to the poor)
O’Neal doesn’t have that excuse.
Didnt he got a gas station of his own or sumn?
I feel like if you set up the Panthers and go to the news about it, you already knew that was your best option out.
Don’t forget they were super young at the time, Fred Hampton was 21 when he died and William was 19* when he was recruited
He ran out into the highway and was killed by a car. The crazy thing is that he had just relocated back to a west Chicago suburb shortly before, like less than a week. He was staying with an uncle and a man that lived in that building had done the exact same thing (ran into the highway and died) just a few months before.
Clarance Thomas did it for an RV
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Interesting time to start seeing these posts. Feels just like in 2003 when bush was sending kids to die in Iraq
The biggest threat to black people will always be our own. There are so many of us that will sell us for their own personal gain.
He killed himself about 1 month before his interview aired.
His interview was in the second episode of a new documentary series “Eyes on the Prize” about the Civil Rights movement.
The night he killed himself was the same night the first episode aired.
That episode was on Emmitt Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
He might have watched the first episode and gotten an idea of how the show would later present Fred Hampton’s story… Then realizing in that context how horrible his interview would seem.
yeah Judas and the Black Messiah was one movie I watched once and then never again. it’s crazy to think I’m now older than Fred was when he was murdered
Median wage in 1969 was $4.03 per hour. O’Neal betrayed the revolution for less than two weeks pay or approximately 74 hours and 26 minutes of work.
Good.
Same old story and the neverending cycle
Worse. This is only like 3 pieces of silver.