singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents. 26267082573
singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I found the photographer! NICOLE HESTER / THE TENNESSEAN 0161
singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026To all who want to know who took the picture, it’s on Facebook under Black Etowah County's Post. No credit given for photo. I asked and no reply yet. 053
Idiokratie @idiokratie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Reminder that Elon Musk is running Grok AI by choking people in Memphis with untreated generator exhaust blown straight into the neighborhoods. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...politico.com'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in MemphisThe company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations. 210951
Andrew Carlson @abkarlsson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026How many seats does TN get if everyone leaves? 000
Buffalo Bills Fan 2 U 💙🩵✨🌟🌊🌎☮️ 💪🦅 @crose2u.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is a disgrace- and it’s going to take everyone to fight back!!🩵🙏💙❤️🇺🇸💪 1173
Kole Musgrove @kolemusgrove.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Well, yeah, Justin Pearson isn’t on that committee. 000
ARCWüLF ΔΘ he/him @arcwulf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It sickens me that this fight still has to be fought more than 50 years after we added Civil Rights to the Constitution. This photo should be shown in history books in the coming decades. 0563
Andrea Allan 🇺🇦 ❤️🧠🐾 ⚽️ @amallan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Welcome to the new Jim Crow era. Shame on the GOP Shame on all who voted for these racists 000
Karen H @karenmhj.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The competition for the next photography pulitzer prize is going to be fierce. Thanks trump? 0112
Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026That picture could have been taken from the 1960s. How far we have fallen. 040
Grampa Jody @jodywagner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Pearson was elected. He can’t legally block him, can he? Arrest that dude. 060
Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This NO GOOD PUNK, WHITE SUPREMACIST, SHOULD NOT BE IN ANY FACET OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- Local or Otherwise‼️ 000
Grateful-1.bsky.social @grateful-1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is such SICKENING, UNADULTERATED, RACIST BULLSHIT‼️...IT MUST BE STOPPED‼️...REMOVE THESE NO GOOD SOB *White, Putrid Nationalist Asses* from their Nazi Seats in Local Government NOW‼️...They MUST BE STOPPED -- THIS DISCRIMINATION IS ABHORRENT‼️ 0426
Nine Oh Real @mythlfrythtyg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026a white guy wearing the badge... what was this thing about those who work forces? I can´t remember. Someone please help me. 000
Dylan Michel @dylanmichel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The look on the white guys face just oozes racism. I’m so fucking disappointed in this country right now. 1251
Miss Huston @misshuston.bsky.social · 08/05/2026That photo could be from the 1960s. So much for progress. 15184052
St. Jimmy @saint-jimmy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It’s time to arrange boycotts. If not for the bus boycott Rosa Parks would never have been able to choose her seat. 010
jbock1015.bsky.social @jbock1015.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I thought this was a historical picture from a long time ago when I first saw it..... 010
wisemom.bsky.social @wisemom.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Hey - Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett - take a good look at what you have wrought. Do you really think that redistricting in Republican leaning states will NOT be racially motivated? 281
lcinnamon.bsky.social @lcinnamon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Man I'm sick to death of smug, mediocre white men. 552619
pky55.bsky.social @pky55.bsky.social · 10/05/2026DEMS!! Today!! Donate to Marc Elias, the ACLU or any entity taking the legal fight to court! Congress can’t get it done against the MAGAT majority. It’s up to us!! DONATE TO LEGAL FUNDS TODAY and then VOTE! VOTE!! VOTE!!!! 000
pky55.bsky.social @pky55.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Need any more proof that gov bill lee and 99% of the TN State legislature repub supermajority are 100% racists? I’m an old white guy. The whole bunch, and those who voted for them, are pathetic. And FUCK the 2/3 of SCOTUS JUSTICES that are racist cheats as well. 020
Pam Crisanti @pamcrisanti.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Can we get a list of white owned businesses to boycott? M supposed to travel there next May and have now cancelled those plans. Tennessee gets no money from me. 2264
Laura Cronin @reelpolitik-la.bsky.social · 08/05/2026They have repeatedly bullied Pearson, in the most outrageous ways. 020
peanut24.bsky.social @peanut24.bsky.social · 08/05/2026All that's missing is a sign saying "Whites Only" 020
Captain Lancaster ✨ USS Duchamp : NCC - 83006 @trekkielancaster.bsky.social · 09/05/2026You can hear the slur coming out of that white man's mouth. 020
🌮When The Cities Burn, We'll All Be Warm🌮 @when-cities-burn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Klan is running Tennessee. With Grand Poobah Trump's blessing. 21304
PanPizza @panpizza999.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I remember seeing pictures like this from the 50s/60s. Guess we’re heading back. 010
KevinFromBklyn @sayskevinfrombklyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I bet that pos has a side gig with ICE. 000
rhythmfiction.bsky.social @rhythmfiction.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I bet the guy on the right has committed more crimes than the guy on the left 2550
True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026bsky.app/profile/donj...True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy@donjorizzy.bsky.socialMemphis metropolitan area represents 30% of Tennessee's GDP ($100B of $360B total) and 20% of the state's population...this gerrymandered Jim Crow district map precludes Memphis from any representation in Congress. 1.4 million Americans with no representative in TN, MS, or AR. That's not democracy. 062
Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein) @valwrites.ca · 08/05/2026You can literally see this guy thinking the word. he is imagining plantations and it's making him smile. 070
The Nashville Humanist @nashvillehumanist.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The midterms are coming and Republicans know their out of control leader is going to cost them yet they could just simply rebuke him rather than embrace his authoritarian policies. His power is slipping and they refuse to see that. 020
realcdndude.bsky.social @realcdndude.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There are no depths some white people won't sink to to preserve their privilege. Decades of seeming headway were just a head fake. 050
aerotestgeek.bsky.social @aerotestgeek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026For a second I was REALLY hoping this was going to be about a new season of Mindhunter with a cast twist 000
Any Doubts @anydoubts.bsky.social · 08/05/2026"Rep. Pearson, not being a member of the Senate committee, was barred..." *Sergeant 010
Fabian Donato @reliablenarrator.bsky.social · 08/05/2026What a damned outrage. Volunteer state? More like mandatory racist state. 010
Scree @screecycle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There’s a new Patagonia tribute movie to those who take a stand and Justin Pearson is in that. I’d not been aware of him before. People need leaders right now 💚 030
Nancy McClure @apertedesign.bsky.social · 08/05/2026SoA's tie is basically the confederate flag abstracted - red field with a blue on white stripe. It's very telling. 110
Peter Wilkie 🏳️🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 08/05/2026"for wearing the badge, they're your chosen whites" 030
Bob Clouse @rwclouseiii.bsky.social · 08/05/2026He should be careful. I’m from Tennessee. Those rednecks will kill him. 000
LoveShack @loveshack.bsky.social · 08/05/2026@tizzyent.bsky.social Do we have any way of finding out the name of this “public servant” blocking the Representative? 000
kittybratz.bsky.social @kittybratz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This will be an award winning photo. Shameful. 010
jennifer whatshername @jhgray.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The self-satisfied evil smirk on his face looks like it wants to be wiped off. 1130
✯Pumpkin👑 Prole🎃 @solar-communism.neocities.org · 08/05/2026If I didn't already know this was a struggle over race and the restriction of political rights/racialization I'd be cracking jokes about the sexual tension I'm picking up. Unfortunately, they just hate each other, and only one of them for a sensible reason 110
🇨🇦🇬🇱whosfurdaddy🇮🇷🇵🇸 @whosfurdaddy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026They really know how to rile up their opposition. This is going to come crashing down on them. 000
Gymnastics Fan @gymnasticsfan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Credit the photographer, @nicolehester.bsky.social 0104
Lady sings in Blue 💙 @ladysingstheblue.bsky.social · 08/05/20261. I woke up thinking about this photo. Whether racism existed or not in the newsroom. In the 1960’s this photo would have been on MSM stations and on the front page of newspapers. They understood their assignment to report the up to the minute news. 140
DaveK @davek4591.us · 08/05/2026But the Supreme Court claims they are just doing “non partisan justice”. History will judge the Robert’s Court along the lines of the Dread Scott court. 010
🇨🇦 Part owner of Canada @eastcoaster63.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is so fucked up. The US is fucked. 010
IMMORTAL KAHN @immortal-kahn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Once the good guys get into office raid his families home in the dark. Make crackers suffer for once. 000
IMMORTAL KAHN @immortal-kahn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I got called "too woke" for saying america wasnt doing enough to combat white supremacy last 10 years....funny how NOW they wana notice it. Every single cracker there...which is what they are, has a family. Had that foamily totally ousted them maybe we wouldn't be here suffering from them. 000
IMMORTAL KAHN @immortal-kahn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026media.tenor.coma cracker with a man 's face on it and the words those crackers are saltyALT: a cracker with a man 's face on it and the words those crackers are salty 000
Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You wouldn’t know if this was from 2026 or 1965 if you turn the picture black or white @aoc.bsky.social 041
Fun Puns 24 @funpuns24.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You know what the worst part is about this photo? The White Dude Honestly believes he's got the Moral High Ground here...... Delusional Racist 030
Noelle Schultz @nrvschultz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Insane. Tennessee is just a broken place. His look of spite says it all. 020
Canerican™️ 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @canericanisms.bsky.social · 08/05/2026They couldn’t fire both Justins, as the people sent them back to work. Now white “Christian” power has worked the system from the majority white Supreme Court on down. They will remove Black representation from Tennessee and all other red states. No need for “the help” demanding things, they muse. 010
jack @roddyceramics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026funny how they’re so proud to being racist pieces of shyt now 000
Vince Underwood @vince.vinceunderwood.com · 08/05/2026You can just feel how badly he wants to use a slur. 030
huisclos25.bsky.social @huisclos25.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This photo might end up being this century's equivalent to this one: 030
mr nobody @mr-nobody-01.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There are structural differences between Patriotism vs Nationalism It is time to separate and pursue happiness. We don't need to fight the Civil War We need to end the Civil War. We are not the same and need two different countries.open.substack.comWe Don't Need to Fight the Civil War - We Need to End the Civil WarThe Difference Between Nationalism and a Republic: We need two opposite systems. 100
spongestar26.bsky.social @spongestar26.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The arms guy needs to go to jail for 30 years 000
usetob-cowby.bsky.social @usetob-cowby.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You can paint that POS Sargent at arms, a full-blown racist. 010
Bourgeois mfer @ghunkinking.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Is Pearson on said committee, and or is it an open meeting? Otherwise I don't see why he would be allowed to enter. 000
Florida Man @trs1998.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Put come black rimmed glasses and tighter buzz cut on that MF, and the picture could be straight from the 1960’s. 000
Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Are those white folks ashamed? Nah! Just don’t want him interrupting the state going backwards. 030
Mark Lloyd Greenberg @marklloydgreenberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026CREDIT THE PHOTOG--ALWAYS! Nicole Hester, Staff, The Tennessean, nicolehester.netnicolehester.netNicole Hester 021
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 08/05/2026My goodness 60 years of progress destroyed in under a week Appreciate the courage of Rep. Pearson 120613
furtherexchange.bsky.social @furtherexchange.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Same type of photo but 60 years ago 020
furtherexchange.bsky.social @furtherexchange.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Same type of photo but 60 years ago 000
Jakeb Blueeyes @jakebblueeyes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Tennessee republicans working hard to redefine worthless white trash. 000
afl_chris @christyh3.bsky.social · 08/05/2026These backwoods hillbillies will get their comeuppance one day. They are truly despicable. 000
zippy123456.bsky.social @zippy123456.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Always hiding behind a badge, gop ain't nothing but cowards. 010
HeidiO Just wants the democrats to fight @heidiotoo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I hope someone ruins that pigs entire life. 040
Okhomegrown @okhomegrown.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Sherman should have finished the job on these fucking racist pieces shit years ago. 010
Okhomegrown @okhomegrown.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Democrats should start arming themselves and uses the 2nd ammendment to defend their constitutional rights. The NRA has been warning us for years apparently. 010
Little sister in Texas 💙🤠🗳️☕️🎶😻🛼🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @pinkysgirl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Klan is alive and well in Tennessee. When are major corporations headquartered in Tennessee going to push back against this redistricting and racism? 050
DJ Jazzy Sweater Vest @craig.agitate-discourse.org · 08/05/2026There is the unsolving of some problems and then there is this. An assertion certain historical injustices aren’t even problems. Slap in the face to our ancestors. bsky.app/profile/paul...Paul Crider@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.comThe "unsolving of the problems of earlier generations" is a great turn of phrase. 0130
Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Today's word is "Fascism" :a movement, or regime that exalts nation & race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader & that is characterized by severe economic & social regimentation & by forcible suppression of opposition 1134
@WJones67 @wjones67.bsky.social · 08/05/2026🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 This is sooo wrong! What do you expect out of Tennessee? 040
Runs Like Mud @runslikemud.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man 050
Marc @mjlp716.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Representative Pearson will be remembered in future history books as a leader, a fighter, and everything that is good about humanity. That other guy, no one will even know his name, and his image will be there alone as a representation of hate and cowardice. 010
Berton Averre @bertonaverre.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Pretty ironic, in that the boosters of the redistricting support their stance with "Racism is over!" 071
Kitt B Wild… @bklyndreams87.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Justin Pearson is so very young. Which means he was raised to have to fight for the rights of his people, instead of being raised to believe that he was free and equal. Think about how fucked up that is… 063
Wayne Hankammer @majorh.bsky.social · 10/05/2026We will see this all the way to election day on Nov 6 2026! 100
Simply Me @simplyme0612.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The name of the Sargent at Arms needs to be splashed everywhere. This isn’t just “doing my job.” 060
Amias Channer @amias.net · 08/05/2026I am pacifist but I would make that sarjent have to on video completely incapacitate me before I gave up trying to get in there. Not judging Justin tho. 000
THAT Woman @terracotta10.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This photo should be blown up and plastered on every billboard to remind people that we’re still in the middle of the civil rights era 030
twistedphilosopher.bsky.social @twistedphilosopher.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is for all the geniuses that couldnt just stfu and vote for Biden and then Kamala. Whatever fucking nonsense you derived in your head would happen were you to vote for them ALL pale in comparison to what is being done. FUCK YOU from the bottom of my heart. I hate you as much as MAGA. Maybe more 000
Transgender For Everybody! @ktfalvey.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I guess we should be glad the bigoted rent-a-cop didn't call out the dogs on Representative Pearson. 010
Rob Evans @robe87.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Its to indict Trump admin of eitness intimidation and fraud its unacceptable for white trash men to have the last say on legitimately elected representatives seats who they block from being at the meeting its time to abolish this political gerrymandering scsm that the republicans have been doing 121
Diego Devereaux @bigjimmy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The smirk on that honkeys face makes him imminently punchable 020
Antifa Crone- La Mort To Der Fascista @cheriegrant.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Should have pushed him out the way. 000
The Nefarious Dr Raccoon @mattyraccy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Justin keeping his cool like a boss. The sargent is pissing himself. 010
#MyFellowVertebrates @fellowvertebrates.bsky.social · 08/05/2026TheKKK is and always has been in Tennessee I despise that state with my existence 000
stjoelakeside.bsky.social @stjoelakeside.bsky.social · 08/05/2026@govandybeshear.bsky.social Hey gov — have you no control in what goes on here? 100
Rosalie907💙🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🌈🦋 @rosalie907.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Did he call Representative Justin Pearson Boy too? 000
So.Tx. @irav9.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Us Americans can not allow this racism to continue without resistance. 1100
mattbarrs.bsky.social @mattbarrs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If an expression could say the N word... 000
Jules of the North @octoberjulie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Look at the self satisfied trumpian smirk on the klansman's face. He wants to literally lynch Justin and also feels he currently has the right to do so. Thanks, Segregation Sam! 090
Hellanal Boner-Farter @weedlordmegadoodoo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026[extremely liberal voice] The solution is to vote. If Justin Pearson was an elected representative the police would have to let him in. 020
Lay on, Macduff! 🏴🇺🇸 @layonmacduff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is surreal and disgusting and heartbreaking. The only thing missing is a white hood. I truly admire Rep. Pearson's restraint. Trump has propelled America into becoming the type of shithole country he railed about and has condoned his ilk acting this shamefully. 090
Anthony P-Calling Bullshit @altadude651.bsky.social · 08/05/2026What authority does he have over the democratically elected Representative? How can that governing body reflect legitimate authority over its people when it acts lawlessly? Remove these modern plantation owners by all means! No quarter for insurrectionist pirates! 1817
UTH 🔺 ENnotuber @uglythehuman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Guy on the right radiates Interesting Hard Drive vibes. 010
indigopoodle.bsky.social @indigopoodle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Is this photo by Martin Cherry as well? Its def iconic and whoever took it needs to be credited. 010
Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 08/05/2026In his place, I’d see that guy slumped against the wall with the badge stuffed in his mouth. Probably why I should never run for office. 0120
jamrock45.bsky.social @jamrock45.bsky.social · 08/05/2026They're both straight out of central casting 000
Train Gal 🟥🟪🟦 @traingalart.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You just know he reaaaally wants to use some slurs. 000
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