LITTLE ROCK, Ar. – State Rep.Vivian Flowers of Pine Bluff and Arkansas House candidate Ryan Davis of Little Rock were harassed and threatened with gunfire on Monday after leaving a fundraiser in a Little Rock neighborhood. They were targeted and denied fair treatment because of their race. The incident involved aggressive members of the community and law enforcement officials. The Arkansas Times has published an account of the incident.
“It shouldn’t matter that this happened to a state legislator or a candidate for the Legislature. It shouldn’t happen, period. They were targeted because of their race. Had the roles been reversed, and it was an African-American standing on a porch, telling a white woman to drop dead and then firing a gun — they’d have been arrested,” said Democratic Party of Arkansas Chairman Michael John Gray. “The attitude in this country right now is toxic. What happened here is unacceptable, but more importantly it must become intolerable. I’ll never know what it’s like to walk in their shoes, but my heart goes out to them still. We have to do better as a country, and as a state, about treating people right and ensuring that justice is meted out with colorblind eyes. I know we can do better and that we can come together.”
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