August 5, 2020

Al Capone did it better, but the Teachers' Unions and Black Lives Matter are  giving it a whirl.

It’s called extortion.

In Louisville, Black Lives Matter protesters demanded ”diversity” from local Cuban immigrant business owners.

This included purchasing a minimum of 23 percent inventory from black retailers, and a monthly donation of 1.4 percent of net sales to a black organization. 

That was before the group tried to burn down the Louisville Hall of Justice.
 
In Los Angeles, the Teachers' Union had a list of demands before they’d open schools: Defund the police, and place a moratorium on their arch enemy, charter schools. 

In Maryland, Montgomery County ordered private schools to remain close, before Gov. Larry Hogan issued an emergency order rescinding the plan. 

Fernando Martinez, one of twelve Louisville businessmen threatened by BLM, called these “mafia tactics.” Capone would just call it a “shake-down.”

"There comes a time in life that you have to make a stand and you have to really prove your convictions and what you believe in," Martinez wrote in his Facebook post. "... All good people need to denounce this. How can you justify injustice with more injustice?”

You can't.

Hang tough.