I neither see nor feel defeat right now … They can crush the heart — sometimes. But never the spirit. The past four years were planned to make the experience feel like eight. While hatching plans to make eight real. Still, they can’t crush the spirit. And I’m not down for 16 more years. Neither […]
Read More Current raw thoughts about Breonna Taylor, 32 bullets, and no accountable Louisville copsAs the car carrying then-alive teenager Jordan Edwards departed a house party where everyone in the vehicle collectively felt was no longer safe to remain, Balch Springs, Texas police officer Roy Oliver’s calculations went from zero to I-need-to-kill-somebody within sub-seconds. Or perhaps Oliver was able to arrive at his deadly conclusion so quickly because he […]
Read More The Decision to Murder Jordan EdwardsTwo themes have converged to make Laquan McDonald’s apparent murder by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke a cloudy discussion — Laquan’s Black skin color and the public discussion points that relegated Van Dyke’s behavior to the act of one “bad apple” out of a crop of good cops. I’m probably one of the last […]
Read More LAQUAN MCDONALD’S DEATH SAYS CHICAGO IS RUN BY MANY ‘BAD APPLES’It happened again. NYPD officers—during the funeral of slain cop Rafael Ramos turned their backs on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio when he addressed parishioners. The same cops who want anti-police protesters to mute the demonstrations out of respect and mourning for Officer Ramos and his partner Wenjian Liu, decided cops should always have a free pass […]
Read More DISRESPECTING THEIR OWN TO SHOW DISRESPECT IS HATRED
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