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Black lives matter.
That’s what went through my mind on the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre that killed an estimated 300 Black people a century ago, that burned down dozens of city blocks, that left thousands of Black people homeless, and stripped the wealth from a neighborhood so prosperous it was known as Black Wall Street. But…
Read More We’ve learned much from the Tulsa race massacre. Here’s how we can use that knowledge today
It’s been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, where up to 300 people were killed and a community was burned to the ground. And all of it because Black people had the nerve to stand up for themselves. It began on May 30, 1921, when a Black teenager named Dick Rowland entered an elevator in…
Read More George Floyd’s family carries the pain of all the Black families who came before them
On Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the fight for justice arrives at the White House, as Floyd’s family meets with President Joe Biden. It is a moment of persistence, like Frederick Douglass’ 1863 visit to Lincoln’s White House to protest the treatment of Black soldiers. It…
Read More Lawsuit: Cops killed Ronald Greene and lied to his mother about the cause of death
There’s a reason the Constitution says Congress shall make no law limiting the freedom of the press. If not for a free press, we’d be unaware of all the evil that’s done with taxpayers money, in taxpayers names, and on taxpayers time. In Louisiana, for example, taxpayers paid State troopers who tasered, kicked, dragged and…
Read More Louisiana man beaten to death by state troopers, according to lawsuit
There’s a reason the Constitution says Congress shall make no law limiting the freedom of the press. If not for a free press, we’d be unaware of all the evil that’s done with taxpayers money, in taxpayers names, and on taxpayers time. In Louisiana, for example, taxpayers paid State troopers who tasered, kicked, dragged and…
Read More North Carolina body cam law hides Andrew Brown video from the public
The family of Andrew Brown, the Black man killed in his car by North Carolina sheriff’s deputies, has viewed more footage from bodycams and dashcams, and they believe it shows that the shooting was unjustified. The family of Andrew Brown, the Black man killed in his car by North Carolina sheriff’s deputies, has viewed more…
Read More Repealing citizen’s arrest law doesn’t undo Georgia’s racism
Georgia and bigotry have a long and enduring relationship. Even with a white shooter facing hate crime charges and the possibility of the death penalty after killing six women of Asian descent and two others in the Atlanta area, anti-Black racism remains firmly entrenched. This week encapsulates Georgia’s slow progress against hateful bigotry. Consider the citizen’s arrest…
Read More We saw Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd. A juror’s hat and tshirt doesn’t change that
Yesterday, Derek Chauvin’s lawyer filed a motion for a new trial, and attorney Eric Nelson threw in everything but the kitchen sink. He said Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill made mistakes, that there was prosecutorial misconduct, too much publicity, witness intimidation, and juror misconduct. Maybe he was talking about the Black juror who had the…
Read More Joe Biden has a lot to brag about. But Black folks need more than a speech
Joe Biden will be speaking before a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, and he’s got a lot to brag about. He said he would have 100 million vaccinations done in his first hundred days. He’s done 200 million. He said he would get stimulus checks in people’s hands. For many Americans, that’s done too.…
Read More Looking into the eyes of Derek Chauvin, the cop who murdered George Floyd
When the guilty verdicts were read, I just wanted to see Derek Chauvin’s eyes. His eyes, after all, convinced me of his guilt when I watched snippets of the video in which he murdered George Floyd. Those cold, heartless eyes stared into a camera phone held by a 17-year-old girl named Darnella Frazier. Those eyes…
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