Solomon either needs some sleep-or a gardner

By JD | October 7, 2014 |

FOR THE LAST month, I’ve been hosting a morning radio show. That means I get up so early that the moon doubles over with laughter while watching me grope for my keys. It’s not easy for a guy like me to get up that early, because normally I’m a night owl, and in addition to…

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Garner homicide: Will cops be charged?

By JD | August 2, 2014 |

THE NEW YORK City Medical Examiner has found that a police chokehold killed 43-year-old Eric Garner during an arrest for allegedly selling loose cigarettes. The death has been ruled a homicide. This is not news for those of us who watched the videotape of the encounter that killed Garner. Anyone who saw the father of six…

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Eric Garner died in a government drug war

By JD | July 21, 2014 |

On Thursday, July 17, drug-related violence claimed the life of a husband and father on a New York street corner. But this was not a case of crack dealers spraying bullets in the shadow of graffiti strewn abandonment. No, this was something much worse. [blocktext align=”right”]The tragic killing of Eric Garner firmly established that local…

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