Posts Tagged ‘justice’
Police said Daunte Wright’s death was an accident. I don’t believe that’s true.
I don’t care that Kim Potter, the police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a car stop, has resigned. I don’t care that Police Chief Tim Gannon stepped down either. I’m still enraged, because wright didn’t have to die. It happened Sunday in BrooklynCenter, Minnesota—a suburb just 10 miles from the Minneapolis courthouse where former officer Derek Chauvin…
Read More The major difference in the Chauvin case? His fellow officers are not trying to protect him
When I watch the Derek Chauvin trial, I know we’ve been here before. A grieving Black family whose loved one is gone. A criminal justice system with a track record of racism. A community bracing itself for a verdict no one wants to see. Don’t get me wrong. I believe Chauvin will be found guilty…
Read More Darnella Frazier’s video exposed George Floyd’s killing. Her testimony exposed Derek Chauvin
Darnella Frazier. She’s the 18-year-old who filmed then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin as he pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck. Yesterday, in tearful testimony at Chauvin’s murder trial, she recalled how the horror of that day stays with her, even now. “I stay up at night apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more…
Read More It’s been a year, and there’s still no justice for Breonna Taylor
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of Louisville police. It was a senseless death—one that showed Black Lives simply don’t matter. The cops allegedly lied to get a no-knock warrant to bust into her apartment that night, even though she was a medical worker with no criminal record. But…
Read More George Floyd justice in policing act must become law
March 3rd. That’s when the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. If approved by the senate and signed by the president, it will hold cops accountable for abusing people in the name of law and order. March 3rd is significant because on that date, the first videotaped police beating of a Black…
Read More There’s only one way to get true justice for George Floyd. Change the law.
A federal grand jury is meeting to decide whether Derek Chauvin violated George Floyd’s civil rights when he pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Imagine that. They have to decide after we saw what he did on video. He knelt on his neck, listening as George Floyd said he couldn’t breathe,…
Read More Biden can’t talk racial justice unless he addresses Black justice
President Joe Biden has signed several executive orders on racial equity, and while the orders are a good start, I do have one tiny issue. None of them is specific to Black folks. It’s not that I have a problem with our other melanated brothers and sisters. I’m down with the brown. It’s just that…
Read More When will we get justice for Jacob Blake?
What must we do to get justice? That’s what I’m asking after the Kenosha Wisconsin D.A. failed to charge a white cop for shooting a Black man in the back. The victim, Jacob Blake, had been trying to break up an argument between two women, and as he walked back to his vehicle, Kenosha police…
Read More Paying Breonna Taylor’s family is not justice
I’m glad the city of Louisville agreed to pay Breonna Taylor’s family $12 million dollars. Months after Taylor was killed by police in her own home. It’s the largest settlement ever paid in the killing of a black woman by police. And as Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said of Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, “I cannot…
Read More Krasner talks exclusively to Solomon Jones after controversial dismissals
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner forced 31 people out at the District Attorney’s office, prompting criticism from some and celebration from others. In an exclusive interview with Praise 107.9 FM host and Daily News columnist Solomon Jones, Krasner explained his motivations. “We did it because this is an office in need of culture change,” Krasner…
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