Posts Tagged ‘protest’
Shame on leaders who failed to denounce FOP chief’s racist comment
I’m accustomed to Fraternal Order of Police president John McNesby denouncing black protesters and white allies who speak out against police shootings of African Americans. He did so in 2014, using words such as “professional hatemongers” and “convicted thugs” to describe those who protested after grand juries declined to charge the white police officers who…
Read More Trump’s lies about racism
I think Donald Trump is lying. When he says, “Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” the words stand in stark contrast to the president’s actions. Donald…
Read More Michael Vick is wrong: A haircut won’t help Colin Kaepernick, or any black man
Michael Vick, who knows well the sting of being an NFL outcast, believes Colin Kaepernick must do little more than cut off his Afro in order to return to the ranks of active NFL quarterbacks. Vick said as much during a Monday appearance on Fox Sports 1’s “Speak for Yourself,” surmising that the former San…
Read More How do we fix Philadelphia’s poverty under President Trump?
In the hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in on Friday, the battle for America’s soul took shape. President Trump and Press Secretary Sean Spicer sparred with journalists as the New York Times and other media reported that anti-Trump protesters at the Washington DC Women’s March outnumbered crowds for the inauguration itself. Cities like…
Read More Anti-Trump protests too little, too late
I was at once heartbroken and angry when I saw thousands of protesters take to the streets in the wake of the stunning election of Donald Trump as president. As I watched the spectacle play out, my emotions, already scraped raw by the bigotry and division I’d witnessed during Trump’s campaign, suddenly went numb. It…
Read More Baltimore riots speak loudly on police abuse
The Baltimore Police Department has completed its investigation into the April 12 death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who died of a spinal injury a week after he was arrested for allegedly carrying a switchblade and fleeing police. The department’s findings went to State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who announced Friday that all six…
Read More Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Garner
On Thursday’s Wake Up With WURD on 900 am WURD, Solomon Jones interviewed Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey after a Staten Island, NY, Grand Jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner. In the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner decisions, Commissioner Ramsey has been tapped by President…
Read More Ferguson grand jury verdict is a call to action
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced Monday night that Ferguson (Mo.) Police Officer Darren Wilson has not been indicted in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. With that, the long and agonizing wait that began shortly after the clock struck noon on Aug. 9 ended. That afternoon, the lives of Darren Wilson…
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