American Justice On Trial
Well the jury is out. I wish I could say that justice will be done but I know America with all her warts and blemishes. The defenses closing argument was a not so veiled plea to one racist juror on the panel. The question is can facts overcome racism. That is what this trial is […]
Daunte Wright, Victim of The One Drop Rule!
Daunte Wright was just 20 years old. I remember what it was like being 20 years old. I could have made a lot of mistakes but I had a father and the military had me. Those two things kept the stupid gene that all twenty year olds have in check. Most of the time there’s […]
A Lesson To Be Learned!
There’s a lesson to be learned from yesterday. When the Mayor of Brooklyn Center, MN. announced that the police chief and officer Kim Porter were no longer with the department there was a lesson to be learned. When the day before the Chief stood in front of the media and called the shooting an unfortunate […]
Here’s Why It Keeps Happening!!!
This morning all across this country millions of Americans are waking up to three more cases of driving while black. Some will ask WHY, others will make excuses for the unexcusable behavior of the police. On Thursday April the 8th HBO began running a 4 part series entitled “Exterminate All The Brutes”. That four part […]
Don’t Scapegoat Black Officers!
This morning as I was watching the morning talking heads a question came up that I found interesting. The question is why don’t black cops expose their dirty compatriots? Talk about a loaded question. Having spent some time in the law enforcement community I feel comfortable offering some comments. Police work is 90 percent boredom […]
EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES!!
EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES Tonight my senses were jolted by the visualization of a painful truth. HBO Max is running a documentary 4 part series called “Exterminate All The Brutes”. The documentary is based on a book written by Sven Lindqvist. I’m still feeling sensory overload. Not because I didn’t already know some of these […]
The Chauvin Test!!
What people are witnessing in the Chauvin trial is an exercise in attrition. Chauvin’s defense council understands that he doesn’t really have a defense. His objective is to find one ally in the 12 person jury willing to hold out. In the Chauvin trial a hung jury is as good as a win because it […]
I Will Not Look Away!
I’m tired of being asked to look away. The middle passage/slavery, look away. The promise of the Civil rights act of 1866 and then the breaking of that promise. Look away. The promise of Reconstruction broken but look away. The black codes, just look away. Seperate and unequal, just look away. Red Summer of 1919, […]
No More Characterizations of The Dangerous Black Man!
Yesterday as I watched the third day of the Chauvin trial I had the memory of another trial. In March of 1991 Rodney King was beaten senseless by officers of the LAPD. That beating was caught on video tape. LAPD treated Rodney King like an animal. Eventually 4 officers were charged. The trial was moved […]
Black Rage 2.0!
Yesterday after watching the Chauvin trial I was filled with an overwhelming rage. I had to take time to reflect on what I had seen and heard. I thought about the book written by Dr. Price Cobbs and Dr. William Grier entitled Black Rage. The book was published in 1968 after the assassination of Martin […]