“Are you guys having a good time? Or is this weird?” Both, Dave. Both. But we needed this, chairs outlined in red, Social Distanced. We needed this, you hitting the stage. You never put your hands in your pockets, Dave. Only to reach for a lighter. You’re a warrior. 8 […]
Eric Garner
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The killing of George Floyd was shocking. But to be surprised by it is a privilege African Americans do not have. A black person is killed by a police officer in America at the rate of more than one every other day. Floyd’s death followed those of Breonna Taylor, an […]
The story of his assassination is harrowing in the shadow of the George Floyd Uprising. In the predawn hours, a heavily armed Chicago Police Team stormed Hampton’s apartment. The police had obtained a warrant ostensibly in search of illegal weapons, which they used as a pretext for killing Hampton. They […]
Minneapolis police chief on Thursday acknowledged his department had contributed to a deficit of hope in the city after the — and he and other officials called for calm following a night of destructive protests. “I am absolutely sorry for the pain, devastation and trauma Mr. Floyd’s death has left […]
Two incidents separated by twelve hours and twelve hundred miles have taken on the appearance of the control and the variable in a grotesque experiment about race in America. On Monday morning, in New York City’s Central Park, a white woman named Amy Cooper called 911 and told the dispatcher […]
I was born in a pandemic, shaped in the waters of strife, separated from my mother’s life-yielding placenta, thrust into a world infected by hate. I am black and male. Born in the USA. I wear the mask. I cannot leave home without it. This is a matter of survival. […]