Archive for June, 2020

June 19, 1970: a member of the Black Panther Party holding a banner for the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention in front of the Lincoln Memorial. | Source: SHalloran, Thomas J., photographer.; Leffler, Warren K., photographer. For US News and World Report. / Public domain

As US troops surround the Lincoln Memorial to protect it from vandals, one is reminded of the Civil War, over which this guarded stone president once presided. Those desecrating US memorials to leaders who helped Blacks in American society may be nothing more than rioting opportunists during the George Floyd protests. They may have nothing […]

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George Floyd murder - execution by cop

In many situations I’ve argued that police were right when violently taking down Black men. Looking closely at videos in those cases, I could see each time that Black criminals were resisting arrest in ways that I know would get me hurt as a White man. I have no doubt about that, so I was […]

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