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If someone shoots a tear gas canister at you, throw it back. Use the state’s own weapons against it. When did it become alright in our country to use gas to disperse non-violent protesters? Who will...
View ArticleIn memory of Michael Brown: stand with the people of Ferguson and St. Louis
The media’s main theme for Ferguson has been racial, but we all know it is more than that. This conflict arrays citizen against state authorities State authorities cannot just shoot you down in the...
View ArticleTyranny has arrived
Policemen shoot dogs and people with equal abandon. They don’t shoot horses because horses are docile, and they don’t shoot cats because cats are harder to hit. When a SWAT team attacks a house with...
View ArticleDamage control and cowardice in Ferguson
The persistence of Ferguson’s residents as they insist on justice and openness is an example we should all admire and follow. Techniques of damage control Consider the techniques Ferguson police use to...
View ArticleWhat matters most in Ferguson
The arguments I’m hearing about the Ferguson case are just fantastical. Michael Brown was a big man. He robbed a convenience store. The evidence about what happened on August 9 is contradictory. What...
View ArticlePolice disrespect Mayor De Blasio as he pays his respects to Officer Ramos
Did you hear what happened this weekend in New York City? Policemen who came to honor Rafael Ramos at his funeral intentionally dishonored the city’s mayor as he eulogized Ramos. They turned their...
View ArticleShoot on sight, strangle in broad daylight: mistreatment of black males by...
The shootings of John Crawford and Tamir Rice in Ohio are in the national discussion now that grand juries have exonerated officers who killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Tamir Rice is the...
View ArticleLynching by police
The Times They Are A-Changin’ Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The …Continue reading →
View ArticlePause before signing with Iran
Do we want to make another disastrous mistake, but overlook risks because in this case, the aim appears to be peace? After ill-advised, unjustified threats of war, do we want to make a deal for peace...
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