In 2022, our fruit doesn’t hang from Southern trees. It lies rotting in streets, alleys and fields. We seldom know who plucked the precious fruit… or it goes unpunished.
Tag Archives: violence
So What?!??
Here’s the thing… they’ve been held accountable. That’s it… I guess it’s progress; let’s see how sentencing goes. Simple truth: George Floyd should be alive.
But a systemic problem still exists. They all thought that they were within their rights as officers. They showed no humanity and failed to recognize it in this man that lay dying at their feet. You can’t even argue the bad apple theory because this scenario of police brutality and police fatality repeats itself. People, Black people, are being killed by police and this country’s institutions (Fraternal Order of Police), the justice system says it’s acceptable.
Unfortunately, it will happen again and we will be “saying their names.”
Glimmer of Hope in Dark Times
I’ve been having a hard time staying positive and seeing the light in this world of ours. Everywhere you look there is violence, despair and hate. But lately – no doubt due to the holiday season – I’ve learned of a few people who refuse to give up or give in.
Maurice Kie, Life Pieces to Masterpieces in DC: A young man and after-school program uses art to help young children cope with living in neighborhoods stricken with gun violence.
Tiffany Anderson, Jennings School District in Jennings, Mo.: A school superintendent who actually cares about the students and implements innovation RESULTS to real problems.
Amy Peake, entrepreneur in England: Empowering women in other countries with employment by making a necessity – sanitary pads.
Journalists out there: we need these stories YEAR-ROUND! Apologies that we make 
you think we only want “reality”,
depravity, terror and salaciousness.
To anyone reading this post, you’re welcome. 🙂
I Know Many Trayvon Martins…
Too many. In fact, a lot of people that I know, know too many Trayvon Martins. And most people have the luxury of knowing only this one.
We are broken-hearted because they know too many. Most of whom received less justice than this one.
That is the issue.
Strange Fruit
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
– Billie Holiday, 1939
A Young Man Died…
was killed, actually… At the end of the day, let’s not lose that within the legal manuevering.
This morning, a Harvard law professor had this to say of the Zimmerman trial.
If nothing else, this trial is certain to reveal society’s ills.
To say the least…
$8 Million Bail
Can you imagine having to serve as Castro’s public defender?
Just when you thought humankind could not scrape any lower in the barrel, meet Ariel Castro. In a year of kindergarten murders and marathon bombings, I thought I couldn’t get any more disgusted with people…
Yes, the women are free and home now, there is reason to celebrate. But I am saddened and infuriated by the deviated path these girls’ lives were forced to take. I was talking to a friend today and told him that this case underscored how closely I monitor the commuting of my 16 year old. Too many people think I’m paranoid. People steal/hurt/kill/rape teenagers too!
And how in the hell do you let the brothers go? Am I missing something?!??
A final thought: I hope the city and police departments are ready because lawsuits are a-brewin’… These women were a few miles from where they disappeared. WTF?!!!!
Real Talk: Background Checks
Tomorrow is a House vote on background checks as part of the larger gun control legislation. THIS SHOULD BE AÂ NO BRAINER!!!
Please contact your representatives today to urge them to support mandatory backhround checks.
Guns: Senate Vote Today
I don’t get the point of legislation that would not include a ban on assault weapons. Meanwhile the Mayors Against Gun Violence launch a $12 million campaign hoping someone will notice.
REALLY?!???
I mean, I understand “baby steps” and I hear Feinstein talking about getting it on record even if that portion fails, but what will a gun control law change if it’s not controlling guns? Decreased magazine size, more dollars for school security, etc. But really?
I remain disgusted…
Mule of the World 