R Cobb’s great satirical image aside, this diary features Glen Ford’s ‘Black Lives Matter Founder Launches Huge Project to Shrink Black Lives’, blackagendareport.com, June 6, 2019 (BAR essays are all CC)
First a brief review:
Despite public protests, occupations, direct action, and increased public scrutiny, U.S. police killed more people in 2015 than in 2014. While numbers vary from source to source — the Washington Post cites 975, while the Guardian puts the tally at 1,125 — the website killedbypolice.net found that police have killed 1,186 people in 2015 (the U.S. government currently does not track how many people are killed in police encounters
I expect to receive a lot of negativity for this essay. I'm okay with that. I care more about facts than I do the opinions of others, and I am aware that truth can hurt more than bullshit can, and that people lash out when they hurt.
Building on my previous post: http://caucus99percent.com/content/blm-civil-rights-movement
Today I ran across a background analysis that supports my position:
First, a historical perspective: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/a-historian-examines-what-it-means-to-va...
Today at 2 PM CDT a rally occurred in front of the Kearney City Hall. Shortly after the speeches ended three #WhiteLivesMatter guys handed out bottles of water as they cheerfully walked by our rather small group.
I had a nice chat with Sergeant Kyle Harshbarger, and a good time was had by all.
I was meaning to cross post this for a while from TOP but I was putting it off to avoid even having to log in but now seemed like an appropriate time.
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Hey, good Morning. This Monday Morning Open Thread is due to be published by 6:00 am Pacitic Time. Johnny says it must be up by 5:00 am Pacific time to meet that deadline (the server must be running Windows). Hence, it is being drafted and queued Sunday evening and I will show up as soon as I get up and get going. (As a retiree, I have a lot of flexibility in that regard.)
This evening's music features delta blues guitarist and singer, sometimes travelling partner of Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines.
This evening's music features "The Mother of the Blues," Gertrude "Ma" Rainey.
