Tag: police brutality

This is not justice. This is accountability. This is the bare minimum. This is the first step in a very long road to a system reform.

Let us be clear: we, as a nation, desperately needed for a law enforcement officer to (finally) be held accountable when s'he engaged in the unjustified killing of a civilian. And we got that — today. But will we get it again tomorrow, and next week and next year?

Has anyone noticed how many impressions the universe has been sending forth, to the effect that somebody, somewhere cannot breathe?

Stepping into the pulpit the Sunday after George Floyd was killed wasn’t easy for the Rev. Walter Kendricks.

I am buoyed by the amazing scenes of Spokane police officers kneeling with protesters, and the amazing video of Chris Swanson, Sherriff In Genessee County Michigan, where the marginalized people of Flint still live with the consequences of trusting the governmental power structures.

We speak the names the victims of this recent racist violence and we grieve for their families, their communities, and our nation.