by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 16, 2020 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter, Racism
Ibram Kendi, one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, says education and love are not the answer It’s a Wednesday night at a bookstore in a well-off part of Washington, D.C., and every seat is taken. More than 100 people spill into the aisles or...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 30, 2017 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter, Crime, Donald Trump
Police push back against Trump’s law-and-order speech President Donald Trump’s statement encouraging police officers to be “rough” with people they arrest has drawn criticism in law enforcement circles for sending the wrong message at a time of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 28, 2016 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter
We march, y'all mad. We sit down, y'all mad. We speak up, y'all mad. We die, y'all silent.— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) September 2,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 7, 2016 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, The 2016 Presidential Race
Glenn Beck regrets “freaking out about Barack Obama” “Obama made me a better...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 2, 2016 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter, Racism
…The effects of race are often hidden to those who don’t grapple with it on a daily basis. Watch AT&T’s CEO give a forceful defense of Black Lives Matter “Tolerance is for cowards.” That’s just a slice of the blunt talk that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 27, 2016 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter
A Nebraska Cornhusker friend brought this to my attention on FaceBook. This young man is an eloquent leader and will go far in life. Football player Michael Rose-Ivey made a statement at Monday’s Husker Press… Unfortunately… Anthem protest nets...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 22, 2016 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter
What I found truly amazing was this cop that proclaimed that Terence Crutcher was a “bad dude” was flying above him in a helicopter. So from his vantage point where he can’t hear Crutcher or any of the cops speaking he can make a determination that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 21, 2016 | • Politics, Black Lives Matter
Police killings since Ferguson, in one map Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, and Walter Scott are just three of at least 2,195 people killed by police since August 9, 2014, the day of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Fatal Encounters, a nonprofit, has...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 27, 2016 | Black Lives Matter
Freddie Gray died in police custody. The justice system will punish no one for it. More than a year ago, Baltimore police officers arrested Freddie Gray, put him in a van while he was cuffed but without a seat belt, and let him thrash around the back of the vehicle...
