I’ll watch the Derek Chauvin trial. I’ll consider the evidence presented by prosecutor Jerry Blackwell, understanding it is his team’s job to prove Chauvin’s guilt and not the former Minneapolis police officer’s job to prove his innocence. I’ll play along despite the whispers of history telling me to prepare for the worst because my spirit needs hope to keep believing in the best.
Tuesday, as I watched Donald Williams, an onlooker to the killing, forced to relive the trauma he experienced watching George Floyd die, I was reminded of what Al SharptonAt the time, I felt it was spot on. But after watching Williams tearfully relive his pain while Chauvin’s lawyer tried to saddle him with the familiar “angry black man” stereotype, I had a change of heart.America is in the courtroom, that much is true. But to be on trial is to suggest she is the defendant. That she is not.
There is a trial, but the one we’re watching started long before Floyd was murdered. Century after century, Black America has watched the prosecution use every tool imaginable to try to prove that our lives do not matter. And each moment when it appears that Black lives do matter, America motions for a mistrial.And with that, another opportunity to have America try to have our testimony thrown out or used to attack our character.
It’s not that Black people can’t let go of race, as we’re so often accused by those conditioned to avoid the subject. It’s that America can’t let go of white supremacy and all of its manifestations and benefits — like the ability to storm the Capitol and still be allowed to go
opinion Op-Ed from the paper that chose to sit out covering the first trial of the century.
opinion The trial will just show that America still aint changed
opinion This OP-ED is the dumbest thing I’ve read all week.
opinion Minnesota is not wholly America. 🤔 However, it is very white 😆🤣 and cold ❄.. but I have witnessed love ❤ and diversity there.. It is now the Target 🎯 , of our attention. 👀
opinion 95% only bad news(