300 Murdered White Kids

300 Murdered White Kids

The population of Chicago is 2.179 million people. Of that 2.179 million approximately 33% are black. As of this writing, Sept. 26, 2016, 3,218 people have been shot and 556 murdered in Chicago. Of those shot and killed approximately 95% are people of color. The vast majority are ...
Whatever It Shows: Release the Video!

Whatever It Shows: Release the Video!

Over the weekend, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney decided to release police video of the officer-involved shooting of Keith Scott. As we saw, the video was inconclusive. It in fact raised many other questions about what happened: why the police fired when they did, and ...
How Many Is Too Many?

How Many Is Too Many?

One is too many. No question about it. One person, just one, out of the over 300 million in this country, shot unjustifiably by the police is one too many. Goes without saying. Let’s all agree. When you talk about human lives no price can assigned. No tolerance of an unwarranted ...
Where Have All the Lawyers Gone?

Where Have All the Lawyers Gone?

There’s a folk song written by Pete Seeger and recorded by The Kingston Trio that hit it big in 1964. It’s called “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” The first verse ends with “young girls picked them, every one.” A little known factoid of your humble author is his hidden talent as a ...

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