Tag: police brutality

The Sandra Bland Video Tells Us More Than What Happened

Posted on July 24, 2015 by

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Once I saw Sandra Bland’s smiling face in the news reports, I didn’t want to watch the video of her arrest. It was going to be a level of wrongdoing and injustice that would be intolerable to watch, burn my eyes. What had to… Continue Reading “The Sandra Bland Video Tells Us More Than What Happened”

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I Get Toya Graham

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

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Do I think Toya Graham is a hero? No. I think she’s a mom who went completely off her nut when she caught her son throwing rocks at the police in Baltimore. And I get that. I really do. She saw him in a… Continue Reading “I Get Toya Graham”

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Mothers of Sons, Hear Me Out

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

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Mothers of sons, hear me out.  All mothers of sons, please listen.  I want to say what I have to say to all of you – the mothers of sons pulling straight A’s in college, the mothers of sons  who are struggling, the mothers… Continue Reading “Mothers of Sons, Hear Me Out”

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