Remember when Liam Neeson said he walked through the streets of Ireland for a week looking for a random Black man to kill? And everyone just let it go?
The US allowing a Black woman to be prosecuted in another country for something that white folks are making millions selling is a small showing of how unprotected we are in the US and beyond.
It's beyond wild that when most of us heard this story, Black women were able to state with some degree of certainty that it was the child's father. Chilling.
On the evening of July 5, 2005, Kirkwood police sought to serve a warrant at the family residence of 19-year-old #KevinJohnson. Kevin Johnson wasn’t there but observed the events from a neighboring home. 1/
Today, as we wrapped up the last day of session we passed a bill which I filed and worked hard to get it across the finish line — and heading to the Governor’s desk to official make Juneteenth a paid state holiday! Thank you @Dogan4Rep for working to get this done.
#MOLeg
Happy Birthday to the late Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo.
He was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the US State Dept in 2013 authorized by president Eisenhower.
Being an ally can be as simple as this fr. He made sure that Serena and Venus’ accomplishments did not go unnoticed and also did not laugh or kiki like it was funny.