We are all mourning the tragic loss of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer David Lee.
We invite the St. Louis community to pay respects at North Patrol as we honor Officer Lee. #SLMPD
Alton Police Officer Allen Averbeck returns to work soon after he - and his beloved K9 Odin - were shot last month. Odin did not survive. “He saved my life. He saved several officers’ lives.” @FOX2now
🎨✨ Excited to work on a 60”x48” commission inspired by my painting “Lost In It.” Check it out at Vesna Art Gallery or online: https://t.co/bJE2o5EWps Prints up to 40”x30” available here: https://t.co/27og2Ql8Gn.
#ArtInProgress#AcrylicPainting#CommissionedArt#LostInIt
In 1963, the famous photographer Richard Avedon took a picture of a man named William Casby.
William Casby, born in 1857, was 106 years old at the time. In his hands, he was holding his great-great-granddaughter, Cherri Stamps-McCray.
The image amazes me because the elderly gentleman holding his descendant so tenderly, was born into slavery more than a century prior. Casby would eventually live until 1970, dying at the age of 113.
His great- and great-grandchildren are alive today, and many of them remember him.
It puts into perspective just how relatively recent slavery existed. Because as faraway and distant as it may feel now. Even in modern-day America, there are people who have active memories of talking to former slaves.
Here’s NC Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson, a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention, calls for violence last week:
“Some folks needed killing! It's time for somebody to say it.”
You'll see this play on all the highlight shows tonight -- #STLCards star third baseman Nolan Arenado pulled off the almost unthinkable 5-3 double play by stepping on second himself and throwing onto first base for the twin killing.
There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy. Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics. Michelle and I are wishing him a quick recovery.
Mitch McConnell, Feb. 2021: “Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office…We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation and former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one”