Feb 09, 2020 Features / Columnists, My Column – Adam Harris
A story doing the rounds involves some policemen. The police are there to serve and to protect, and this recent story shows that the police are indeed serving and protecting. They are serving themselves and protecting those who can pay for the protection.
In September they arrested a young man with a submachine pistol and a large quantity of ammunition. This has not been the first time that something like this has happened, but it is the first time that top officers in the force are involved in this situation.
Normally, when the police make an arrest the suspect is taken to the police station and processed for court. Indeed, the parents may be influential people. Many will have money and will try to bribe the arresting officers. Continue reading →
Black History Month: SHOULD A HORRIBLE PAST BE EXHUMED? – National Geographic
TODAY’S BIG QUESTION: SHOULD A HORRIBLE PAST BE EXHUMED?
Monday, February 10, 2020 – By Debra Adams Simmons, HISTORY Executive Editor
Black businessman O.W. Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in Oklahoma and in 1906 developed the vibrant district that was considered one of the most affluent black areas in the U.S. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, an angry white mob attacked, murdering blacks, destroying businesses and burning homes to the ground. “It was a tragic, infamous moment in Oklahoma and the nation’s history, the worst civil disturbance since the Civil War,” wrote then-Oklahoma state Rep. Don Ross in a 1998 report on the massacre. Continue reading →
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