Please, please, please let a Democrat say that the toppled monument was God's will and punishment for supporting Trump.
As far as Blake being shackled to the bed, they have been removed and his warrant has been recinded. Police have left his room as well.
As Allyn said, this is standard protocol so the fact that they removed them and dropped the warrants is odd to me.
Jacob Blake's father spoke to CNN today. He spoke about his son and about Trump.
Trump said earlier today: "I did speak to the pastor, a wonderful man, the family's pastor." He also said they (Trump and the pastor) had a great talk .
Jacob Blake Sr. said the family doesn't have a family pastor.
Jacob Blake Sr. has received threats and they have needed to change hotels.
His 20 year son has been hospitalized due in part to depression.
He spoke of having 2 justice systems in America with the contrast to how 17 year old Rittenhouse was treated after he shot 3 people and how his son was treated getting shot 7 times.
He also said his son is "moving into a better situation" from the waist up.
Separately, Trump has not condemned Rittenhouse, in fact he stood up for him today.
Non of this is a surprise of course.
White US professor admits she has pretended to be Black for years | Race | The Guardian
"A seasoned activist and professor of African American history at George Washington University has been pretending to be Black for years, despite actually being a white woman from Kansas City.
In a case eerily reminiscent to Rachel Dolezal, Jessica A Krug took financial support from cultural institutions such as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for a book she wrote about fugitive resistance to the transatlantic slave trade.
But according to a Medium post allegedly written by Krug herself, her career was rooted in a “toxic soil of lies”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/03/jessica-krug-white-professor-pretended-black
I read this article today, and I have not been reading a lot of news. I happen to see the headline and it drew me in. It's about a woman who looks white but is actually black and what she's endured her whole life because no one realized she was black. The comments from anyone and everyone who spoke outwardly with racism in their heart.
I myself am white, but have always been empathic toward my black sisters and brothers. I am socially friends with people who have made the kind of comments at parties etc. that this woman has had to endure. It pains me to even think how she had to hold her tongue way too many times. I worked with a black man years ago who lived in a nicer neighborhood than I did. His wife was a an Executive director and he was a manager that I worked for. He would get stopped going to his own home all the time for "driving while black". It made me very angry for him and his wife. I hope the next decade starts to heal this divide in our country.
When I was a child, I was bullied and teased by the kids in my school. One of the only black children in my class, his name was John, used to walk me home because he wanted me to be safe from those kids. He was a gentle soul and yet he and his family moved away because of the racism he endured in our mostly white town. I cried for them. I pray for the healing of our entire nation!☮️
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/white-passing-black-woman-racism-130000487.html
Breonna Taylor case - 1 officer, Brett Hankison, indicted with 3 counts of first -degree wanton endangerment. The other 2 officers not charged. This from grand jury proceedings.
Mixed bag. I think the protesting will ignite again at least to some extent.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/breonna-taylor-decision-announcement-expected-grand-jury-louisville/