Copy of the press release in its entirety. See original here – http://goo.gl/at0zoM Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Lawsuit to Bring Constitutional Policing to Ferguson, Missouri Washington, DC, United States ~Wednesday, February 10, 2016, Remarks as prepared for delivery Good afternoon and thank you all for being here. I am joined by…
Tag: Racial profiling
Was It Racial Playing or Profiling by 3 TSA Officers?
Being a person of color means, unfortunately, that we will have to contend with some people who will engage in forms of “racist playing” –as if they were cats and we, their mice. It is my experience that some Whites engage in forms of racial playing because it has social utility. By this I mean by playing with…
Decriminalization of Black Little League Players
This act of taking the little league title away from the all-Black team criminalizes and punishes the behavior of black children…which mimics and draws upon the larger racist narrative in our country about applying rules of law embedded in beliefs about Black moral character. And here from the press release ruling from the little league…
When White Fear Leads To Black Death: Is This What Happened To Renisha McBride?
As you can see from the original post date, this article was written in November 2013. I still think about Renisha McBride, and now my mourning heart must widen and include so many other people of color who lost their life in similar ways over the year. I will never accept this as normal,…