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Many people are expressing shock, dismay, and disillusionment that racism in the United States has worsened since Obama’s purportedly post-racial election in 2008. President Barack Obama had hoped his historic election would ease race relations, yet a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the White and Black communities have deteriorated since he… Read more.
Police Officer Darren Wilson — the suburban St. Louis patrolman who killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in early August – will not face criminal charges in the controversial shooting death, a grand jury has decided. Wilson, who is white, became a national figure after he shot the black 18-year-old multiple times in broad daylight on… Read more.
[NOTE: In light of the way so much news this weekend focused on preparations for, as well as flare ups in anticipation of, this decision, I’ve decided to reprise this commentary, which I originally published on Thursday, November 20, at 5:18 a.m.] __________________ Ferguson has become a theatre of the absurd – complete with the-sky-is-falling reporters doing more… Read more.
Unsurprisingly, calls for the arrest of Officer Darren Wilson only became more restive yesterday, after lawyers for Michael’s parents released results of an autopsy they commissioned, which show that Wilson shot him at least six times. More importantly, here’s the truly poignant way these lawyers used CNN’s coverage of their release to reinforce his mother’s… Read more.
