Maybe they need a hug. I know a judge that’s dolling them out....

Bree Newsome is on fire today

Maybe it’s just me, but I see this “act” as nothing more than saying “It’s okay that you shot my brother.”

Mercy and charity were always things demanded of the colonized (in mind and body,) like slaves and Native Americans. How convenient to enforce onto survivors of genocide and slavery a faith which requires forgiveness, mercy and charity, three things that were never demonstrated by slave owners or by the nuns at the…

“Jean had to be exceptional. The DA had to be exceptional (and let’s be clear, statistically, pursuing a murder charge against a cop in the first place is exceptional).”

I think that’s a really great point. And one thing I wish I could have, and should have, made more clear is delineating a personal act of forgiveness vs the spectacle of it. I don’t know if Brandt intended for it to be a spectacle, but because it was filmed, because it was such a high profile case, and because the…

Well, Damon, seems obvious to me. You write so much about black people, you’re obviously an alt-right white supremacist who would appreciate stories about the government’s cover-up of vaccines and stories to warn you of those who want to destroy Israel.

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“Brandt Jean’s hug was not a political statement but a personal one, and it’s a distinction we need to make if we want to live in a world where his older brother is still alive.”

I saw that - same thing as Dean Baquet, Ben Carson, and the rest of the “overseers”, I guess - and I hoped (and figured) that you would catch it because I am just too tired.

Expect more fake Liz Warren bangs 24 year old ex-Marine stories because Zuck is scared shitless that Liz will break his money machine.

The judge's fuckshit is easily explained

I feel like there’s some social sciences smart-guy word for it like gaslighting or projection I just haven’t heard yet where you pretend like you live outside the linear timestream of all humanity and that’s a totally normal thing.

Midwin Charles and Sherrilyn Ifill (the former defense counsel and network contributor, the latter lead counsel for the NAACP, so two different types of attorneys but both bound by ethical behavioral guidelines for officers of the court) both agree with you

The judge-hug and the black deputy fixing Guyger’s hair absolutely infuriated me. Talk about “Black police showin’ out for the white cop.”

And the bailiff, a black woman,was stroking Guyger’s hair a couple of days back. No words.

“Safety is our top priority, and while we respectfully disagree with some of the report’s findings, Fox thoroughly reviewed its stunt safety protocols immediately following the tragic accident and has revised and implemented enhanced safety procedures and enforcement,” the spokesperson said.

Jean hugging Guyger doesn’t bother me. If that’s what he needs—regardless of whether “that” is extending genuine forgiveness or performative pandering—in order to heal, then let him have it.

What kind of defense is “well we stepped up safety after she died” wtf

It’s about damn time.