Oh I know, but he’s such an ego maniac I could see him doing it for free.

Reality show money would be reachable by the Goldmans.

I would not be the least bit surprised if good ol Kris has already given him a call.

As with most police events, the short, publicly produced video does not have the full context or content of the incident seen on the video.”

100% sure the situation could have resolved with two short sentences:

Why the fuck is he covering her mouth?

If your job is supposedly to enforce the law and protect the peace, and your reaction to a 52 y/o woman selling flowers is to assault her, grab her by the hair, cover her mouth, and be so violent that you cause her to piss herself, you are doing something horribly wrong!

Thank you for sharing. I know this weight.

what if the haitian revolution was successful and all of the islands were united under one rule.

I wish you knew someone at HBO.

I’d use the Black Jacobins and Avengers of the New World as idea generators to start.

Sigh, I know. People have weddings at plantations after all.

OK, now I want someone to make your Haiti idea into a show. That would be interesting. And, something that 100 other people haven’t already written books or shows about.

oh, some people will definitely lose themselves in this: Debutante balls, whistling Dixie, iced tea, and beating innocent people to death.

And That’s really the heart of this right? HBO isn’t out here trying to fund specs like, what if the mali empire never declined, what if the moors kept control of spain and expanded into other parts of europe, what if the haitian revolution was successful and all of the islands were united under one rule. What if…

I just. With all the other possible stories you could tell. Why? Why this? Why not give us another fantastical world that people can lose themselves in? Why this shit?

The last time I had thoughts like this I was reminded about how damn efficient white people are at Genocide, when they don’t have an excuse.

Imagine how much more effective they would be at it when they have one?

Well when you are white it’s fighting for freedom, any shade darker it’s a riot and murder. Remember Nat Turner?

And they wonder why we’re angry.

Addendum: PREACH, MONIQUE!