No he won’t. He’ll have a fine weekend golfing, or drinking kittens blood, or whatever it is he does for fun, because HE DOES NOT FUCKING CARE!

Reminds me of the “Capitol Crawl” back in the 1990s. It’s sad they still have to fight the same fights.

Wonderful protest, especially by individuals who often have a very difficult time getting visibility.

Rich people in charge of the economy certainly explains this!

political scientist Joy James and anthropologist João Costa Vargas asked, “What happens when instead of becoming enraged and shocked every time a black person is killed in the United States, we recognize black death as a predictable and constitutive aspect of this democracy? What will happen then if instead of…

I’ve watched three reports about the murder (yes, I said it) without watching the dashcam coverage — but I’ve read everything including the notes people have made before they were going to go on air.

The median household income in Iowa is just under $55,000. Do the people at tosay’s really think a guy with at least $325 million in debt to one bank, and people with 12 zeros in their annual salary represent them or their best interests?

Yes, we are devolving. Not only as a country or a society but as a human family. White privilege is trying to destroy us both mentally and physically. When I hear “not all white people” what I hear is “ I didn’t do anything but I am just as guilty cause I benefit from this system”. What happened to Mr.Castile should…

It’s an interesting thing to see people (the richest people) playing every card they possibly can, in order to have more. What harm would it do, to just pay your fair share in taxes? They won’t run out of money because of taxes, it’s percentage based... 3.8% of a million dollars is $38,000 which I’m sure they would be…

I don’t comment here as prolifically as I may on other blogs - bc The Root does such a fantastic job of leaving nothing else to be said.

Everything Allyson just wrote is the Truth. We are devolving as a society. It is both terrifying and exhausting. I am exhausted.

Allyson thank you for such an incredibly painful yet powerful piece. I have not yet watched the dashcam footage because I am scared of what I might do out of anger to others. I feel like a failure to Philando Castile, I cant explain it. We watched him pass. That has stayed with me. How we watched him pass. I believe…

Important Relevant Abraham Lincoln Hotness Factoid: He once had a shirtless broadsword duel in a mud pit.

If you want more information on that, AND YOU SHOULD, here you go. Back when young Lincoln was a member of the state legislature of Illinois he was challenged to a duel by James Shields, a local lawyer. Apparently…

Totally. I do think it becomes a bit pointless to keep focusing on the officers who do this, because it is obviously a systemic problem. If it wasn’t this man being shot, it would have been another somewhere else. Officers need to be trained to de escalate situations like this, the processes and procedures need to…

I believe that even if a cop is declared innocent, they should lose their ability to work with the public.

The statute allows use of force to protect officers from “apparent death or great bodily harm.” The law needs to change, because as it is every police shooting will end with the officer stating they feared for their lives and getting acquitted. Actually it’s almost as if pulling the trigger against a civilian becomes…

I find this reply insanely hypocritical. Black Americans are never, EVER considered “innocent until proven guilty.” George Zimmerman MURDERED, in racially motivated COLD BLOOD, a INNOCENT teenager because he was black. Yanez emptied his clip into Philando Castile IN FRONT OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S DAUGHTER because he was…

This is probably the most egregious of the videos of a police shooting that I have watched—holy shit. To me, the footage the girlfriend shot didn’t tell us anything because it was taken after the shooting, but I don’t get how you could see this dashcam footage and not go manslaughter. This was really really bad and…

The ACLU has filed a FOIA as to the tax returns in order to check it against the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution. They are doing amazing work, right now, and sending them a donation is high on my list, today. It’s a selfish thing. Someone out there is protecting my rights.

This is ludicrous.. It’s also financial incentive to arrest more people during a protest, and/or to use more expensive and unnecessary means in response. In addition to, you know, violating constitutional rights and effectively threatening people against protesting.

Anyone who says this isn’t straight up fascism, is a straight up fascist themselves. Our right to peacefully assemble, which means anything short of actually smashing shit up, is guaranteed by our 1st amendment constitutional rights. Don’t think for a second that this law will not be used by a federal agency at some…