Tag: justice

Finally, Justice for George Floyd

The rollercoaster ride for the previous eleven months. Pandemic aside, out of all of the responses to this, I liked Biden’s comments on this. “For so many, it feels like it took all of that for the judicial system to deliver just basic accountability,” President Biden said late yesterday. The system is broken, and has been forever, when it comes our black population. According to the Times, there have only been seven murder convictions of police officers since 2005. That number is stunningly, unacceptable. Especially with so many families still demanding justice for the same behavior that was used on George Floyd: Breonna Taylor, Daunte Wright, Marvin Scot, Vincent Belmonte, and on the list goes.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd

Thank goodness some good comes from his death, like the police reform bill in Congress at the moment. H.R.7120 – George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. This is a step forward but will not fix everything.

Here’s to hoping for tomorrow…

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1/6/2021 – A Day to Live in Infamy

Like many of us, I tried to go about my work this week, but it was interrupted by the obviously attempted coup of this country by MAGA supporters. For me, it was an outrageous day, which is saying something after our last 4 years of Trump as a president. It is so real.

This fabric of our ”democracy has been under fire from Trump and many Republicans’, forcing along Trump’s agenda. He was nothing more than a dictator long before yesterday. A group of MAGA supporters breaching the senate and house chambers on the day Biden was meant to be voted in. The day to confirm election results is an obvious coup attempt.

While many of us who understand the implications of this weeks activities, we also demand justice. It is obvious, the difference in police officer attempts to this, compared to the very different response we witnessed during Black Lives Matter protests this past year.

I am incredibly disappointed in us as a country. I am disappointed in Pence’s refusal to invoke the 25th amendment, when it is so obviously the required response we need right now. Even now, we are fractured in out response to this white extremism, between GOP and Democrat representatives. He must be removed now so he can no longer threaten us with a 2024 bid for president.

Not that it will mean anything from a rural girl from republic land, I stand with the focus that Trump must be removed from office and NOW. Nothing else is acceptable. We must not give up on bringing him and his family and his enablers to justice.

I demand justice, NOW.

https://time.com/5927060/world-reactions-capitol-breached-trump-supporters/