BlankTony,
It doesn't matter what Mr. Floyd's previous conduct was; it was a minor
shoplifting
incident over a frickin' $20 bill. Nobody can justify the kind of treatment he
endured.
And, there's a lot more of that. There is, in almost every city, people of
color are
pulled over or arrested at much higher rates than white people. And, most of
it has
nothing to do with whether they committed a crime.
I won't go on, but the type of conduct blacks have had to put up with in this
country
is systemic, and it has gone on for years.
Steve
Class of '72
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Handley
To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 4:57 PM
Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Wonder urges action to right racial injustices
I am sick of all this crap. Granite and injustice was done to one man, but I
guess
Mr. Dixon has brought an article to our attention, that shows this guy
wasn’t as
much of an angel as people have made him out to be. However, he should’ve been
dealt
with in a court of law, not this way. It’s not just Black Lives Matter, but
all
lives matter! And that includes even those of animals. Take care and God bless
all of
us. Because violence in the streets is not the way to solve these problems.
Tony 1978 and Linda
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 25, 2020, at 3:45 PM, Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nicely said.
Steve
Wonder urges action to right racial injustices By Brian McCollum Detroit Free
Press
Quoting song lyrics and citing his past racial-justice efforts, Stevie Wonder
delivered an emphatic, at times impatient video message Tuesday urging on the
Black
Lives Matter movement. Saying he has listened to "voices on the left, voices on
the
right," Wonder added, "What I've not heard is a unanimous commitment to atone
for the
sins of this country."
The Michigan-born Motown star also singled out President Donald Trump as
"noncommittal" and cited several previous remarks by the president, including a
2018
reference to "s---hole countries in Africa."
Wonder lamented that three states North Dakota, South Dakota and Hawaii have
failed
to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday.
"I know that dance. I've heard those songs. It was an 18-year fight to (make)
Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday," said Wonder, who teamed
with
late U.S. Rep. John Conyers in that ultimately successful campaign. "Yet it was
a
fight I was not willing to lose."
Alluding to the weeks of protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd by
police
in Minneapolis, he encouraged more from those watching.
"Systemic racism can have an ending. Police brutality can have an ending.
Economic
repression can have an ending," Wonder said. "A movement without action is a
movement
standing still. To those who say they care: Move more than your mouth."
The short video, titled "The Universe is Watching Us," was posted to Wonder's
social media channels Tuesday afternoon.
"Black lives do matter. And this is not another digital, viral trend, moment
or
hashtag," he said, adding: "Yes, all lives do matter, but they only matter when
black
lives matter too."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQGulht7PB8
