Zimmerman found “not guilty”
In my recent St. Louis column (which has to be written a week in advance), it was clear that I was cushioning my readers for a crash landing on the air field of American justice. The news of the verdict was not surprising but like a loved one who you know is dying, when that […]
Somebody “Fixin’ to be killed”
A Review of We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement Mississippi: Armed SNCC members abduct white night riders and release them after giving them a warning. A white cop gets knocked unconscious by a black man for slapping a 14-year-old black girl. Armed brothers do a citizens’ arrest when ambushed […]
Trayvon Martin: Opening day to justice
It’s been over a year since Trayvon Martin came into our living rooms. The black teen was gunned down by George Zimmerman, a self-styled vigilante, as he made his way back home from the store. A national outcry to the killing is the reason why there’s a trial. This shouldn’t be seen as a slam-dunk. Three […]