The Real Rachel Jeantel
Did you really think that was the real Rachel Jeantel in the Seminole County courtroom. Subsequent interviews show her to be a bright and witty teen. Now Tom Joyner wants to give her a college scholarship. (Kudos to Joyner–this is what you do with the influence and wealth The People give you.) I hope Rachel […]
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 […]