the officer was not involved in a shooting. the police shot someone - Astead Herndon

Perry making the impt point: hand wringing abt the alleged ineffectiveness of slogans like defund the police come from electeds or pundits who only see change thru electoral politics. That is not the goal of many activists. They are not setting out to help Dems win elections

My father always stressed the importance of hard work and not skipping steps in your development. He used to say, “No one goes to bed a blunder and wakes up a wonder.”

i follow this account of old slavery advertisements in newspapers because it reminds that the same medium that can shed light on atrocities can also perpetuate them