It’s been a different kind of social distancing as protesters across the globe have united separately to demand racial and social justice as Black people continue to be killed with apparent impunity. Protesters joined again on Saturday to chant and hold signs reminding the world that Black Lives Matter as demonstrations and rallies against racism dotted countries across the map following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
Year: 2020
In his statement to police, the shooter claimed that after driv-ing away, he “unintentionally” followed Lewis. Lewis pulled over and Trifiletti pulled over behind him and when Lewis got out of his car, presumably to ask why the 25-year old was following him, the shooter claimed he saw Lewis reaching under his shirt. At that point, according to Trifiletti ‘s statement, he shot Lewis who he said was about ten feet away. Lewis subsequently died from his wounds at Regions Hospital later that evening. The shooter told police that he “thought he was going to die and was afraid for his life.”
It was crazy-bizarre to watch Trump hold up a book that promotes slavery, genocidal pedophilia and even eating one€™s own children, as if, after ordering the assault of peaceful protesters he could use a church and a Bible as a photo op, to somehow show himself off to be some kind of erratic God king.
A growing number of Republican senators who voted to acquit Donald Trump at his impeachment trial in February are considering a “revote” in order to have him removed from office, according to an alleged leaked memo circulating among senators whose seats are most at risk in November.
That struggle became a significant force in 1950, when a coalition of 18 organizations organized the Permanent Coordination Committee on Police and Minority Groups to press city authorities to deal with police misconduct generally, and specifically “with police misconduct in their relations with Puerto Ricans and Negroes.” In response, the city’s Police Department established a Civilian Complaint Review Board in 1953. It was composed of three deputy police commissioners, tasked with investigating civilian complaints and deciding on whether or not to recommend disciplinary action against police officers.
Meanwhile racism and police brutality has continued in cities as well. The impossibly long list of offenses grows and are increasingly brazen and cavalier. George Floyd’s last words— “I can’t breathe”—came while he was completely restrained while he pled for his life.
Finding Peace in Chaotic Times
How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the gospel and trusting Christ. That’s how to put armor on, study the Word, live according to biblical principles, and believe that we live in a place infused with Jesus’ protection. That knowledge will protect us as we come under spiritual attack. It doesn’t protect us from spiritual attack. But it does it makes us less vulnerable, less susceptible to the ‘devil’s schemes’ i.e. better able to handle what comes at us.
It is shocking that in 2020, mothers in African American and minority communities still have to worry about the safety of their sons and daughters when simply going off to the store, going out for a jog and or being stopped at a traffic light. This must end.
Meet Kiko Davis, the majority owner and stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned banks in the United States. This makes her the only Black woman in the country who owns a bank.