Racism

9 Historical Reasons Tennessee Lawmaker Paul Sherrell’s “Hang them from a Tree” Suggestion is Remarkably Racist

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9 Historical Reasons Tennessee Lawmaker Paul Sherrell’s “Hang them from a Tree” Suggestion is Remarkably Racist

CJ Lawrence March 3, 2023

Recently, Tennessee state representative Paul Sherrell suggested adding an amendment to a Death Penalty bill that would include “hanging by a tree” as a method of execution. This incredibly tone deaf and vile suggestion felt as nasty as the smiling faces that stood around the bodies of our tortured and tormented ancestors to be photographed and passed around like souvenirs. Because of the clear racial implications attached to his...

Tyre Nichols Death is Proof that Black or White, Policing itself is the problem

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Tyre Nichols Death is Proof that Black or White, Policing itself is the problem

CJ Lawrence January 27, 2023

Tyre Nichols cried out for his mother as he was beaten by 5 men. 6’3” 145 pounds punched, kicked, stomped and mocked by over 1,000 pounds of people inflicting violence with impunity against his fragile body. Disgust, sheer emptiness is what i feel right now. The outrage is justified. The action taken was swift. The response and transparency is encouraging. My wish is that this would be the last...

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The Timing of Cancelling Kanye West says more about Those Companies than it says about Kanye

CJ Lawrence November 4, 2022

Imma try to say this as clearly as possible- what Kanye said recently that got him excommunicated warrants the reactions & outcome he’s receiving- but his actions before that also warranted this reaction. We PEEPING what makes pearls get clutched & keeping receipts. It’s telling that even when the right thing is done (parting ways with Kanye) it is not because it first came at the expense of Black...

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Officers Initially Refused to allow Mother into Hospital in Son’s final moments Witness in Jaheim McMillan Shooting “I didn’t see a gun. He had his Hands Up. I know what I saw.”

CJ Lawrence October 13, 2022

Video of last Saturday October 8th, shows officers initially refused to allow the family of Jaheim McMillan in to see him in the hospital just two days after he was handcuffed after being shot in the head by Gulfport Police. One officer even goes so far as to tell Jaheim’s mother, Katrina, that Jaheim is dead. In the video, he attempts to walk this affirmative statement back when he...

Police killed her brother, then caused teen to be fired from McAlister’s Deli in Tennessee

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