Don Griffis passed away on October 3, 2022 at the age of 80.
He was born in Lubbock, Texas on August 1, 1942 but grew up in San Angelo following the family’s move from Lubbock. Don attended college at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. While at Sewanee, he played football for four years and was on the unbeaten, untied 1963 team that was subsequently inducted into the Sewanee Football Hall of Fame. Don thrived in the atmosphere of learning while at Sewanee and graduated in 1964 with honors and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Paw Patrol seems harmless enough, and that’s the point: The (justice/anti-police) movement rests on understanding that cops do plenty of harm.
By contrast, Braden claimed police are “heroes.”
His teacher was of a different mind, as her many remarks made clear:
“So you brought up the police in your speech a few times. So what is your…main concern? Since, I mean, honestly…the issue is systemic.”
“[T]he whole reason we have police departments in the first place where did it stem from? … It stems from people in the South wanting to capture runaway slaves.”
“[A] lot of police officers have committed atrocious crimes and have gotten away with it and have never been convicted of any of it.”