CHILLICOTHE, Ohio— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director (ODNR) Mary Mertz today unveiled a new memorial honoring the victims and survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic.
can t do or what you re not strained to do is for you to try and do. it s been a long history i ve been fighting this 40 years. we re talking from back to two live crew, the nwa and now where we re the only art form that s being prosecuted in this particular way. i hate to say that the country still has racist issues and i have a permanent tattoo i m a black man, i have to work hard and do things. all i want is a free trial. a trial where i m held the same way that other people are held. that goes to my last question, kevin. we showed you testifying. there are people indicted and some convicted who work for donald trump that are roaming free because they get extra months and time to get affairs in order. the two individuals i mentioned are not guilty of anything. they are legally innocent. you did advocate for their release and they were not
there was a do you hear kevin? let s try again. how about now? start from the top. i can hear you now. there was a test done where they took country rap lyrics and said this is country music and then they took the same lyrics and said this is rap music and asked the people polling to tell which they felt was violent. they felt the rap lyrics were violent. since 1950 there s over 500 cases we can talk about based on evidence of black and brown people but only four cases against nonafrican american or brown people and those four cases, three got turned over and the other thrown out of court. this is a four to five hundred. this is a hip hop thing where people are using lyrics against
trial. it s saying artists should only be put on trial for facts and real world evidence and not for their art. just as johnny depp s trial focused on anything he did in his life. not whether he is as violent as the pirates he played. specifically, black artists should have that same justice. it s about more than movies or music taste. it s about how laws are written and how that shapes who is pursued and punished and why. california s governor signing a new law limiting this kind of overreach happening in other cases. he was skusing it with many civil rights leaders and artists. once the mind is stretched it never goes back to the original form. we just stretch the possibility. let s make this happen. congrats. one of the leaders of this effort can be seen on that call with the governor. it s regard executive b kevin