We hear it in the news a lot these days, the idea that we all need safe spaces from me in words,tr trigger warnings and opeds that might constitute a microaggression. This is the language of the campus social justice seminar but increasingly its the language of our workplace and our culture. Besides just last weeks. At the news york times. I published an oped there that said simply while we respect Peaceful Protesters we have zero tolerance to looting and rioting. If the police are overwhelmed or outnumbered the National Guard and if necessary the federal troops have to restore order. That p support from a large majority of americans if you look at the polls. The Editorial Page Editor admitted publicly, the publisher defended the decision publicly rosethe news york times up and amended the oped be taken down. They demanded the grownups or i should say the suppose the grownups did run the news york times apologize and thats exactly what happened. What could only be called a struggle ses
To the chorus demanding the Police Officers responsible for his death face justice. I keep finding myself taking that mr. Floyds death wasnt just a tragedy and it wasnt just a crime, it was a failure. It was our failure. Systemic racism is built into every level of our society and for 400 years black brown and Indigenous People of paid the price. Racism isnt just evil though it is, its dangerous and racism isnt just a moral issue, though it is, its a Public Health issue and the deathlo of mr. Fld like the death of so many black and brown people before him is an indictment of our failure of policymakers to fulfill our first and most important duty which is to protect the lives of the people that we serve. Black lives matter. We need to say it loud and often with strength and with purpose. If we truly mean it that we need to be very clear about why it is that so many whack an bromides are being c stolen and that meas we cant just point to systemic racism writ large. We have to talk about
Side. But, us know, history is not the long suit. Of these woke children. They didnt take history classes apparent lit in high school and college. They were too busy taking social justice seminars. You can see tt too in philadelphia. The statue of matias baldwin. He was a committed and devoted abolitionist who funded education for freed African Americans, who gave them jobs, and they defaced his statue. Even more amazing, in boston the shaw memorial was defaced. The shaw memorial honors the 54th massachusetts regiment, the first African American regiment formed after the emancipation proclamation. Whose braver and battle on behalf of the union cause was memorialized in the movie glory. Yet it was defaced by these mobs. Not just our history. Its pop culture and entertainment too. You may have seen the news that live p. D. And cops Television Shows canceled. Paw patrol was on the cutting board too. You may know that chase is the police cop. Theres call to euthanize the police dog on soci
This is an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, minnesota. A beautiful early summer day in minnesota. I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to a lot of people for the peace and the generosity, the kindness and the love thats been shown on our streets of minneapolis, st. Paul, and across minnesota over the last several days. Last evening was another example of that. We saw peaceful protests across the city. We saw memorials continue to floyd down one 38th and chicago. We saw beautiful interactions on the state capital where, out of respect, the National Guard troops there told the protesters out of respect they would go back a way to the building and just take care of those vehicles which were out front, which they did, not protesters at that point. Certainly, neighbors and friends and agents of change. We saw thousands gather in front of the beautiful minnesota governors residence that my family and i have the privilege of occupying for a short time. The pain of the fami
President donald trump takes aim at a Left Wing Group involved in the protests outlining plans to declare and teeth a terrorist organization. And a test of wills police and National Guard on standby as curfews come into effect in cities in more than 20 states. Well theres an uneasy peace across the u. S. As protesters continue to make their feelings known about the death and Police Custody of an unarmed black man its provoked widespread anger but so far no repeat of violent demonstrations over the past days people have gathered again in minneapolis where this all started did announce the death of george floyd he was killed by a white Police Officer who knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes last monday but the National Guard has now been mobilized in several states to help contain the violence nightly curfews have been imposed on theres already a heavy Police Presence on the streets of many major. Cities in washington d. C. Hundreds of gathered outside the white house President Trump h