Highprofile controversies that we find ourselves in come down to the same problem, that two people who didnt know each other very well attempt to communicate and fail or attempt to understand each other and fail. Bernie madoff, people had conversations with Bernie Madoff and never understood who he was. The Jerry Sandusky case at penn state. Brock turner Sexual Assault case at stanford a few years back, these are failed communications. And the one that really, the book starts and ends with, the signature case im concerned with is the sandra bland case, which is one of those high profile encounters between African Americans and Law Enforcement that was, excuse me, so much in the news a few years ago, which was a conversation between a young black man, black woman and a Police Officer who pulls her over, and the conversation goes off the rails. And i wondered why is it, why is it that were, that we fail in these conversations with strangers . Thats where the book comes from. Susan each o
Injustice. This has not been in words or theories. It has been in death. Inequalities span over 400 years of segregation, jim crow, and racism. These inequalities exist in many forms. Health care, Public Safety, and justice. Black and African Americans make up just a percent of the states population but nearly 18 of covid19 deaths over the past several months have been from that same community. Inequality in health care results in death. Lady justice is supposed to be blind. But many in our state feel rightfully so that color is all that is seen. Our incarceration rates bear that out. Incident with breonna , it shows it is real. Disproportionate death. In my short time as governor, i have seen and felt a lot. I have had individuals try to create fear and terror in my own family. But that has been a few days, maybe a week. Certainly not a lifetime. I will never understand how it feels to carry the frustration and fatigue of racism in a world and country that has failed to address it in
On many different fronts. National guard, state patrol, police department, sheriffs departments, as well as those who are out there making sure we maintained utilities and Everything Else. Also speaking of, watching yesterday, the whole nature of why we do these things is to allow for that peaceful expression. We saw large peaceful protests focusing on the systemic changes that get to the heart of why we are in this situation. And when i say we, minneapolis, st. Paul, the state of minnesota, nationally and as we have seen over the last 24 hours, internationally. A society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to eventually come to the places where we are at. This is a moment of inflection, it is a moment of real change, it is a moment that those folks who are out there demanding this are not going to take a commission or a report. They are going to want fundamental change. And that is what i think thats one of the exciting things in the midst of
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Going and play another ad because its not only the Governors Campaign that has tough ads out there and something from the havenstein ad. Maggie has exploded the state budget and now her administration is asking for 2 billion more. The administration has supported tax and fee increases. Now this reckless spending will lead her to one choice, support an income tax again. Hassan may have no choice but you do. She hasnt earned a second term. Vote against income tax. Vote against maggie hassan. By havenstein for governor. You might want to respond. I oppose an incomer sales tax and would veto one if it came to my desk and ive been very clear about that. We are in the process of developing our budget for the next biennium as every governor does in the fall leading to the next twoyear budget cycle and that ad is incredibly misleading. The law requires agency heads to submit certain data about how much certain things would cost if we were to do them all. Ive already told them its a nonstarter,