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Chief who for what?
Those are legitimate questions for those who don’t live in Detroit.
You see, Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who has been the top cop in Motown since 2013 and had 28 years under his holster on the L.A. Police Department, decided to retire. The word is that the current Democratic mayor, Mike Duggan, decided to go in a new direction, as they say, so the chief “retired.”
So, with nothing else to do, he’s running for governor.
And this is not some whimsical fancy. A key GOP insider reveals “Hollywood” (Craig’s nickname, because he likes being on camera) will soon hire a consultant, formulate his kitchen cabinet of close advisors, and ride a law-and-order horse into the Republican nomination and then take on you-know-who in the general election.
Winners and losers emerging from the 2021 Legislative Session
They all can t be winners. Here is the definitive list of who s up and who took a fall.
The ending of a Session is never a surprise. It’s like harvest season. What you get at the end is the result of months, maybe even years of tilling, planting, watering, tending, and shepherding.
Against the odds and despite many challenges, the 2021 Legislative Session ended on time. The House Speaker and the Senate President were together for the iconic dropping of the hankie. There weren’t any strained smiles or forced compliments. They stood side by side, thanking each other as much as they talked about themselves.
Black Lives Matter-LA founder, Melina Abdullah. Photo courtesy of Melina Abdullah and SpeakOutNow.
As the world awaited the fate of Derek Chauvin the Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of killing George Floyd Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah joined Robert Scheer on “Scheer Intelligence” to discuss what he calls the most successful social justice movement the country has perhaps ever seen. In the timely episode, Abdullah, a lifelong activist and California State University, Los Angeles professor, traces the roots of the BLM movement back to 2013 and notes that Floyd’s killing was the moment the “world was cracked wide open” for everyone to see the deep-seated systemic racism at the core of every American institution. She adds, however, that regardless of a guilty verdict there is still a lot of work to be done in order to truly achieve racial justice. Even a guilty verdict, she states, does not amount to anything ak
Fist is used as a gathering spot for the community to exchange thoughts about racial injustice
Published February 24, 2021 •
Updated on February 24, 2021 at 7:34 pm
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Carved from a 55-year-old cherry tree and standing about 4-feet tall, a wooden fist is bringing the community together.
Chainsaw artist Colin Vale carved the wooden sculpture located in the heart of Olney, Maryland. He said he was inspired by a little boy at a George Floyd Black Lives Matter protest. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“I was standing next to this little beautiful innocent child who is just so overcome with how awesome it felt to be so empowered that he raised his fist up and went Yeah! just with no idea what the moment of silence was, and it was so beautiful,” Vale said.