By Ed Mazlish for The Liberty Block Riots are sweeping the United States and the world in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis police department. Cries of “systemic racism” and “institutional failure” by the United States as a country and as a Read more…
Those who know me know that I am both pessimistic and arrogant. I believe that nearly everything in the US is hopeless, and I am pretty damn sure that I’m right. As such, I must admit when I am totally wrong.
Forget convicting Officer Derek Chauvin, the man who willfully murdered an unarmed and restrained man. He may not even be charged with a crime at all.
A video showing a Minneapolis cop kill an unarmed, handcuffed civilian went viral on Monday, leading to outrage over police brutality, yet again. The footage clearly shows one cop pinning a man down on the street using his knee and shin on his neck, as at least two other cops watch.