Remember the initial story about Jacob Blake and what he was doing at the location where he was shot? If you don’t, I’ll refresh your memory. Very shortly after Blake’s shooting, his family retained the same lawyer who keeps turning … Continue reading →
It’s striking how often it happens. First there’s the inflammatory incident – hyped to the skies, completely dominating the MSM and the national discourse, sparking accusations and breast-beating and mea culpas, firings, arrests and charges, and of course demonstrations and … Continue reading →
…because it seems to be helping Trump. Can’t have that. .@donlemon is calling for the rioting to stop, "because it's showing up in the polling." — Jason Beale (@jabeale) August 26, 2020 At a certain point, it may become clear … Continue reading →
I’ve seen precious little serious discussion of that question. Kenosha is a small city of about 100,000 people, about 10% of whom are black. In the videos I’ve seen so far of what’s going on in Kenosha, many of the … Continue reading →
Kenosha, Wisconsin is a small city of about 100,000 people and a population that is ten percent black. Not your typical big blue urban environment. But last night it shared some big blue urban problems, because after the shooting (he’s … Continue reading →
I’ve long been puzzled by the perception of many people that Biden’s most salient character trait is “likeability,” but then again I’m used to having different gut feelings than other people. And, as I’ve said before, I never thought that … Continue reading →
It will be interesting to see what sort of sentence Marquise Lee Love receives, if any: The Black Lives Matter rioter who was caught on-camera kicking a truck driver in the face in a vicious, unprovoked attack last weekend in … Continue reading →
If you’re as old as I am, you understand the Reginald Denny reference – one of the most horrific and widely-covered moments of the deadly Rodney King riots in 1992: Reginald Oliver Denny (born 1953) is a white former construction … Continue reading →
Almost from the start, nearly everyone on left and right claimed that the video of George Floyd’s dying moments made it clear that Officer Chauvin was a murderer. I found this to be a shocking assertion – not in terms … Continue reading →
Those goals would be obvious, that is, if the MSM was actually reporting on this sort of thing. Here’s the official BLM statement on the events leading up to the widespread Chicago looting. It’s a fascinating document. First, it tries … Continue reading →
Seattle’s Carmen Best could read the writing on the wall that told her the City Council was determined to cut the legs out from under the police, and to personally punish her as well. So Best – the first black … Continue reading →
A former prosecutor has his say. His view accords pretty much with mine, but I think such a viewpoint is almost inevitable for anyone who looks at the transcript and combines it with the full video, and keeps an open … Continue reading →