“My heart is breaking in a way I never thought it could. My mind is racing.” (Tasha Layton in her song “Into the Sea”) Being an American of color living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a city where two Black Americans have been murdered in less than a year by the custodians of justice, i.e., … Read more
Police reforms have become the top priority issue of the modern-day United States, where some lawmakers are favoring reforming the police, while others are equating it with defunding the police. While Democrats have passed the $3.5 trillion budget resolution without any help from Republicans, Tommy Tuberville, a Republican Senator, moved on to creating drama in … Read more
The excessive use of force by the United States police differentiates it from the rest of the countries. Police in many countries carry weapons, but the way American police use them against their own citizens is unmatched in any other developed nation. This depicts the systematic problem in US policing and their inability of crisis … Read more
The rule of law in any society is vital to promote democratic practices. Police accountability is one such aspect of the rule of law when those equipped with weapons are brought to justice for their malpractices. The lack of police accountability is empowering police to a dangerous extent, allowing them to use brutal force against … Read more
Police brutality nationwide has often raised eyebrows on the training practices in US policing. The faulty training regimes in the US policing enable officers to take more lives of citizens than in any other developed nation. A report from an independent project shows that almost a thousand people lose their lives every year to police … Read more
I am an African immigrant working in the USA as a political data scientist. My success in the US is the result of the thousands of sacrifices made by African Americans like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to mention a few. I am not alone in this, as … Read more
“I would like personally to say a big thanks to the Attorney General of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, for diligently handling the George Floyd case. By portraying that Black Lives Matter and no one is above the law. Without his efforts, America would be burning right now “ (Eli Mshomi) Finally, the murderer of George … Read more
Nothing can describe the racism followed by the Police of Minnesota better than Eminen, who said, White boy, white boy, you’re a rockstar White boy, white boy, in your cop car White boy, white boy, you’re untouchable Nobody can tell me shit ’cause I’m a big rockstar. (Untouchable by Eminem) Driven by racial … Read more
