admin | June 9, 2020
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea argues there is evidence of an organization at times behind some of the protests. The "boogaloo"anti-government movement describes a group of extremists who believe the nation is on the verge of a second civil war. The Anti-Defamation League defined boogaloo in Nov.
admin | June 9, 2020
With the passage and signing of the Never Again Education Act, the federal government is funding Holocaust education for the first time. As asserted in the very name of the law, the politicians and Jewish organizations who supported the bill and hailed its recent signing by President Trump say education can actually help prevent violent hatred
admin | June 9, 2020
A Dundee mural depicting the man allegedly murdered by an American police officer has been defaced. Dundee graffiti artist Symon Mathieson, also known as SYKE, had shown his support for the Black Lives Matter movement by painting a portrait of George Floyd in the Hilltown. Symon painted the piece last week in an effort to show solidarity with those protesting police brutality and shine a light on racism in Scotland.
admin | June 9, 2020
When an unarmedGeorge Floyddied in Minneapolis on May 25 without an acknowledgment of his humanity, the police officers who held him down and put a knee to his neck apparently saw his skin color as a weapon. The same day, when a white woman,Amy Cooper,threatened to call the New York City police against an African American, even though she disobeyed rules in Central Park, she used her skin color as a weapon to protect herself. This dichotomy leaves me in anguish, as cities across the nation burn in protest, rage and grief against Floyds death and centuries of racial inequity, all against the backdrop of a pandemic
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