A few days ago, I wrote this letter for the City Club of Portland about the historical context of where we are now as a nation.
“Mr. Floyd is the most recent in a long line of Black people who have been killed by police and vigilantes who take the mantle of authority over the lives of Black people. Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard in quick succession about the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, a young man who was hunted down by three white men as he jogged in Georgia; Breonna Taylor, a Louisville EMT who was killed by police while she slept; and Tony McDade, a trans Black man killed by police in Tallahassee.
These murders are not anomalies. There is a long, bloody, and brutal history of disregard and open hostility for Black life in the United States.”
Read the full post: https://www.pdxcityclub.org/our-role-in-this-moment/
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