editorial in the Star Tribune arguing against the deployment of the National
Guard in anticipation of protests resulting from the George Floyd trial:
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-doesn-t-need-a-national-guard-occupation/600028732/?ref=nl&om_rid=1569144265&om_mid=2435923401&refresh=true
Her plea for peace and justice was met by 49 letters condemning her.
My response:
What an amazingly brave statement. When the law permits and rewards the murder
of Black men then we all have a duty to reject that law and that order. When
we know the Minneapolis Police Department is run by racists, when the FBI told
us in 2006 that white supremacists were taking over police departments across
the nation, when our Mayor and our Police Chief fail to discipline officers for
the killing of Terrance Franklin, Jamar Clark, Thurman Blevins and Travis
Jordan, then we have a duty to demonstrate acts of civil disobedience in the
hope of awakening civil authority to restore justice. When the Mayor sends the
National Guard into the streets to quiet dissent, he is saying he doesn't want
to listen to the cries for justice. I want a mayor who will meet me in the
streets. I want a mayor who will listen.
Ed Felien
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