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“Let’s set the record straight…” Wesley Bell St. Louis County Prosecutor One lesson I learned from my time as a Councilman in Ferguson is “patience.” Our team created a working document to begin discussions “internally” with the Prosecutors in the…
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As we prepare for tomorrow’s midterms—it seems like America is torn between going full-blown Hunger Games or finding our way back to the 1950’s Civil Rights movement. Either way, tomorrow is desperately important for the progression of this country, and…
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When someone wins an election, people rush for quotes from community stake holders and sometimes those quotes are not properly nuanced. Therefore, while I’m not perfect please allow me to try my best to provide some context for my opinions….
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When news broke this week of 28 officers whose names appeared on an “exclusionary list”, it caused those tired old wagons to circle around our men and women in blue. Last week the Circuit Attorney’s office delivered a list of…
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As the race of the century dawns upon us in St. Louis County, I think it’s imperative to remind our folks what is truly at stake. St. Louis County is splintered into cubby holes of racism. Prejudice is embedded in the…
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As we have seen over the past couple of decades, the importance of voting has become front and center. Specifically, local elections due to the recent rise in police brutality cases and the lack of indictments for them. Politics is…
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Listen, anybody rebuking the devil we know as The Orange One, aka Don Cheeto, bka President Tang, is okay in my book. I mean anybody! I take pure pleasure in knowing that someone other than Auntie Maxine, Angela Rye, Van…
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Dear “Some” White People, Since we first heard the words, “Make America Great Again,” it has been a thorn in our sides. The slogan loaded with racial discriminatory undertones has done nothing but wreak havoc since the dumbass you voted…
Read moreThere’s nothing white America hates more than an outspoken woman, add being a woman of color to that and she is everything they want to destroy. You ever notice that the white racists love Melania and Ivanka? They uphold them…
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White privilege has reared its head once again. America has officially become Love & Hip-Hop USA. As each day passes, we’re forced to be unwilling cast members of the White House Apprentice—and without any participation—we are becoming the ratchet reality show…
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It was a wild, crazy day on Kanye West’s Twitter account yesterday. What started out as a tweet about President Trump’s “dragon energy” led to a series of Trump supporting tweets—and then a friendly exchange between him and Agent Orange….
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Kanye West started his career out as the everyday voice of the concerned citizen. He wasn’t a tough guy physically, but he also wasn’t afraid to speak mind his about controversial issues. We love him and we always will. For…
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Lezley McSpadden, mother to the late Michael Brown, is thinking about running for a seat on the Ferguson City Council—the municipality where Brown was shot and killed by officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. McSpadden was recently a part of…
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It’s no surprise that the White House has weighed in on the recent police shooting of Stephen Clark, and the ruling of Baton Rouge officers who killed Alton Sterling. What’s more shocking is that people had the expectation that the…
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Well it seems the sinking ship known as the Trump administration is still going down like the Titanic. Trump’s lead attorney, John Dowd has recently said to hell with everything away, followed suit with the rest of the sane people…
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