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06/05/09
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Condolences to Officer Omar Edwards' family.
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Why're they confused?
Another man dead
I read it in the news
Who gave them the fucking right
To run around like they own the night?
Oh bang! bang!
Wrong fucking time
Wrong fucking place
There is no fucking way
This is not about race
06/05/09
Hearing about the kind of life this guy lived would break anyone's heart. Married with two YOUNG children who will grow up without a dad now. Coached youth football, organized a block party for the kids on his street...he sounds like a treasure. I teared up on my way home from work listening to his neighbors describe him.
Is the guy who shot him a stone-cold racist? Probably not, but is there racism that is subtle and unspoken in assuming that a black guy running through the streets of Harlem is probably armed and dangerous? And why, why, WHY is it always "shoot to kill"? Were there warning shots? There are a lot of unanswered questions and not just about police procedure.
And all the best to his poor family, who lost a truly good man.
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But, yeah, racism doesn't only have tragic results when the person is some KKK reject who purposely wants to kill someone of a different race. Racism does much of its damage by just subtly influencing our thoughts, sometimes so subtly that we aren't even aware of it.
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(I don't know the details of this poor man's case; I'm just speaking more generally.)
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Sadly, in this case, it sounds like it clearly was not important enough to shoot.
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05/07/09
You need to wear a sports bra. You want them flat and kinda in a comfy spot.
05/07/09
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And how do you know about this stuff, anyway? ARE YOU A SECRET AGENT? YOU DEFUSE SUICIDE BOMBERS IN YOUR SPARE TIME, DON'T YOU?
I knew it. I totally called it.
05/08/09
Yeah, there's a little uniboob going on, but I don't care as long as they aren't getting in the way while I'm bench pressing.
05/08/09