On today’s BradCast, guest hosted by Angie Coiro, we look at the aftermath of the killings of five police officers in Dallas. Even something this shattering can’t break the flow of hatred from some sources. Give an ear to Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, who faulted Black Lives Matter protestors for dodging the bullets that killed the officers, and has his own conspiracy theories of how far in advance the protest had been planned.
And witness former Congressman Joe Walsh, who climbed atop the bodies to rally violence against President Obama. Of course, he says he didn’t do that. You be the judge.
Then for some positive inspiration, some stunning results from an effort in Los Angeles to build an effective community policing policy. Connie Rice, cofounder of The Advancement Project tells of one housing project where daily body counts gave way to zero – ZERO – shots fired once the program was in full swing.
Give a listen to Julisa Wilson’s heartfelt, striking What’s the Recipe For Freedom?.
Also, Debra Cooper, Democratic State Committeewoman for Manhattan’s Upper West Side, gives her take on the Clinton email investigation results, including this week’s hearing. She and Angie are pretty far apart on the merits of Hillary Clinton, but they – and Debra’s five-year-old nephew – are on the same page about having a woman in the Oval Office.
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Welcome to chaos America….no justice, no peace….this is exactly what we get (and deserve) when for far too long, in a million little daily ways, all of us allow wrongs to stand, and rights to fall….our country is dis-integrating, so we reach for bigger blinders and are SHOCKED that ignorance is not bliss after all….we are all naked now….all of our personal decisions, all of our fears, all of our mistakes, all of our sentiments or complete lack of sentiment, all of our false premises and ideologies have come together at long last to burn down our house….we built this….and now we get to enjoy what we have made….
There is only one way out….DO THE RIGHT THING!!!, every fucking day, in every ‘insignificant’ way and situation, on the telephone, at the store, with strangers on the street, with family and friends, and most of all in your very own heart….each of us, daily daily daily, must be proud of who we are and what we are doing, as human beings alive on this Earth, or else WE are the problem we face!….no fears, no regrets, no dismay or confusion if you’re livin’ right….no matter what happens in the world around us, you will be able to live with yourself…
Correct, barrister….violence no, disobedience yes (Thoreau)….so laugh and smile with everyone!….it will gratify your friends, and unhinge your adversaries to no end (ChgoMel)…