“I’m sorry for the offensive language. That’s all it was. It does get me upset when I listen to the news and they attack President Donald Trump. He’s a good person and he’s done a lot for this country and the veterans.” After his sentencing, Grant C. Jaquith, the United States attorney for the Northern District of New York, said in a statement, “Racist threats to kill present and former public officials are not protected free speech, but serious crimes.”
This one was my favorite read
Having been in an inner city school, this is entirely unsurprising. Between economics, demographics, and culture, black people tend to get the short end of the stick. Poorer on average, less educated on average, and surrounded by other students with similar qualities and insecurities. Controlling a classroom like that, one that was manufactured by bigots to be uncontrollable, is impossible. I can only hope that this leads to restructuring and systemic reform. Jim Crow’s aftershocks should have been dealt with long, long ago.