Meetings are like committees

The items below came from the meeting President Obama had with members of the current protests regarding the inequality of law in America via Www.dailykos.com. I have added my comments.

Among other avenues for change, the group’s demands include:
*The federal government using its power to prosecute police officers that kill or abuse people.

== Civics & Constitution be returned to our high schools. This demand opens the door for countless government over reach suits. The first step is to establish it at state level. The people must vote in local and state elections. ==

*Removing local district attorneys from the job of holding police accountable, and instead having independent prosecutors at the local level charged with prosecuting officers.

== Again another demand that opens up the Pandora box of government over reach . Again people must take part in local & state elections . ==

*The establishment of community review boards that can make recommendations for police misconduct, instead of allowing police departments to police themselves.
== Again , naw, do you see the pattern? State and local elections music have full voter participation . ==

*Defunding local police departments that use excessive force or racially profile.

== Excellent idea if in reference to the federal funds sent to police departments via grants .==

*Instead of having the Department of Justice (DOJ) wholesale giving more than $250 million to local police departments annually, DOJ should only fund departments that agree to adopt DOJ best practices for training and meaningful comunity input.
The demilitarization of local police departments.

== Excellent idea if in reference to the federal funds sent to police departments via grants .==

*Investing in programs that provide alternatives to incarceration, such as community-led restorative justice programs and community groups that educate people about their rights.

== Excellent idea. We can start with My Brother's Keeper and expand. The issue is not there are no programs but we don't listen until someone is shot. These programs need to have metrics by which community impact can be quantified. =

It is good the meeting occurred. I hope the word gets to the streets marching without a destination serves no purpose . When stating the destination ask what is the best route? Having fair minded people in office is best in my opinion. We need to vote and to run for public office.

The destination in the case of the protest must be for equality within the law. If there is any other destination then things will splinter and die. Unity in action, direction , and thought will bring success . However if we don't vote it all matters not.

The list taken from Www.dailykos.com , http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/01/1348725/-Young-Ferguson-Activists-Meet-With-Obama-Six-Fine-Solutions-Emerge?detail=twitter

Black Lightning is more than ready for prime time

Black Lightning It is finally here. I do mean finally for I have been waiting for seems to be ages (1977). I am calling for a second season having only watched the first two episodes. I am not sure of the level of involvement Tony Isabella & Trevor Von Eeden in the production of each episode. The first two I enjoyed, did I say that already? The first two episodes seems to have been packed with every issue seen in mainstream media and think pieces regarding the Black community. This posting is not a think piece. It is my piss piece. Before I touch on the piss, thanks, many thanks, to Salim and Mara Akil for making it happen. Black Lighting opens with a Black parent, once again, having to bail a child out of jail for exercising his/her right of protest in the USA. We need to question why peaceful protests with no guns see protestors arrested. Please do not take I am saying people of color should have guns at protest marches. We would be shot before the

White Boys Whine

Quick and dirty Star Trek Discovery is everything I thought it would be. It is my hope the White boys chill the fuck out . There will be a White male captain . The Black woman will be of a lowered status. White boys are you appeased ? My personal view fuck White boys who had their dicks in a vise over women of color at the helm of a fictional space vessel. I shall watch Star Trek Discovery . I shall pay the fee to CBS Access with joy. If you wanted to watch OITNB you paid Netflix . Overall I look forward to the day a fictional show that features women of color in prominent positions doesn't freak out White males. They were so freaked out they compared The Orville to Star Trek Discovery . Guys chill out , future happens .

Y'all should eat my grits no cheese

It is two days after the GOP primary in Mississippi. We are still laughing at Mitt's attempt to cuddle up to us with cheesy grits and a few y'alls thrown in. In my area of Mississippi it is yaw'all(10 second word). Had he come here expecting us to be able to count to 20 without removing our shoes, he may have been taken a little bit more seriously. I am not sure if Mitt's grits ranks with Bush's "this part of the world" statement after Katrina but it ranks. Truthfully, I enjoy cheese in my grits along with garlic and red pepper. However, I do not think my love of grits, a bowl every morning, makes me Southern. Although I was born in Southern California and partially reared in Southern Wisconsin, I consider myself a full blown Mississippian. Along with keeping my grits to myself, I also speak without care of accent. The fact that I can tell you how to get from Memphis to the Coast without using the interstate or Google says I am from Mississippi.

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