Who Is to Blame For the Insurrection of 2021

Who is responsible for the insurrection at the US Capitol? Many blame Trump who spoke at a rally on January 6th. There was a "call" for people to come from all over the country. At the rally Trump again and again told his followers to fight and to march down to the Capitol and seek justice for the election that was "being stolen" from him.

People are responsible for their own actions but did Trump incite a riot? Yes he did. He has been spewing false claims since the November Election in which Biden won. Trump has stated that the election has been stolen and their was widespread fraud. He said the only way he would lose is if the election was stolen.

CNN has shown the footage again and again that Rudy Giuliani said there has to be "Trial by Combat". There was a senator who I can't remeber his name said at the rally, "It's time to start taking names and kicking ass."

There were congressmen and women that objected to ratifying the vote for Joe Biden (The electoral college). They too are responsible. Names that stick out are Ted Cruz of Texas.

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Officer not Charged in Jacob Blake Case

Back in August 2020, Jacob Black, a young Black man was shot in the back 7 times by a Police Officer. The police were there concerning a prior offense by Blake. Today, Jan 5., 2021 Michael Graveley the Kenosha, Wisconisn, District Attorney decided not to file charges against that police officer, whose name is Rusten Shesky. All this as reported in the New York TImes. How many times will a shooting like this happen before there is real change? The police need to be reformed but can they teach restraint in the heat of the moment? Officers are to protect and serve but they have a right to preserve there own life. However they do not have a right to shoot and kill or maim our Black men. Police need to do more to reach out to the Black community. To all communities. Its not good that your first real encounter with the police should be when you've may have done something wrong and you get arrested. I know first hand how hard police officers work. They work long hours with li

John Lewis a Civil Rights Icon Passes Away

John Lewis dedicated his life to service from civil rights to serving in the House for the state of Georgia since the 80's. During a time when their was a real struggle for civil rights in the Black Community, Lewis was a champion for the cause. He was a Freedom Rider and the last surviving member of the "Big Six" organizer and speaker at the March on Washington where Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Yesterday John Lewis's body was driven over the Edmund Pettus Bridge where "Bloody Sunday" happened when police attacked protesters 55 years ago who were marching to Selma, Alabama. John Lewis's life is a testimony of what Black America should aspire to. As a young man in the 60's he lived the civil rights struggle.

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