The original Alcatraz held prisoners convicted by jury of their peers after trial in which prosecutor had to prove case and defendant had legal counsel.
They’ve come a long way from repeatedly pulling over my black American Lit professor for driving a Mercedes.
Lynchings were a public spectacle. People brought their children, packed picnic lunches. Politicians made speeches. Preachers prayed. And crowds cheered while a Black person, often totally innocent of any crime but skin color, was tortured to death. You can see old sepia photographs of parents and children happily watching.
At ICE invasion of MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, they threatened children at a soccer day camp. They also ordered a community group who provides health service to homeless people to leave. Feel safe? MacArthur Park is melting in the dark...
Aide to far right Oklahoma governor deported. Leaves behind wife and children. Being ultraconservative not enough. He is still brown.
