In Chicago, there are some pretty mean cops. There was a story about a legendary blues artist (Fred Grady) who was arrested for a minor traffic violation. Shortly after his arrest, he wound up dead in his jail cell. Today (7-17-07) a jury with 4 white women, 3 white men and one black woman came to a decision that the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department were not liable for his death. Meanwhile, it is on record that 662 Chicago Police officers have formal complaints about their professional conduct. After a federal judge ordered that the information be available to the public, city lawyers filed a motion to request that the information remain confidential. They were ordered a stay and now the documents about are confidential.
Point, when are we going to stop being complacent? When are we going to let the world know that we no longer "hope" for change, but that we "demand" it? I wonder, what will it take? Shackles and chains? Whips and auction blocks?
"This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand." - Frederick Douglass
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