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@Stefan, you're right. Defund was definitely the wrong word to use in police reform. The messaging should have emphasized reallocating funds to social services and community outreach and other initiatives. Building a partnership between the police and community they've been sworn to serve and protect will in turn eliminate any animosity between them and reduce crime. I believe the high profile murders committed by race soldiers has opened up a dialog that will lead to better policing in the future. 😎

While preaching “owning one’s land from which they cannot be booted” is a good tactic, it has obvious drawbacks. Because we have read time and time again how thousands of Blacks were forced from their lands, homes and businesses through violence or financial and legal chicanery. As far as learning racial codes and other perceived social animus secrets: Every bit of defensive knowledge helps. However, far too many Black people remain wholly ignorant of the danger they face these days. And that is because of complacency, materialism and inner betrayal. I bet most Black citizens have no clue that in certain states, they have actually lost their Right to Vote. In September 2013, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional. Section 4 determined which U.S. states must receive permission from the Justice Department or a federal court in Washington before they made minor changes to voting procedures, like moving a polling place, or major ones, like redrawing electoral districts. This allowed nine states, mostly in the South, to change their election laws without advance federal approval. And since Trump’s 2020 defeat, several states have passed Voter Suppression laws. While Blacks can still freely vote in Blue States, I personally believe Democrats’ chances of turning Texas purple, then perhaps, blue have disappeared forever It is a terrible shame what has happened to the proud legacy of the Black Farmer in the U.S. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-farmers-pigford-debt/

Unfortunately, some folks don't believe they're gonna get shot until it's too late. According to the gun laws in Texas, I believe that shooter will get away with justifiable homicide. Sadly, the custody battle is over now and the son no longer has a father. 😎

Agreed. Until big money lobbyists are removed from politics, the whole thing is a shell game and two sides of the same coin. Fixing the broken system requires the will of the American people. That's a tall order as long as they're able to keep folks divided, dazed and confused with the two party BS, er, charade. 😎

Likewise. I'm having a blast hanging out here. 😎