John Brown's Body

     There's one thing the past few years have taught us: hate runs in the family. The men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery were a father and son named Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William Roddie Bryan, Jr.; all were convicted of a hate crime in federal court after being sentenced to life in prison on murder charges in state court. The text messages exchanged between the men and their family and friends were horrific, ranging from using the n-word to referring to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade as the "Monkey Day Parade," to sharing a video of a black boy dancing with a white supremacist song playing over it, to saying they did not like working with black people, to calling for violence against black people, to saying black people were "savages" who "ruin everything," to saying they were glad they weren't black, to saying Irish slaves were treated worse than anyone in America but "weren't asking for handouts," to say...

     It still remains the most shocking, least-reported instance of police brutality in the United States of America. An initial round of indictments in February and a second, much smaller round in May brought the total of officers indicted for their actions during the George Floyd protests in Austin, Texas, to 21. During these incidents, at least seven nonviolent protestors were severely injured by nonlethal beanbag ammunitions fired by Austin Police Department officers. Justin Howell was awarded $8 million in a civil suit after being shot in the head by one of these rounds left him permanently disabled by a traumatic brain injury. Maredith Drake, a volunteer medic, was awarded $850,000 after being shot in the hand while trying to carry Howell to safety, resulting in her losing a finger. Another such The city has approved five settlements totaling $13 million out of 18 lawsuits filed against the city this year, with more settlements expected in the coming months. One ind...