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Minnesota’s Violence has reached an Inflection Point

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Donald Trump, his nasty White House sycophants, and their stormtrooper thugs lie and lie and lie to the world while pouring gasoline on the fires they set in our cities. Trump and his gang of thugs must be impeached, removed from power, tried for murder and treason, and if found guilty imprisoned.

The United States has been in the throes of yet another round of violence and civil unrest. There have been frequent tho intermittent mass peaceful protests, assassinations and attempted assassinations, mass shooting in schools and houses of worship, nationwide No Kings Day demonstrations, political corruption and corporate intrusion into government especially at the Federal level, numerous violent abuses and war-like raids on first immigrants and then anyone else by ICE and CBP, the calling out of National Guard forces by President Trump over the objections of Democratic state governors and city mayors, the firebombing of Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro’s Residence, waves of White racism, transphobia, homophobia, and anti-Semitism, the rollback of LBTQI+ rights, the rollback of woke and DEI, the increased sexism and misogyny from the White House, and the erasure of much of history including downplaying slavery and genocide. That is one long sentence, and, even so, a very incomplete list. This nation is once again highly polarized, and the temperature keeps getting cranked back up.

Lately much of the turmoil has been centered in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the Twin Cities in the heart of the American State of Minnesota. On Saturday the 14th of June 2025, an ultraconservative Fundamentalist Christian part-time pastor went on a rampage of assassination along the edges of the Twin Cities. He shot two Democrat state lawmakers and their spouses. All four were riddled with bullets. One couple died and the other two survived. Continue reading →

The Verdict: Justice Achieved

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George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, and the United States of America

Encounter with Cops and Protesters in a strange demonstration

To many a surprise and with great relief, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a White man, was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd, a Black man from Texas, originally North Carolina, who had recently moved to Minnesota. There was not any hung jury nor partial rendering of justice. The jury, itself composed of people from different ethnic groups including Blacks and Whites, deliberated quickly and returned their verdict to the court. The verdict took mere minutes to read out loud, and the world changed. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, guilty of murder in the third degree, and second-degree manslaughter. Sentencing is set for two weeks, why so damn far out I don’t know, but the killer will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Although Minnesota abolished the death penalty back in 1911, the murderer of George Floyd is more likely to be killed in prison by fellow convicts than to die of old age.

Faithlyn, my fiancé, first notified me by text while I happened to be on a break at work. We are both hard of hearing so we text to stay connected. She’s excited, riveted, and texted me “…The verdict is about to be read!” Moments later, she wrote one text: “Guilty.” Then, “On ALL counts.” Later on, she texted me it felt “so surreal.” Sent me an image of her avatar crying, “TEARS of JOY.” Full disclosure here: my Beloved is Black, Deaf, and an Immigrant naturalized as a US citizen while I am White, Hard of Hearing, and a native-born US citizen. Aye, tears of joy! Continue reading →