CIVIL UNREST/JOE BIDEN/PROTESTS: “A season of protest has broken out all across the nation. Some of it is just senseless burning and looting and violence that can’t be tolerated and won’t, but much of it is a cry for justice from a community that’s long had a knee of injustice on their neck. The names […]
Tag: Jacob Blake
10/27/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “The names of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake will not soon be forgotten. Not by me. Not by us. Not by this country. They’re going to inspire a new wave of justice in America.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 27, 2020 9:40 am […]
10/13/2020
RACISM: “And if you say we have no need to face racial injustice in this country, you haven’t opened your eyes in America. There have been powerful voices for justice in recent weeks and months. I spent time with George Floyd’s family, his six year old daughter, Gianna, when I met with her, I knelt […]
9/15/2020
POLICE/PROTESTS/RACISM: [Laura Galvas, audience member: “In light of ongoing protests surrounding the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the recent shooting of Jacob — Jacob Blake, do you feel racial injustices are occurring in this nation? And if so, what can be done to address them?”] “Well, I think they were tragic events, and […]
8/28/2020
JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “We can’t let George Floyd and Jacob Blake become just another pair of hashtags. This is a moment of action. It’s long past time we reform policing, reverse systemic racism, and make our communities safer.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 28, 2020 11:35 am […]
8/27/2020
JOE BIDEN/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [In response to a quote from Mike Pence’s Aug. 26, 2020 speech stating, “The hard truth is, you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.”] “He keeps saying ‘Joe Biden’s America’ while running a video of Donald Trump’s America. The problem we have right now is we’re in Donald Trump’s America… […]
8/26/2020
JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “Once again, a Black man — Jacob Blake — was shot by the police. In front of his children. It makes me sick. Is this the country we want to be? Needless violence won’t heal us. We need to end the violence — and peacefully come together to demand justice.” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, […]
8/24/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “Equal justice has not been real for Black Americans and so many others. We are at an inflection point. We must dismantle systemic racism. It is the urgent task before us. We must fight to honor the ideals laid in the original American promise, which we are yet to attain: That all […]
8/24/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “Yesterday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back as police attempted to restrain him from getting into his car. His children watched from inside the car and bystanders watched in disbelief. And this morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another […]
8/24/2020
JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “Yesterday, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police. His kids watched from the car. Today, we woke to grieve yet again. We need a full and transparent investigation.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 24, 2020 12:39 pm […]