First off, I’ve been busy this week. I have been doing work for an upcoming documentary called “Picasso’s Christ,” so I feel a bit behind on things. However, the movie looks really cool. And I’m not just saying it because the director and star has been a friend of mine since we were both in middle school. You can see the trailer here:
There is also a crowd funding page to help finish making the film which you should support.
Because of that, I will keep my comments short.
John Iadarola is someone whom I deeply respect and yet am highly critical of. I have said before, that he has the potential of being the next big name in news, and yet, I feel that he has erased black women in his coverage. Of course you can hold up both ideas about someone. He is often one of the hosts on the Young Turks network and I greatly appreciate the times he’s behind the desk, which is quite often.
Police have people who blindly support them. However, the problem with that is it breeds corruption. This is why we must put the checks in on power. This idea goes back to the Spartans who elected 2 kings every year and after their time as king, they were put on trial for every decision they made. Like I do with John Iadarola, you can support someone and still be critical of them.
This is why those in the #BlueLivesMatter movement deserve to be criticized with the police. Granted, most of them want to be the jack-booted thug who puts his foot on the throats of those with less power, in their deep seeded power fantasy.
Those who have power, both as police and as those who have a large microphone, must be kept in line. It is the job of the people to check the power of the police because who polices the police? Sadly, it appears no one does.
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