White Cops Kill Another Black Guy

NYPD's finest murder a man on the street for selling cigarettes.

The great and powerful FDR, a man who ruled before my time so I have no personal experience of him and only know what I have heard, was way off the mark with that whole, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" crap. We have plenty to fear, let's face it. Besides the obvious, like those pizza deals that come with a giant chocolate-chip cookie as big as the pizza itself and a side order of cheese-stuffed breadsticks, all of which you are encouraged to feed your kids and then wonder why they are doing so poorly in school, there's the whole racial unrest in this country which has worsened since our first black president took office and distanced himself from his people by playing golf on Martha's Vineyard at every opportunity.

As usual, like since the beginning of time, brutal cops attack people of color for the slightest provocation. This in turn has caused African-Americans to feel even more paranoid than usual and people of all colors to take to the streets in protest. Demonstrations in all our big cities reflect the recent injustice done in the case of Eric Garner, the black man who was killed by a gang of five cops who attacked him like a pack of hungry wolves. Even with a video of the heinous deed leaving no doubt as to what transpired, a secret grand jury deliberated for many weeks and finally concluded "no problem," letting all the cops walk free and further incensing the general population.

There are no demonstrations taking place here in Portland because A, it's not a big city and B, there are no black people in Maine, or at least not enough to form a group. This fact is good and bad--good because there will be no burning and looting come the Revolution, and bad because the city is so white bread, there is little energy, bounce, or humor anywhere, and certainly nowhere to get a decent plate of soul food.