Free Republic 1st Qtr 2026 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $5,552
6%  
Woo hoo!! And now less than $8k to reach 13,500 by Jan 15th!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

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  • Black for blue: Learning to Love the Police

    02/20/2004 11:40:10 PM PST · by Clemenza · 8 replies · 101+ views
    The Village Voice ^ | 2/20/04 | Ta-Nehisi Coates
    Nothing will make you go John Ashcroft quicker than looking into the speaking end of some revolver. That is, except, if your girl is looking into it instead of you. One night in December, I was roused out of a half-slumber by a frantic ringing of the doorbell. It was my partner screaming that she'd just been robbed. Some punk stopped her outside our basement apartment, demanded her purse, and when she didn't oblige, put a handgun to her head. The shock of her being robbed was only matched by my shock at how quickly help arrived at our door....