The Interview of Attorney General Bill Barr has been contentious. The Republicans genuflected him and claimed that Antifa is having a conspiracy to harm American society. The Democrats claim that Barr is using bias to support the Trump administration unconditionally. Barr was slick in many of his language. He said that he wanted probable cause for anyone to be arrested, but he allowed many federal forces to arrest peaceful protesters. Barr said that he endorsed the trial of Roger Stone, but he went out of his way to support the Trump commutation Roger Stone's sentence. Barr said that Democrats must condemn violence against federal buildings and other places, but people from across the political spectrum have always condemned unjust violence against innocent people or against innocent property.
The deal is that we have to also confront police violence against protesters and other innocent people. Barr revealed that he doesn't believe in systematic racism in the police departments of America, when even a DOJ study described massive systems of racism and economic exploitation in the Ferguson Police Department years ago. Sociological studies for decades have documented systematic racism in American society in general. Barr has a tendency to not be adamantly passionate to target far right wing terrorism as he is dealing with Antifa. Barr hypocritically has not condemned far right extremists using semiautomatic weapons to state capitol locations (in trying to threaten and intimidate state legislatures). William Barr has disagreed with some of Mueller's conclusions, intervened in Stone's and Flynn's sentencing, and supported federal agents used to harm peaceful protesters at Washington, D.C. at Lafayette Park. Barr has still not massively condemn unidentified federal agents maiming peaceful activists, sent them to unmarked vans, and detain them without charges (in Portland).
The Republicans seeking to cut unemployment federal benefits to 200 dollars a week is cruel and disrespectful to suffering people. While trillions of dollars have been sent to the airline industry, large multinational corporations, etc., we have seen Trump using federal forces to violate the human rights of the citizens of Portland. Using paramilitary forces in cities nationwide is a violation of the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution. When unidentified agents in military gear kidnapped unarmed protesters and thrown them in unmarked cars to be sent to uncertain locations without probable cause, then that is a serious problem. The pandemic has revealed that far right policies and centrist policies won't work to improve this nation. Only structural change will be necessary to make the Promised Land real for all. Pompeo has allowed U.S. aircraft carriers and strike groups to have conduct high end war games with Australian and Japanese ships in the South China Sea. Many people know the truth that the corporate financial oligarchy seeks division and the status quo.
Right now, the body of John Lewis was laying in state at the Capitol Hill rotunda, and then it will travel to the George State Capitol. Courage represented his life. John Lewis used his moral force in order to change society for the better. For over 55 years, he was a person on a mission to eliminate Jim Crow apartheid. Later, he has earnestly fought for the expansion of voting rights. His casket traveled on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., and John Lewis lived long enough to see the paint of the words of "Black Lives Matter" on the street of the plaza. Lewis faithfully believed in nonviolence as a way of life in developing social change. Lewis shed blood for our freedom, and we are in total gratitude for his glorious sacrifice for us all. Also, it is clear that we are opposed to the disrespect that the hip hop artist Megan has received on the Net by Camron and others. We can agree to disagree about music without disrespecting the womanhood of a woman. I feel like more people have to speak up to defend the human dignity of black women. Her being shot has no justification, and we are clear to stand up for the human dignity of black people while believing in accountability for those who do evil against a fellow human being.
There is always a tie to Philadelphia among my relatives of both sides of my family. Some of this information is information that I never revealed here before until now. A long time ago, the 2 Great Migrations of African Americans existed. Many of my maternal ancestors left Southampton County and came into Philadelphia. To put Philadelphia into perspective, Philly is the size land wise of Virginia Beach. Many months ago on ancestry.com, I communicated with a distant cousin named Rosa Barnes. She confirmed that many of her relatives came into Philadelphia. Many of them also came into New York. Rosa Barnes' mother was Sudie Odell Claud Barnes (who was my 3rd cousin). Sudie lived from 1927 to 2003. Sudie Claud's father was Guy Franklin Claud Sr., and Guy's father was Frank Thomas Claud (or the direct descendant of Zilphy Claud). Sudie's grandfather or Guy Franklin Claud Sr. had over 10 children. Some of them went into Philadelphia like Doris Claud, Naomi Claud, etc. Other members of Claud family came into Philadelphia like the descendants of Peter L. Claud and the children of Ella Mable Claud (one of her children is Michelle Artis. Michelle Artis' grandfather was Amos Columbus Claud). Numerous descendants of my 3rd great grandmother Susanna Field Hurst-Turner Claud came into Philadelphia. Susanna's son was Arthur Boss Claud. On my paternal side, tons of my cousins live in Philadelphia too like Ericka Walters who share my ancestor Effie Sarah Bryant. My paternal 1st cousin Shana McDaniel lives in Philadelphia too. Effie Sarah Bryant (1891-1977) was my great grandmother. Many of the Bryant family came to Philadelphia from the Eastern Shore, Virginia. Effie's mother was Esther Brickhouse Bailey (1862-1955). Esther's father was the Union black American soldier (from the U.S. Civil War) named Johnson Brickhouse. My late great uncle Levi (on my paternal side) have descendants with links to Philadelphia too. To be honest, we are connected as human beings. I found distant cousins found in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Delaware, New York City, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, and even in Arizona.
By Timothy
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