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kimmylavin

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35. Oh, he's the Editor-at-Large of Time...

Reply to kimmylavin (Reply #34)

Fri May 1, 2015, 03:55 PM

May 2015

Just read about him.
Going to have to check out his other books.

He sounds like an interesting man.

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The cover of Time Magazine... [View all] one_voice Apr 2015 OP

What has changed? sheshe2 Apr 2015 #1

I hate to but I must disagree. The local police have militarized. It's much worse now. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #2

True. That is a fact, rhett. sheshe2 Apr 2015 #8

I am truly sorry about your brother. I am not surprised about the nightmares. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #17

So many triggers, sheshe. brer cat May 2015 #19

my respect and condolences heaven05 May 2015 #51

So help slow down the militarization. Ms. Toad Apr 2015 #12

Thank you very much. I will definitely take action. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #15

Yes, I agree....n/t dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #13

My memory differs a bit� Jackpine Radical May 2015 #36

I believe that was the National Guard. Now the local police have all that and rhett o rick May 2015 #37

Yes, it was the Guard. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #38

The real warriors were fighting for peace against the draft dodgers. Well put. nm rhett o rick May 2015 #39

Here's what the cops looked like back then: Jackpine Radical May 2015 #40

The police have better armor now. malthaussen May 2015 #21

Sad but true TIME cover on Baltimore, great city. Shame on this country X 1,000,000 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #3

Reminds me of the one man in a blue shirt and dreads, hands in the air, tblue37 Apr 2015 #4

What's changed: Then LBJ spoke out against racism after the riots. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #5

Imagine if LBJ called them thugs instead? /nt Dragonfli Apr 2015 #6

From a post I read and responded to earlier... ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #7

I still believe LBJ got it right, not wrong Dragonfli Apr 2015 #9

Crime still does not pay in a positive direction? seveneyes Apr 2015 #10

Seems to me crime can pay just fine if you are not truebluegreen Apr 2015 #16

* ronnie624 May 2015 #28

+1000 heaven05 May 2015 #52

That's an amazing image. I hear an amateur photographer got this shot. Nice work. nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2015 #11

Photographer is a Baltimore resident, btw... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #14

He was on MSNBC today... interesting conversation about what he got paid for the photo. Agschmid Apr 2015 #18

Do tell. I'm actually surprised they offered him payment justiceischeap May 2015 #23

I don't think they did, but the MSNBC host (Roberts?) assumed they did. Agschmid May 2015 #24

Seriously? They didn't pay him? progressoid May 2015 #25

Not sure I'll try to google the link later. Agschmid May 2015 #26

Yeah, I gotta get back to work. progressoid May 2015 #27

Here's an OP I created about him justiceischeap May 2015 #22

Very effective Gothmog May 2015 #20

Powerful! RecoveringJournalist May 2015 #29

I just got the symbolism of the broken neck. That's how slaves were murdered, except from a tree. libdem4life May 2015 #30

a bit right, a bit wrong Bucky May 2015 #41

What's the wrong part? I'm just saying it's a pseudo hanging in 2015...a snapped neck. libdem4life May 2015 #46

and yeah heaven05 May 2015 #53

I am not seeing the symbolism in the pic... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #45

Sure. Negro...hanging Black Man...broken neck Same ritualistic (IMHO) act of racist murder. libdem4life May 2015 #47

I thought you meant... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #48

No...The act of hanging Negroes just for the hell of it...redux..,..21st Century version. libdem4life May 2015 #49

Got you now awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #50

One reason why at times I shoot black and white nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #31

Whoah. Look how threatened those cops are. They'd be crazy not to shoot that thug immediately. Dark n Stormy Knight May 2015 #32

2015 is so different from 1968. Those cops aren't shooting. tclambert May 2015 #33

Going to have to check out this article. kimmylavin May 2015 #34

Oh, he's the Editor-at-Large of Time... kimmylavin May 2015 #35

I hate this. It's what hasn't changed that is so scary. raven mad May 2015 #42

cops or occupation STORM troopers. + who is darth? pansypoo53219 May 2015 #43

K & R davidpdx May 2015 #44

K&R. Very moving & painful cover. The ugly return of hate & brutality from progress & change. appalachiablue May 2015 #54

Horrible form underpants May 2015 #55