Jayson Massey @jaysonmassey@qoto.org

"Maurice Jimmerson has been behind bars for 10 years but hasn't been convicted of a crime. Due to a series of bureaucratic holdups, Jimmerson has been held in a Dougherty County, Georgia, jail since he was charged with murder in 2013—a crime for which two of his codefendants have already been acquitted."

https://reason.com/2023/06/02/he-spent-a-decade-in-jail-without-being-convicted-now-his-lawyer-says-his-case-should-be-dismissed/?fbclid=IwAR1Bp4IrAnGwALPblVftuZur7trtf4BSBmCMxty3HZ7iaEhCn7As_lYU_Fc

"fans started lining up as early as 6 a.m. to get inside, despite the fact that first pitch was scheduled until 12 hours later at 6:08 p.m."

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/06/04/caitlin-clark-star-power-on-display-never-ending-line-autograph-session

"Washington started having the barber college set aside $1,000 in profits every month to make low-interest, small dollar loans to the community. That eventually grew into People Trust Community Loan Fund, a not-for-profit, federally-certified community development financial institution, or CDFI."

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/this-black-barber-opened-the-first-credit-union-in-arkansas-since-1996

This is the ninth annual #wearorange weekend. Anyone can join in!

“I’m not against the Second Amendment," he said, "but just with my conscience, I can’t sell it because, I don’t know who it’s going to affect and hurt.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-gun-shop-owner-shutters-store-mass-shootings-targeting-childre-rcna87116?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=647abaee137e400001d51d0c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

"The only way to stop young Black men from shooting each other and young white men from shooting up schools and stores and churches and everyplace else is to take away their guns. In fact, the only way to stop all gun crazy Americans from shooting people is to take away their guns."

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-heres-how-to-stop-black-gun-crime-and-white-gun-crime-too/article_14b5bb28-4bcb-55f6-986b-95e1072cd382.html

"Advocates took a stand against gun violence Friday at the Chester County Courthouse. Cease Fire PA wore orange as they held a rally to kick off Gun Violence Awareness Month."

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-hospital-forms-task-force-to-help-curb-gun-violence/

#wearorange weekend is coming up June 2 - 4. Please consider coming to an event near you. Go to wearorange.org for details.

"As I’ve documented recently, in the past year alone there have been at least eight gun massacres in public places in America committed by heavily armed shooters who used AR-15s and tactical gear, an escalating trend. The perpetrators have mostly been suicidal young adults, including three who were 18 years old. The latest one fatally shot three people and injured six others on May 15 in Farmington, New Mexico, where he screamed for police to kill him as they took him out in a gun battle. His was another textbook case of warning signs tragically missed or unheeded."

#massshooting #police #ar15

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/uvalde-robb-elementary-mass-shooting-anniversary-police-investigation-threat-assessment/

Please, instead of tweeting or tooting about this, watch and see if you agree or disagree with it.

"TOMORROW, in a one-night-only event, ABC will be airing two episodes of #1619Project docuseries. Ep1: Democracy, and Ep2: Justice. First we will show you how Black resistance democratized America, and then we will spend a full hour laying out why reparations are owed. Join us."

https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1663655379270500360?t=BjE7hu_1eQ_7sOO7QTDYMw&s=19

"only about 25-30% of registered voters cast ballots. And that low turnout occurred here in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans 7-1. By the way, as the Committee of Seventy’s policy officer told the Inquirer in a May 17 article, that’s “not great.”"

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-the-inexplicable-pride-and-arrogance-of-bob-brady-and-local-dem-leadership/article_302c391b-3408-5d40-bac3-324bcf6f82d3.html

"Though more than one million Black Americans served in WWII, their military uniforms couldn't protect them from systematic racism. Military segregation was maintained throughout the war, which meant separate barracks and recreation facilities, both at home and abroad."

#memorialday #blackhistory

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1134756262/-american-matthew-delmont-black-wwii

"In 1871, abolitionist Frederick Douglass feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War's impetus — slavery — when he gave a Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.

"We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod flung themselves between the nation and the nation's destroyers," Douglass said."

https://www.phillytrib.com/news/from-the-civil-war-to-todays-mattress-sales-memorial-day-is-full-of-contradiction/article_ae69b0b9-ae41-5350-b1f8-545309c781b0.html

https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-housing-cheaper-buy-rent/

https://www.thestreet.com/real-estate/experts-sound-dire-alarm-about-new-york

"I am huge on representation and for little black kids to see themselves on the big screen."

https://gofund.me/b406f774

"Black Americans unduly bear the burden of gun violence, largely due to systemic inequities and generations of racial discrimination.

On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, 6/2, we will #WearOrange to call attention to this crisis that disproportionately harms Black communities."

Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks

Bigger isn’t always better

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/04/20/rural-americans-are-importing-tiny-japanese-pickup-trucks

"But then comes the question I don’t know how to answer. “Ms. Taichman, what do we do if the guy gets through the door?”

Before I can respond, another child calls out, “Get on the floor and play dead.” He’s 8 years old, and he has already experienced gun violence firsthand."

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2305761