The North Star with Shaun King

The North Star with Shaun King

No, James Clyburn, We Cannot 'Compromise' with a System That Protects Killer Cops

House Majority Whip James Clyburn is willing to exclude ending qualified immunity from police reform bill to get something "good" over "perfect." Which is a poor compromise to say the least.

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Donney Rose
May 10, 2021
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Those who profess to favor freedom yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will… - Frederick Douglass, West In…

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