Why Kill Black Men like me?

I have a range of emotions about the current events of today, but you all know I have to get my voice out. In all this commotion about Portland and the Black Lives Matter movement, I want to focus us back on an event that helps frame the context. On October 16, 1995, I filmed segments of the Million Man March in Washington DC. It was one of the most inspiring events in my 75-year life span on this earth. It was beautiful beyond my wildest expectation. And because of all the chaos experienced on the streets of Portland daily, I wanted to point out, in contrast, the beautiful assembly of over a million black men more than a decade ago. And to note that contrary to popular perceptions, black men are the most peaceful species on the planet. When are we going to acknowledge that?

Please anybody who attended that event please see my short Youtube video. Believe it or not, Joyce Harris was there, Anthony and Freddie Polk were there and many more including O.B. Hill and Baruti Artharee. Please if you want to see something uplifting and inspiring, exposing the real character of black men, view this short version of that event:

Youtube.com/watch?v=3xJSSYcTd9o.  Share it with your white friends who want to see who George Floyd is. And why it was not necessary to put a knee on his neck.

Hit me black and let me know what you think.

Weak Mayor brings Calamity to the Black Community

This action has clinched my decision not to vote for Ted Wheeler. “He can be bullied” and with his weak ass, he let Chief Resch be the sacrificial lamb for the stupid mistakes made by the police. He is the police commissioner and the buck stops with him. It is downright pitiful to watch him capitulate to JoAnn who is lending him her backbone.

With regards to the new Chief Lovell, who I don’t know, but I know he is being set up. Does anybody believe that he will not be undermined by all those senior officers he passed over to get the job? Resch just like Outlaw was not supported by this weak ass Mayor and no one can be successful in this job just because he is a nice guy. And God bless Herndon and Hopson but this is one time I wish they would stay in their lanes and do social work. It is mind-blowing to me that Larry Anderson, Kevin Modica, Vince Elmore, Harry Jackson, Derrick Foxworth were not at the podium talking about the intersection between police and the black community. And where are the young black leaders who forced everybody’s hand?

A SPOT LIGHT CHALLENGE for the local 2020 election

See how many of the local candidates currently seeking office or running for re-election have previously held public office for more than 8 years.

What was their actions and performance during those periods when black people faced obvious oppressive conditions?

What was their measurable efforts on the record to mitigate the devastating impacts?

What are they doing now?

Hold their records up against our misery and see as a black citizen if you still want to vote for them.  

Black folks let me be clear. If you for vote Earl Blumenauer or Sam Adams you are voting for a politician who have reigned over your demise and the co-polictians who endorse them are co-enablers. I am calling out JoAnn Hardesty who knows Earl ain’t done Sh*t and knows Sam Adams has played the black community like a fiddle. Mayor Wheeler who JoAnn endorsed, I thought was going to be different, but has very poor discernment about the black community and keeps aligning himself with dis-honest characters who are yes people for his agenda. He plays to our community’s greatest weakness and is always looking for “Yes People” to back his halfhearted attempts to address issues in our community.  He is weak like his predecessor Charlie “Weak Ass” Hales. Do yourself and our community a favor and don’t vote for any of these people. Vote for anybody else. Hit me up on my Blog .”BPAreport.com” if you want my recommendations for this election….