Statement from Becca Good, the widow of Renee Good:
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/becca-good-partner-renee-good-releases-new-statement/

Becca Good's statement reads in full:

Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other. For that, I want to say thank you. Thank you to this incredible community for showing up again and again — organizing food and rides, making sure our kids get to school, checking in on neighbors, and standing together in the cold. I am so proud to call Minneapolis my home.

Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last. You know my wife's name and you know Alex's name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don't know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don't look like mine. They are neighbors, friends, coworkers, classmates. And we must also know their names. Because this shouldn't happen to anyone.

Renee always showed up — as a volunteer, a teacher, a mom, a friend — always helping out, making things a little better for others. Seeing the world now celebrate the parts of her that I've always known — the kindness, the humor, the warmth — reminds me of her spirit. Renee and I believed that if we lived every day in the world as we wanted it to be, we could build toward making that world a reality. So I am doing that every day — and every night, as I kiss my son at bedtime and tell him things are going to get better.

Renee and I chose kindness. We believed that every life deserves the same care, treatment, and dignity, no matter who they are or what they look like. That shouldn't be radical. If it is, then I want Renee and our family to be known for how we practiced radical kindness every day.

5 hours ago, marceline said:

54 percent of Latino men voted to do this to their friends, families, and community.

It's time for them to get what they chose. This is a community at war with itself and Dems should leave them to their own devices.

ICAM. I, for one, am not in the business of saving folks from themselves. Not anymore.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) to ICE Acting Dir. Todd Lyons: "People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist…If you don't want to be called a fascist regime or secret police, then stop acting like one."

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ): "Mr. Lyons, do you consider yourself a religious man?

ICE Acting Director Lyons: "Yes, ma'am".

Rep. McIver: How do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"

Lyons: "I’m not going to entertain that question."

Rep. McIver: "Oh, okay. Of course not. Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by janea4old

Delia Ramirez of Illiniois is amazing:

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by janea4old

This is stupid. Just close the "Department of Homeland Security" agency entirely. It was one of the worst results created from the aftermath of 9/11.

Return the U.S. Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation where it was before 9/11.

TSA (airport checks) was created after 9/11. Fold it into Dept. of Transportation.

Restore FEMA to being a separate agency, and/or have it coordinate with National Weather Service for weather emergencies and Health&Human Services for pandemic and chemical attack issues. Coordiate with Housing & Urban Development for city emergencies and USDA for rural emergencies.

Dismantle CBP (Customs and Border Control).
Restore the "Customs" division to the Dept. of the Treasury.

Abolish ICE.

Re-establish the * original * Immigration and Naturalization Service with a sole purpose of welcoming and helping immigrants.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by janea4old

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-expansion-across-us-at-heres-where-its-going-next/

Ring doorbell cameras claim they can help you find your lost dog, but they are being used to scan movements of people, facial recog, license plates, and other data for ICE.

5 hours ago, janea4old said:

5 hours ago, janea4old said:

Just close the "Department of Homeland Security" agency entirely. It was one of the worst results created from the aftermath of 9/11.

I agree.

9/11 and its' aftermath sowed the seeds of chaos, confusion and division that have held this country in their grips ever since. In every sense, the terrorists have won.