Nekima Levy-Armstrong indicts Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Public Schools

Last night on TPT Almanac, Nekima Levy-Armstrong indicted the Minneapolis Police Department, aka the MPD. Saying that it's a weak indictment is understatement. Specifically, she said "Think about the fact that, one year ago, the world took notice of a lot of the racial justice issues that were happening in Minnesota following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. Millions of people took to the streets. Many jurisdictions changed their laws on the books. So we've seen progressbut there's still a lot of work to do."

Notice that Levy-Armstrong indicted the entire MPD, not Derek Chauvin. Is that because Levy-Armstrong thinks that the entire PD is as racist as she thinks Chauvin is? Levy-Armstrong is a radical who sounds reasonable on TV. Last summer, for instance, Levy-Armstrong's Racial Justice Network threatened Minneapolis Police Union Chief Bob Kroll.

Levy Armstong was critical of Minneapolis police union leader Bob Kroll, and participated in protests calling for his resignation. A 100-person protest group led by Levy Armstrong's Racial Justice Network that gathered outside Kroll's home in Hugo, Minnesota on August 15, 2020, drew controversy. In addition to calling for Kroll's resignation, the group criticized Kroll's partner, WCCO television reporter Liz Collin, for having a conflict of interest in stories about police violence. Some protesters bashed piñata effigies of Kroll and Collins, which was condemned by local media members for being a symbolic display of violence against a woman journalist.

This is the video of Levy-Armstrong's interview:  

On the subject of education, Ms. Levy-Armstrong said this:

"However, there is still much work to be done to undo the systemic racism in the state of Minnesota and we have to look at the state of policing. We have to look at the system of mass incarceration. We have to look at disparities within the system of public education."

Ms. Levy-Armstrong isn't on the right path in terms of education. The problem isn't the disparities. The problem is the teachers unions. This pandemic highlighted the unions' priorities. Saying that it didn't cast the unions in a positive light is understatement.

The lockdowns showed that the unions' highest priority is protecting their clients. In terms of priorities, helping students isn't near the top of the list. It's time to push school choice.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tim Walz's Confederate Flag Fiasco

Image
After Minnesota's Democrats shoved the most controversial progressive legislation down Minnesotans' throats, gossip started popping up about Gov. Walz being interested in running for president . That's died off but Gov. Walz is still making headlines, this time for all the wrong reasons. First, Gov. Walz isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Still, Gov. Walz is fighting against Minnesota's history. This Alpha News article quotes David Hann, the chairman of Minnesota's Republican Party, as saying " The flag the DFL has eliminated was a version of the historic flag our regiments fought under during the Civil War. Minnesota was the first state to offer troops to the Union cause in 1861 , beginning a long tradition of leading the nation in confronting injustice. The DFL quest to erase our history is repugnant and should be rejected." Gov. Walz, though, sees things differently. He's quoted as saying "Minnesota is a diverse state, it continue
Read more

What is Kamala Harris afraid of?

Image
Apparently, Kamala Harris suddenly loves debating. Let me rephrase that. Harris loves debating as long as the moderators are partisan hacks. She wants nothing to do with a debate moderated by Fox's Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. She's afraid of Bret and Martha because a) they'll either fact-check both her and Trump or they won't fact-check either of them and b) Bret and Martha aren't afraid of asking follow-up questions. To a candidate whose answers are scripted and who isn't quick on her feet, the last thing you want is a follow-up question. Kamala fears follow-up questions like vampires hate wooden stakes, sunlight and holy water. Why has Kamala Harris avoided Fox News like the plague? The moderators/propagandists fact-checked Donald Trump aggressively but didn't fact-check Harris . Why didn't David Muir and Linsey Davis fact-check both candidates equally? Is it because Harris doesn't like fair fights? Perhaps she's just afraid of getting exp
Read more

Why is Joe Biden letting Hamas off the hook?

Image
It isn't disputable whether Joe Biden's administration is letting Hamas off the hook. That issue was settled months ago, when a spineless Joe Biden caved to activists interested in saving Hamas and thwarting the Israelis' attempt to defend themselves. Gerard Baker's op-ed highlights what's at stake for the U.S. if the terrorists are permitted to survive. In his op-ed, Baker wrote "If, under the pressure of internal Democratic politics and global public opinion, the Biden administration forces a 'cease-fire' that leaves our closest ally in the region short of victory over an enemy that seeks to destroy it, sooner or later we shall all pay the price." It's time to revisit George W. Bush's speech to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001. It's required that we remind ourselves of one of its most important paragraphs. In talking about who committed the atrocities of 9/11, President Bush identified al-Qa'ida as "a collectio
Read more