“Folks, I know what a ‘Black job’ is: it’s the vice president of the United States. I know what a ‘Black job’ is: the first Black president in American history, Barack Obama”: Joe Biden, on fire this afternoon, addressing the NAACP convention in Las Vegas.
“The memories of that night being pressed to the ground, with officers swearing at me and a gun pointed at my head, will remain with me forever. But I know that unlike other Black men who have been stopped and manhandled by police, I got to go home. For me, this lawsuit has always been about holding the officers accountable for their actions that night. I believe I have accomplished that goal. As a result, I am happy to dismiss the suit and move forward.”
Philip Kennicott, writing in The Washington Post about Trumpism as “a chronic condition of American public life,” “a lifestyle disease rooted in sedentary thinking.”
