by Vince Bushell, photo Lorraine Jacobs The placard on top of the drum reads: “F— THAT BRING ARE (sic) BABIES BACK!” I am not sure what Bernell Trammell meant. But he certainly was not shy about sharing his vision.Turns out I saw him with a Vote Trump homemade sign on the busy corner of Humboldt […]
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Policing Politics
by George Martin Have you seen Trump’s campaign tv ad that is intended to strike fear in your heart about ‘defunding’ the police?The tv ad states that, “You have reached the 911 police emergency number. If you called to report a rape, a murderer, a home invasion and all other crimes; due to ‘defunding’ of […]
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Riverwest Currents August 2020
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Neighbor Spotlight – Zahary Torres – August 2020
by Lee Gutowski Zashary Torres is a young Riverwesterwho has lived here since she was three.She turned 23 this July, when we satfor a “socially-distanced” interview in herback yard. “Yep! I’ve lived here for 20 years.I consider myself a hard core Riverwester,”she agreed as we started our chat.Zashary (who goes by “Zashy” or“Zash”) has boundless […]
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Change the World
by George Martin George Floyd’s daughter Gigi, 6, shouted “Daddy changed the world!” after her dad’s arrest-death. The country and the world saw George Floyd’s life squeezed out of him by a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. Since his death on May 25, 2020, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement mobilized over seven […]