A proposed Vermont House resolution honoring “Juneteenth” also describes recent tweets by President Trump are “racist.” The House is likely to vote on the resolution tomorrow, June 19, the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was officially abolished in Texas.
The Black Lives Matter movement has taken hold in Vermont and has been successful in convincing many of us that Vermont is a hot-bed of racial prejudice and abuse of black people. This is simply not true.
The City Council is planning to vote Monday on whether the title of Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial officer should be changed to city administrator and finance director, respectively, according to the Star Tribune.
Windsor residents and House candidates have strong and differing views about the school board’s punishment of a local school principal for Facebook statements questioning Black Lives Matters. And now the controversy has gone national.
It’s malpractice for the media to portray this development as little more than a peaceful block party. If nature abhors a vacuum, the vacuum of anarchy is rarely replaced by liberty and justice for all.
The relic features Lincoln standing with his hand above an unshackled free black man with the inscription “a race set free.” To some, this is a tribute of Lincoln’s policies, but to others it’s derogatory.
Gov. Phil Scott is concerned about the constitutionality of the Ascutney School Board’s decision to put Windsor School principal Tiffany Riley on leave for questioning some Black Lives Matter tactics.
The Vermont Senate considered a bill for amending the selection process behind the board of trustees at the University of Vermont. One senator lambasted the new approach, calling into question why diversity should take precedence over merit to be on the board.
A New York Police Department lieutenant apologized to fellow officers for taking a knee with George Floyd protesters in Manhattan, and the president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police said Thursday he will not tolerate officers kneeling with George Floyd protesters.
“Most Americans are cordial to their neighbors. They work cross aisles, racially and ethically, on projects at work and other places. So we need to not buy into the narrative that we’re hearing from on high now … that America is systemically racist. This is not true.”
News of Floyd’s death prompted many to peacefully protest police brutality and violence, but spurred others to commit acts of looting, rioting and violence against police officers.
Two House candidates are weighing in on the nationwide race riots that started after George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, died of a heart attack when a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest.