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Police Brutality, Homicide and Gun Violence Survivors Need Sustained Media Coverage, Legal, Corporate and Political Accountability as they Continue the Fight for Justice  By:  George Addison “The notion of the ‘Black male predator’ is so historically rooted in the American consciousness that we have come to accept the brutalization and murder of citizens by the police as […]

Antwynette Houston Protest’s Kentucky Derby for 3rd Consecutive Year. BY:  George Addison “…19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.21But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it […]

Three Paths Three Families … (Part Three) By:  George Addison My message to you is please use my story, please use my tragedy, please use my broken heart to say to yourself, `We cannot let this happen to anybody else’s child. –Ms. Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin  Each year it’s not unusual to hear […]

Three Paths Three Families … (Part Two) By:  George Addison Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago. I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the Negroes in the South I said, `That’s their business, not mine.’ Now I know how wrong. I was. The murder of […]

Three Paths; Three Families … (Part One) By:  George Addison There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it, who feel that they have nothing to lose.  People who have a stake in their society protect […]

BY:  GEORGE ADDISON On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. Fifteen percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom they are working with. — […]

Assault by a Former Louisville Metro Policeman and Subsequent Treatment by the Justice System Does Little to Deter Her Fight for Justice. By:  George L. Addison “Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected. A miracle is nothing more than dormant justice from another time arriving to compensate those it has […]

HOUSTON BRAVES COLD TEMPERATURES, WIND AND RAIN TO SHARE HER MESSAGE WITH PATRONS ATTENDING THE 143RD RACE FOR THE ROSES. There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. Charles de Secondat BY:  GEORGE ADDISON The weather forecast for the May 5th […]

ANTWYNETTE HOUSTON – PROFILE OF THE MONTH PROFILE: ANTWYNETTE HOUSTON LOCATION:   LOUISVILLE, KY “JUSTICE FOR ANTWYNETTE”  Three years and counting and no resolution or reasonable proposal has found its way to this police brutality survivor.  Houston incurred life altering injuries at the hands of off duty LMPD officer, Scott Sturgeon, for parking crooked at a […]

HOUSTON’S STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE HINTS OF CONSPIRACY AND POLITICAL INTRIGUE BY:  GEORGE ADDISON   “The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, […]