It's the end of the commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and I find myself reflecting on how much has changed. There is a Black man as the President of the United States. Integration is the norm. The blatant injustices that plagued this country have been narrowed down considerably.Yet, with all this progress, the fight wages on.
Last week, the LAPD shot and killed a young Black, unarmed man after a "scuffle". Reginald Doucet was gunned down in front of his residence wearing nothing but boxer shorts. The story is definitely incomplete, but rings full of tragedy and pain for the family of this young man.
Another high profile and sketchy crime involves the arrest and subsequent disappearance of Mitrice Richardson while in the custody of the Malibu
Sheriff's Department. This young lady was arrested over the non-payment of her restaurant bill and was transported to the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station. She was released late in the evening and the rest of the story is a closely guarded, sordid tale that resulted in the discovery of Ms. Richardson's remains miles away from the police station.
A North Carolina teenager, Phylicia Barnes, went missing on December 28th and there is little to no publicity regarding her story. She told her half-sister that she was going out for food and a haircut in the middle of the day and has not been seen since. No new information has been released within the last few days and Phylicia's picture has all but disappeared from the few news reports she was on initially.
Let's keep up the fight for equality and justice for all.
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