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Minnesotan here. If you’re not already aware, the opening statements in the trial against the cop that “allegedly” (plz, we all saw the videos) killed George Floyd started this past Monday.

Here are some news sources that are providing updates on the trial - where possible, I tried to provide links that update with the latest info as it comes out:

And some local stations:

Local Papers:

Local Radio Station that’s posting trial footage:

I also wanted to share some images from this USA Today article. While it’s important to keep up with the state of injustices, it’s also important to find good things where you can, like people standing with BLM and people demanding justice for George Floyd:

26-year-old Isaac Woodard had been in the Army for more than three years. He had served in the Pacific theater in a labor battalion as a longshoreman and was promoted to sergeant. He had earned a battle star for his Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal by unloading ships while under fire in New Guinea, and had also received the Good Conduct Medal and the Service medal as well as the World War II Victory Medal.

On the 12th of February, 1946, he was travelling back home to Winnsboro, North Carolina, and had been looking forward to reuniting with his wife. Unbeknownst to Isaac, he would never see his wife again. While on the bus, he asked the bus driver for a bathroom break just outside Aiken, South Carolina. The bus driver was rude for Isaac and later claimed that he had been drunk. When they stopped at Woodard, the bus driver called police. When they arrived, Isaac, who was still wearing his Army uniform, professed that he had done nothing wrong.

Isaac was beaten and arrested by police Sheriff Lynwood Shull. Back at the station, Sheriff Shull unleashed a brutal and prolonged attack on Isaac. Over the course of the night, he was beaten and jabbed in the eyes with a billy club, leaving Isaac fully blind. The following morning, Isaac was found guilty of drunk and disorderly conduct and fined fifty dollars. He requested medical assistance but it took two days for a doctor to finally be sent to him. In addition to being blind and severely beaten, Isaac was suffering from amnesia.

Isaac would end up at a hospital in Aiken and wouldn’t be found by his family for another three weeks. He was then taken to an Army hospital in Spartanburg where he regained his memory. Sadly, nothing could be done for his eyes.

The senseless attack would garner national attention and would be instrumental in President Harry Truman forming a Council on Civil Rights and integrate the military in 1948. He also ordered a federal investigation and overlooked the trial of Lynwood Shull. Ultimately, he would be acquitted by an all-white jury.

Isaac Woodard died in 1992 at the age of 73.

Say his name. Dave McAtee

-fae

Perseverance…  Uchi-mata!

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What a great Uchi-mata!

Uchi-mata

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