Samuel James 
Remember when Minneapolis blew up? George Floyd was murdered, we all watched it, and then Minneapolis blew up. And the world blew up for a moment, too. Just a moment, though. We thought that moment was long enough. A lot happened in that moment. People went out into the streets. BLM signs went in windows. …
Looking at Denver Deputy Daniel “Duke” Trujillo’s Facebook timeline, the first thing you notice is his cover photo. The photo is of Deputy James Herrera, another Denver officer who died on May 16. There are a lot of mourning posts on his timeline. There are memorial photos of officers killed in the line of duty …
The “benefit of the doubt” has always puzzled me. I can’t tell if it’s real. Is it a kindness we grant one another in absence of evidence? Or is it some kind of ceremonial gesture masking an obvious and opposing truth? Is it something we do out of generosity or cowardice? There is a clear …