William Edward Beavers V Says Black Lives Matter!

Tamir Rice photo courtesy of  The New York Times Breonna Taylor photo courtesy of  The New York Times Phillip Pannell photo courtesy of  NBC News Jimmie Lee Jackson photo courtesy of encyclopediaofalabama.org On December 29, 2020, I read on a friend's Facebook page that the officers who shot and killed Tamir Rice in 2014 won't face federal charges. Two weeks ago, I saw in a Good Morning America Instagram post that the officers who had roles in the shooting of Breonna Taylor were fired. Next, I read up about the shooting of Phillip Pannell, a 16 year-old African American who was killed by Teaneck police officer Gary Spath, and Spath was acquitted from charges of manslaughter. And today, I saw on Selma that civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot dead by an Alabama State Trooper on February 26, 1965. It's all wrong that these African Americans, younger and older, got shot and the law enforcement figures that killed them didn't get jailed for it, except for for...

The Black Lives Matter Fist. Photo courtesy of Amazon. The "Welcome to Teaneck" sign. Photo courtesy of fairtradecampaigns.org.  This afternoon, I went to a Black Lives Matter event across from the Richard Rodda Community Center. I came to honor some lives who were lost to police brutality against being black or the coronavirus. It was an honor to support those lives and the Teaneck community that Sunday afternoon. My mother, Valerie Johnson, Dean of Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Minister of Christian International Church, and longtime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Bergen County Alumnae Chapter, honored Pastor Phillip Riddick who died from the coronavirus. Pastor Phil was a good man, a loving husband, and a dedicated father to four children. It was rough losing him, but he's in a better place, and his family is very much loved. May he rest in peace. Mom also honored Teaneck resident Janice Preschel. Ms. Preschel founded the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Te...