Over at HipHopdx.com, Andreas Hale as wrote a really interesting article about Obama, the Sean Bell Case, and what it means to you/him. The cops of the Sean Bell murder got off but Hale was basically pointing out the sentiment that many Black people have, and that is one of pessimism. WE know sheit don’t change and the Sean Bell case proves that (2 of the officers charged were black, btw). He basically is saying NO ONE CARES about the case and what happened. we shrugged it off. But i digress. Kevin Powell also chimed in. peep the excerpt:

Obama stammers a bit before being as vague as humanly possible in regards to how he feels when cops who shower an unarmed man with 50 bullets are acquitted of all charges. He basically sums it up to “taking precautionary measures to ensure these things don’t happen again,” followed by something to the effect that we must “respect that judgment and not react.” What the hell does that mean?

and also…

I don’t see the conviction in Obama when it comes to minority issues. Not that he doesn’t have those convictions but he has yet to (or simply cannot) speak to items in depth such as the prison industrial complex or the failed war on drugs. If you ask the average African American why they are voting for Obama, the answer is simple: because he is black. But ask him or her what he stands for and see what they say then.

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