The lynching of Jordan Neely speaks volumes about how people experiencing homelessness are viewed and treated in a failing economy in America. When a black man needs help, there is often no one there to back that person up.  As a former ride-share driver, I was harassed , and questioned for resting until the airport runs began at 4:00 am. A flashlight shined on my face while I was not committing any crime in a 24-hour parking lot. I was lying back in my car seat just taking a nap, but I understand some people attempt to rob people, but it is a catch twenty-two.   From a logical, legal perspective, there should be due process:     According to the constitution of the United States (2023),  you should not "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ; (para 1).  Nobody can be the executioner, judge, or jury. That is how it should be, but as many black people know, injustice occurs even with the law involved.    Th...

  COINTELPRO (short for Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and, at times, illegal projects conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations. The program was active from the 1950s to the 1970s and targeted many groups, including the Civil Rights Movement, the American Indian Movement, the feminist movement, and the anti-war movement. Created in 1956 to respond to the perceived threat of communism in the United States, it quickly expanded to target a wide range of political groups and activists. The FBI used various tactics to disrupt and discredit these groups, including wiretapping, infiltration, blackmail, and false imprisonment. One of the most well-known tactics used by COINTELPRO was "black propaganda," which involved using forged documents and false information to discredit and disrupt political organizations. The FBI also used infiltrators, known as ...