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January 2026

January 27, 2026

Death by State: ICE, Police Brutality and Executions

Death by State In January 2026, Minneapolis once more became a killing ground. Federal immigration...

July 2024

July 23, 2024

Sean Grayson Deserves Death, Grace Will Be More Painful.

Officer Sean Grayson Deserves Death, Grace Will Be More Painful. Fucked up....

February 2022

February 14, 2022

The Moral Bankruptcy of a Violent State…Protesting Prison Expansion & Documenting Police Beatings at the Arkansas State Capitol (INCLUDING VIDEO).

The Moral Bankruptcy of a Violent State…Protesting Prison Expansion& Documenting a Police Beating at the...

December 2021

December 02, 2021

On the Assassination of White Folk: The Case of Richard Lee Richards

On the Assassination of White Folk: The Case of Richard Lee Richards Picture this....

April 2021

April 20, 2021

Pray for Derek Chauvin

For years, I've given my body to the struggle against police brutality. On multiple...

October 2020

October 06, 2020

PSA: Friends don’t let friends befriend the police.

Based on his many friendships with police, it's not hard to imagine that...

September 2020

September 15, 2020

Perpetrator Shooting. Deputies Dying. Activists Cheering. : Where is God?

Perpetrator Shooting. Deputies Dying. Activists Cheering. : Where is God? * This post...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

George Floyd’s Final 300 Seconds/Prayers

George Floyd's Final 300 Prayers/Seconds * There is a difference between “I can’t breathe” and...

May 07, 2019

Nacogdoches, Texas Pool Brutality / Cop Assaults Young Black Woman

On April 10th, Nacogdoches, Texas Police Officer Josh Anders assaulted multiple women in a parking...

January 2019

January 13, 2019

The South Dallas Gospel: God Cut Loose

Incarnation is about God's presence. Throughout time and space, God is present in...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

EJ Bradford: Martyr of Hoover, Alabama / Home of Racists

Did they know they'd hired a racist? It's possible. Maybe they didn't know how...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Existence as Threat

"Hell yeah!" The kids were pumped up. The park is a sacred space for...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

The Offense of a Backyard Flag

"Thou shall have no other Gods but me..." One of the earliest teachings of...

May 01, 2018

Henry County, Georgia : White Dreams and Black Nightmares

Every blow looks like all the rest. A black person being brutalized by white cops....

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Firefighter Brutality: The Traffic Stop

Did you know that there are all sorts of hidden officials who can...

September 2017

September 23, 2017

The Color of Brutality: Theology From Huntington Beach

"Get down!" Those were the last words that a transient man heard outside...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

Blue Salvation: Redemption from Blue Supremacy

I was just a child. When people started to celebrate my Dad, it took...

July 22, 2017

The Roman Road: Salvation from Blue Supremacy

There is salvation from Blue Supremacy. Follow the Roman Road. Romans 3:23...

July 20, 2017

God is Not Blue: On the Churches of Blue Supremacy

Since last year, I've repeatedly seen churches hold praise/gratitude services for local law enforcement....

July 18, 2017

The Nature of Blue Supremacy

For the past year, I've seen this flag. Each time, I am reminded that...

July 18, 2017

When a White Woman Dies: On Blue Supremacy

Repeatedly, I've stood in front of cameras and audiences to loudly declare to white...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

His Name is Francisco Serna

On Monday night, a 73-year-old grandfather suffering from dementia named Francisco Serna made a lethal...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Forgive Us Marksville: #JeremyMardis

Dear Marksville. Though my activism has taken me to many places, I've never...

September 23, 2016

Words for Dallas’ ‘Enough is Enough’ Rally

*I'm thankful that my brother Robert Morris read these words at the Dallas rally. ...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

When a Black Cop Kills an Unarmed Child

Here in Texas, justice is swift and injustice is too. When violence happens, one...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Jesus: “Fuck tha Police”

While on routine patrol of Brooklyn, New York's Pink Houses with his gun drawn...

January 13, 2016

Dallas Celebrates the White Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Growing up in Atlanta, I was well aware from an early age that the...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

Outside the Inn with the Shitty God

*sermon delivered on 12/20/15 at The Beloved Community in Asheville, North Carolina The...

December 13, 2015

The Southern Progressive Sunday School Class

These are words overheard this morning... We got to do something about climate...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

The Homophobia of Sandra Bland

Words have consequences. We have all spoken words that we wished we hadn't. However, our...