Do we call this Peak Negro? If not, it’s hard to come up with something topping this one. 
Seriously. [George Floyd statue unveiled outside City Hall in Newark, ABC7NY.com, June 17, 2021]:
The city of Newark is paying tribute to George Floyd with a new statue in front of City Hall.
Mayor Ras Baraka, actor and filmmaker Leon Pickney and artist Stanley Watts unveiled the 700-pound bronze statue on Wednesday afternoon.
The statue was commissioned by Pickney, sculpted by Watts, and donated this week to the City of Newark
Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer last year fueled a global movement for racial justice.
“Hopefully when people walk by and they see it, and they participate, hopefully it inspires them to become active in the struggles that are happening right here in Newark and right here in New Jersey,” Baraka said.
The statue will remain outside City Hall for at least one year.
The ceremony also honored Juneteenth.Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans of the Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom.
What does freedom look like in Newark in 202 1, one of America’s most dangerous cities? [122 young men were murdered in Newark in a 5-year period. The latest numbers are troubling., NJ.com, March 28, 2019]:
Crime in Newark may be declining but the city’s youth remain disproportionately exposed to violence. It’s claimed the lives of far too many young black men.
In a five year span, there were 122 young male homicide victims between the ages of 15 to 24, according to sobering findings from the Advocates for Children of New Jersey. The Newark Kids Count report, released Thursday, shows homicide is the leading cause of injury-related deaths for the city’s young men, accounting for about 75 percent of those fatalities.
The 122 youth homicides included 111 black boys and men, 10 Hispanic young men and one who was mixed race.
Statewide, the leading cause of injury-related deaths are unintentional (54 percent) compared to homicides (27 percent).
“From these conversations, we know that the experiences of young men in Newark are diverse and complex. There are no easy solutions, but it is clear that we are listening and engagement is key,” said Khaatim Sherrer El, Managing Director for My Brother’s Keeper Newark.
“We must provide opportunities where we see young men of color as a part of the solution, filled with untapped potential.”
Crime in Newark may be declining but the city’s youth remain disproportionately exposed to violence. It’s claimed the lives of far too many young black men.
In a five year span, there were 122 young male homicide victims between the ages of 15 to 24, according to sobering findings from the Advocates for Children of New Jersey. The Newark Kids Count report, released Thursday, shows homicide is the leading cause of injury-related deaths for the city’s young men, accounting for about 75 percent of those fatalities.
Baraka launched a series of men’s meetings to encourage networking and employment and educational activities. The city was also one of the first to embrace My Brother’s Keeper, an Obama-era initiative to help close the social and economic gaps faced by African-American and Latino boys and young men.
A statue of George Floyd, a career black criminal who died of a fentanyl overdose while resisting arrest, seems a fitting reminder we live in Black-Run America (BRA). For reference, this is the man the black politically dominated city of Newark is honoring:
Between 1997 and 2005, Floyd was arrested several times on drug and theft charges, spending months in jail. Around that time, Wayne’s mother, Sheila Masters, recalled running into Floyd in the street and learning he was homeless.
“He’s so tall he’d pat me on my head … and say, ‘Mama you know it’s going to be all right,’” Masters said.
In August 2007, Floyd was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Investigators said he and five other men barged into a woman’s apartment, and Floyd pushed a pistol into her abdomen before searching for items to steal. Floyd pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced to five years in prison. By the time he was paroled, in January 2013, he was nearing 40.
A long look at the complicated life of George Floyd, Chicago Tribune, June 11, 2020
A statue of black criminal who put a gun into the belly of a pregnant woman?
If this isn’t Peak Negro, hard to tell what will be…
Black-Run America, indeed.
When you lose a war, statues of your heroes come down and your past is rewritten (1619 Project, Critical Race Theory) to forever shame those who live as slaves to the mandated celebration of all things black and the perpetual castigation of whiteness in all its forms.
