Jazz Shaw writes, “Every Southerner I know today abhors the idea of slavery and would immediately call the police if they found out about anyone keeping human beings as slaves.”

Hours after a Philadelphia resident complained over a Confederate flag sticker–visible on the motorcycle built for the legendary Geno’s Steaks founder–the sticker was removed.

I just watched the head of the NAACP say, “We condemn the use of (the N word) but we commend the President trying to have an honest and frank conversation about race.” Oh. I get it. ‪#‎igiveup‬

Quite a feat: smearing all Confederate memorials AND those who died in the Civil War in one brief column: Jason Lee Steorts: The Dishonorable Confederate Battle Flag

Hear family members forgive the shooter. That’s what Godly grace sounds like. ‪#‎hatewontwin

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Of course, that’s absolutely not true. It was removed from the top of the state house years ago and placed in a Confederate Soldiers memorial park on the grounds. Even the picture ABC used showed that. Do you think ABC doesn’t know – or care?

Two al-Qaeda-inspired gunmen massacred the staff at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, apparently not worried by firearm restrictions.

From the Washington Post: “I personally believe there are far too many guns out there, and access to guns, it’s far too easy. Our society has not been able to deal with that yet.”

From the NY Post: Networks battle for first interviews with escaped killers

Donald Trump announces White House bid as he joins crowded GOP field

Camille Rich is professor of law and sociology at USC Gould School of Law. She writes an opinion piece at CNN claiming Rachel Dolezal has a right to be black. Click here to read her column

From the NY Post: Chris Pratt deserves better than ‘Jurassic World’

You can read Rachel Dolezal’s resignation on the Spokane NAACP Facebook page. She writes, “Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP. And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.”

There’s a whole bunch of Republicans who would have appreciated getting that kind of the benefit of the doubt…

Rachel Dolezal is president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP and also chairs a city police oversight commission.

David French writes, “Last week, I expressed some exasperation with the idea that CNN was leading its website with unsubstantiated claims from a Muslim women that a United flight attendant had denied her an unopened can of Coke because she could potentially use the can as a weapon.”

One of the most unfortunate byproducts of the McKinney pool party aftermath is the lost opportunity for a constructive evaluation of police performance.