He was beaten and arrested, and spent the next year and a half fighting felony charges while nursing injuries. “That would have put us in jail for 45 years if we lost the case,” he said. “It was a big dent in our football career.”Similarly, the activist Cat Brooks discovered her calling as a young woman after an arrest. Her white ex-husband beat her but Ms. Brooks, who is Black, ended up in jail. Because there’s, you know, there’s violence that needs to be addressed.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2020 11:00 UTC