When Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Meade used deadly force against Casey Goodson, Jr., as he entered his home shortly after noon on December 4, 2020, Meade felt justified.

He told the first officer on the scene, Clinton Township Officer Terry Phillips, "He [Goodson] came out of his car, gun in his hand as he was going to the side door as I was pulling up.."

This week, during his murder trial, Meade amended his statement including new insight into his threat assesment. He testified, "I thought he was going to shoot me." He added, "An armed suspect like that, he could go into a home and take hostages, and barricade himself to ambush police officers.”

Thursday, February 15, 2024, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Join the Abortion Fund of Ohio for a virtual workshop on Abortion & Black Queer Liberation. We’ll discuss Black Abortion History, Queer approaches to Reproductive Justice, the state of Ohio abortion access, and hear from Black Abortion Storytellers on the future of Midwestern abortion advocacy. Expect to gain tools to help you speak out against abortion stigma and fight for Reproductive Justice in your community.  ASL and live captioning will be provided.  

More information and link for registration here. 

On February 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was in Washington on an official visit, aimed at working jointly with the United States to make “sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself”.

 If such a statement was made soon after the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation of October 7, one may cognize its logic, based on the well-known, inherent bias of both Washington and Berlin towards Israel. 

For its victims, war is . . . yes, hell. For the rest of us — the onlooking and supportive patriots — war is an abstraction embedded in ignorance, a.k.a., public relations, served up for public consumption.

At least that’s the way it’s supposed to be. The reality of war should never directly confront the official PR of those waging it. If it does, God help the war industry!