On this episode: This is an informed barbershop conversation about becoming a #hashtag.

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#EndangeredSpeciesUnapologetically

Show Notes

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Intro

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Welcome to

Endangered Species Unapologetically

Why the name?

Think about this as the slightly more informed South Side of Chicago barbershop

Eshu - Orisha! Trickster God ~ Tha Gatekeeper ~ Yoruba

Who am I?

#mrdevonmorris

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Main Topic

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Is it a few Bad Apples or a systemic problem with the entire orchard?

• Andy Lopez walking through a vacant lot carrying a airsoft gun
  • 13yo Prince in Santa Rosa, CA

• Eric Garner had just broken up a fight - selling a few loosy
  • 43-44yo King in Staten Island, NY

• Mike Brown was unarmed. Some say he assaulted a police officer and reached for the officer's handgun.
  • 18yo Prince, in Ferguson, Missouri

• Ezell Ford was detained for walking in his neighborhood. Mental Health Issues
  • 25yo Prince in South L.A

• Michelle Cusseaux was changing the lock on her home's door when police arrived to take her to a mental health facility. Understand her family and mental health workers called for police assistance
  • 50yo Queen in Phoenix, AZ

• Tanisha Anderson was having a bad mental health episode, and her brother called 911
  • 37yo Queen in Cleveland, OH

• Tamir Rice was playing in a park with fake gun
  • 12yo Prince in Cleveland, OH

• Natasha McKenna was having a schizophrenic episode when she was tazed
  • 37yo Queen in Fairfax, Va

• Sandra Bland stop for a pretextual traffic stop
  • 28yo Waller County, Texas

• Walter Scott was going to an auto-parts store.
  • 55yo King in North Charleston, SC

• Bettie Jones answered the door to let Chicago police officers in to help her upstairs neighbor, who had called 911 to resolve a domestic dispute.

• • 55yo Queen in Chicago, IL

• Philando Castile was driving home from dinner with his girlfriend.
  • 32yo King in Minneapolis, MN

• Botham Jean was eating ice cream in his living room
  • 26yo King in Dallas, TX

• Atatiana Jefferson was babysitting her nephew at home

• 28yo Queen in Fort Worth, TX

• 38yo King in Richmond, VA

• 32yo Queen in Oxford, Mississippi

• Breonna Taylor was also asleep in her bed. No Knock Warrant
  • 26yo Queen in Louisville, KY

• George Floyd was at the grocery store.
  • 46yo King in Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Daniel Prude was naked, face covered and restained. Mental Health Issues
  • 43yo King in Rochester, NY

• Jason Blake at a party with family, probably had some communication issues
  • 29yo King in Kenosha, WI

I don’t want to be a #hashtag

But I rather be a #hashtag than whitewashed or forgotten by history.

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Outro

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#Thank you