On Feb. 9th 2017, 17-year old Quanice Hayes was shot and killed by Portland Police Officer Andrew Hearst. 

Just three days after the fatal shooting, Sergeant Gregg Lewis made the statement, "Well, let's just go out and kill all the black people." during roll call.

Lewis insisted it was all a joke. He attempted to defend himself by saying it was unfortunate that his comment about shooting black people "is being colored as a racial thing."

In today's episode of the Obsessively Outspoken podcast, we further delve into the Police Department cover-up, delayed termination, back pay, pension, and how the first black elected Portland City council woman, Jo Ann Hardesty made a difference.

We also discuss Virginia Democratic Governor, Ralph Northam and the latest Blackface scandal involving the governor dressing up as Michael Jackson for a contest in 1984. The question we posed is should Northam step down from his post or should he take this opportunity to confront and challenge his antiquated ideology on race?

We end today's episode with the Facetime bug that allows a person to eavesdrop on the other end of the call without the person being called picking up the phone.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Enjoy!