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The Next Crime I write pt.II: The YSL case
Young Thug, Gunna and 28 other members of YSL are facing RICO charges and football numbers based on rap lyrics? Haven’t we heard this song before? How can justice be served if all you have as evidence are beats and rhymes?
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911 IS STILL A JOKE
The massacre in Uvalde, Texas was difficult for every American to digest. I’m a father of elementary school aged children, and it pained me to know that the place that I send them to spend most of their day could be vulnerable to those who want to do them and their classmates harm.