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[nowthisnews]

‘This is your time. Stand up and take your rightful place.’ — Martin Luther King III is calling on young people to take charge in the fight for justice, starting in their communities and at the ballot box

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[djbcadventures]

The grand opening for the NEW branch of the Martin Luther King Library opened its doors on October 18.  The keynote speech was given by Martin Luther King III, the son of the famed Civil Rights leader.  The new library at 1467 E. Long St. was built on the site of the former Eastside Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, which closed in 1969, when the old Martin Luther King Branch opened (Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. was at that ceremony) at 1600 E. Long St.   Dignitaries, including U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, Ohio State House Representatives Bernadine Kennedy Kent and Hearcel Craig, and Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin were among those giving remarks at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

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Mega March Dallas, Tx. #MLKlll #MLK3 and #FreddyHaynes #NGAN

[doculicious]

#MartinLutherKingIII means well but clearly does not understand how #policedepartments are funded.  Summer 2016 he proposed that the #departmentofjustice require police departments to get #deescalationtraining in order to receive #federalfunding.  Except that Mr. King doesn’t realize that police departments are funded locally and primarily with #municipalpropertytaxes.  Police departments get federal funding for extra things like #swatteams and #counterterrorism which is not the primary job of a local or state police officer.  Also Mr. King doesn’t understand that police officers intentionally escalate their interactions with #blackpeople in the #usa in order to set them up to be arrested or killed.