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I get that you’re south side Irish and this may be a hard concept to grasp but the police officers are the people who are escalating these situations. They’re the ones who are going to violence first. If the police were focused on protecting protestors, then a lot of the looting wouldn’t be happening. Yeah there’s opportunist using what’s going on to steal and incite violence but the police are doing nothing to stop that problem. I also think the people who have been shooting at the police are not members of the protest but opportunist, who are using the protest as a shield in order to loot and cause harm. I know there was violence on the south side last night where Latin Kings just brutalized every black person they came across and the police just stood by. I know in LA last night police officers blocked people’s ability to use their phones and take videos of what they were doing. Police officers have been breaking into the homes of people who have been shielding protestors and arresting people. The police are meant to protect and serve communities, to protect people’s constitutional rights. The police are not another branch of the military, the police have been violating people’s constitutional rights. Let’s not forget to mention the hundreds of years of police terrorizing black and brown people. I didn’t say abolish the police but they need to be defunded/have their spending drastically cut and demilitarized and those dollars should go back into the communities and the people in them. I was talking to a white friend of mine about change we wanted to see. I’ll ask you what I asked him, how much change do you expect to see in a nation that was built on white supremacy? There’s needs to be a complete overhaul of the country and the system. America was dying and it’s been dealt a death blow. What’s happening now is scary for a lot of people, hopefully the new country that comes out of this is better for everyone.

They have to defund the police and redistribute that money into the most economically devastated communities. I'm glad to see all these organizations in Minnesota end their contracts with the police department.

You won’t see this on TV:

An Info Wars crew burned down a homeless man's belongings in Austin last night. They've been spreading the video around social media platforms, saying that it is BLM members in an effort to demonize the protestors. Make sure you get the full story of what happens in any video before you come to any conclusion.

Some footage I shot of the protest last night that made it to CNN. The big one they used was of a cop car on fire. I was there protesting from 4pm to 2am. Everyone was peaceful until some of the police started getting aggressive and when people from outside the protest started to loot. It’s important to separate the looters from the people who were down there protesting peacefully. As a black person we’re expected to just swallow it every time an unarmed black person is killed, especially by the police. And everytime we do protest peacefully, we’re told we’re going too far and are vilified. People are fed up with being gunned down in the streets. People are fed up with police officers not being held accountable for their actions. If there are people out there who truly feel that the only way they can get their voices heard is by rioting, we have to ask ourselves what brought us to this point. I saw people looting grocery stores and pharmacies last night because they‘re hungry, because they don’t have access to health care and because they’re out of work/the government hasn’t provided for them since the pandemic started. The system has failed these people and it has to be addressed.

It’s a whole chain.

Northwest Neurology is where I go

You always take the BPA but I think the Sox biggest needs are (in no particular order) athletes, up the middle players (especially catchers), and starting pitching depth.

Soderstrom and Shuster would be a great haul.

Hoping for Meyers or Soderstrom. The Bailey pick wouldn’t upset me but I’d rather have Dingler

I might like Dillon Dingler better than Patrick Bailey.

Heard he’s been looked at in the first round proper for a team in the early 20’s.

I’m really hoping for Soderstrom because of the hit tool but if the Sox draft him, I hope they immediately have him in the OF or at 3B. Detmers has been my preference for a while as he can help the current core out and it also fits a need as the Sox need pitching depth. I also wouldn’t be mad at Bailey, who looks to have a really high floor.

Yeah that mock.

Has anyone heard anything about the Sox and Tyler Soderstrom?

Jim Callis is doing an AMA with us at r/MLBDraft today at 3

I’m actually shocked that Bruce Levine still has a job. He’s horrible. I don’t mind him being featured on the Score but I wish that Spiegel would replace him as the full time baseball guy.

My family lost our little Pomeranian Misty today. Had her for three years now. My older sister was taking the dogs out for a walk and a local dog, a mastiff who’s always loose and never on a leash, attacked her and the Pomeranians. She was able to save the boy but not Misty. Very much in shock. Here’s my favorite picture of her.

The arrangement is a travesty. The union needs to really consider amateur players and always keep them in mind. If they continue not to include them, the health of the game will be in grave danger.

I’m glad that local government here in Illinois is trying to be overtly cautious in regards to Covid-19. I read last night that Trump tried to buy exclusive right to a potential vaccine that’s being developed by German scientist. Exclusive as in it will be used for Americans only. He’s going to get us all killed.

Lots of good relievers are going to be on the market this winter.

In addition to Giles, I’ll be watch Brad Hand and Liam Hendricks. If the Indians are out of it, they could very well trade Hand and start their rebuild early at the deadline. News came out that the org and Lindor suspended contract talks. The A’s could sell off some rental guys if they fall behind early to Astros and Angels. And Keone Kela could be interesting but he’s not a closer.

You don’t think he’s a worth a pick in the top five rounds?

He’s the face of black baseball. I checked out him on the CC Sabathia podcast on the Undisputed and they were talking about “clubhouse culture”, we need to stop calling it that and calling it what it is. It’s a form of institutionalized, cultural racism, calling it what it is will only help solve the problem. And it’s good to see the White Sox position themselves as that team, the team who’s leading the battle against institutional racism in MLB. Looking at the team, they have a lot of dark skinned players, a lot of whom are from Latin America. So it’s good that they’re celebrating the African American presence and the Latin culture in their locker room.