The Blaqk Soap Box

18/03/2024

18/03/2024

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18/02/2024

Let's not scratch the surface, let's dig deep. Hate propaganda/fear appeal. A method that was used to dehumanize black men. What would be an effective counterattack, today?

16/01/2024

FEMINISM. A positive or negative for the black community?

08/01/2024

What's black culture, to you?

05/01/2024

Black Misandrist are free to roam in black spaces, with little to no pushback. I used to see black women stand up to them years ago. Now they avoid them or agree with them to avoid conflict. Black women, are you afraid of them? Did you feel like you couldn't beat them, so you joined them? Let's talk about it.

26/12/2023

Did you celebrate Christmas in its entirety, partially, or did you completely switch it up this year?

26/12/2023

What do you think is not being talked about enough, between black people?

12/07/2023

- Tired of history being rewritten? Write an autobiography about your life, & a memoir about the times. Use facts, then record your opinions.

- If they shadow-ban your account, you'll lose your photo albums. Get a physical photo album. Buy a printer & print all of your photos out. Get an external hard drive & fill it with as many videos as you can.

Put it all in one secured box/safe. Don't let these people control the narrative. 1000 years from now, your people will have the truth/evidence about you & the world you lived in.

16/02/2023

LAMAR JOHNSON RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER 28 YEARS

In October 1994, Johnson was convicted in the murder of Marcus Boyd, a man shot to death by two masked men, per AP’s report. A key witness, James Elking, said he was initially coerced by investigators to place Johnson at the scene of the crime, but later recanted his statement. The two suspects, James Howard and Phil Campbell, sent affidavits—while in prison for other offenses— confessing to the murder years later. Johnson also had an alibi: his girlfriend, who testified he wasn’t at the scene of the crime.

The conflicting credibility of the statements made it doubtful that Johnson pulled the trigger. In 2019, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner sought a new hearing based on the new evidence, but the state Supreme Court ruled she “lacked authority” to seek a new trial.

Her efforts resulted in a 2021 law allowing prosecutors to examine wrongful convictions upon new evidence, per St. Louis Public Radio. Johnson’s case was given another chance.

However, Missouri still lacked legislation to give financial compensation to exonerated individuals. Why? Something as simple as the absence of DNA testing.

Many states offer compensation for people whose criminal convictions are vacated. In Missouri, it’s very limited and Lamar Johnson will not qualify because the case did not hinge on DNA.

“In Missouri, that ability is really just non-existent. So, Missouri does not provide compensation for individuals who are wrongfully convicted unless they’re exonerated through a very specific procedure in which that person is requesting DNA testing and that DNA testing leads to evidence that proves their innocence,” explained Tricia Rojo Bushnell with the Midwest Innocence Project.

The Midwest Innocence Project has launched a GoFundMe to help Johnson after he was freed. It has already raised thousands of dollars.

In some cases, exonerees come back and sue the city. Often, however, those who don’t have the ability to hire a lawyer find themselves displaced upon their transition back into the world. The report says if Johnson’s case was handled in Kansas, a state that provides compensation, he would have been owed $1.82 million.

Millionaire or not, Johnson says he’s going to spend his new life fighting for others who were put in the same position.

“I hope I can be an inspiration and that they will continue to fight — truth finds a way. I think there’s a purpose in pain. To some degree, I have an obligation to try to help others and help them get through what they’re going through,” he said to St. Louis Public Radio.

Story by: Kalyn Womack
Photo by: Christian Gooden

15/12/2022

Imagine painting vivid pictures, with words, of a street & time that can never be seen again with the human eye. Pinpointing relatives, friends & acquaintances, that could later be connected to other's stories. Parallel stories, capturing a small piece of somebody else's story that was lost. Riddled with your own individual opinions/feelings, in a time never to return. Generations later, your descendants are reading about you. Reading the truth. Your truth. Their history.

Write an autobiography. 10 years from now, it'll be the most valuable possession in your family. An heirloom.

08/12/2022

"Everyone knows who is real & who is not."

17/09/2022

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08/08/2022

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06/07/2022

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