Tag: accountability

What Derek Chauvin’s Mother Might Have Said

Posted on June 26, 2021 by

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I wanted Derek Chauvin’s mother, Carolyn Pawlenty, to turn around, look straight at George Floyd’s family, and say she was sorry about what happened. But she didn’t do that. She showed up on the day her son was to be sentenced for the murder… Continue Reading “What Derek Chauvin’s Mother Might Have Said”

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Well-Armed

Posted on September 30, 2019 by

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I was taught to fall on my sword immediately. No stalling. No waiting around for an alternative truth to become available. An immediate, full falling on my sword was imperative if I had been caught in an episode of incompetence, conniving, or dirty dealing.… Continue Reading “Well-Armed”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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