Earl Ofari Hutchinson's Blog Posts Tagged 'king' (7)

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It was more than fitting that President Obama’s inauguration fell on the national day of celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was even more fitting that he took the oath of office on the bible that King used. More than any other resident of the White House, Obama understood that King is a big reason for his political success. Then Democratic presidential candidate Obama first publicly expressed deep gratitude to King and the…

Hutchinson Report Host Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Friday, January 18, on KTYM-1460 AM Radio at 9:00 AM PST, streamed globally on ktym.com and on blogtalkradio.com will conduct an exclusive interview with LAPD Chief Charley Beck on the LAPD’s celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. He will discuss the background and significance of the LAPD sponsored annual King breakfast. Beck will tell how the King Holiday and the LAPD’s efforts to support and celebrate…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

As President of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, social commentator, and longtime critic of many of the Los Angeles Police Department’s racial practices, the invitation I got three years ago was unprecedented. Then Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton called and asked me to be his special…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

For two fateful days at the end of April and the first day of May 1992, I ducked around police cordons, and barricades, cringed in fear at the cackle of police gunfire. I choked, and gagged on and was blinded by the thick, acrid smoke that at times blotted out the sun and gave an eerie…

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