Yes Alice, DeRay McKesson is going to be teaching at Yale, and now Jamal Bryant announces he’s running for congress. Bryant will be targeting the congressional seat currently occupied by Elijah Cummings, as Cummings is widely expected to run for the Senate.
Many people will remember Jamal Bryant from his involvement with the Freddie Gray protesting community. However, some might remember Bryant from his involvement with the fraudulent narrative surrounding Trayvon Martin fiasco. From his announcement:
(BALTIMORE CBS) […] “After prayer, soul searching and long deliberation, I am officially- -announcing my candidacy for Congress of the United States representing the 7th Congressional District,” he said in a statement. “After the Freddie Gray uprising, the proliferation of police brutality across this nation, the lack of jobs, widespread poverty and hopelessness throughout our urban areas, I decided that leading a successful congregation and building a great church is not enough. I want to contribute to public policy in Washington.”
Bryant says he’s running for Congress because “people who care can find solutions to even the most difficult problems.”
He says he never runs away from a challenge.
“I know from experience that there is no problem we can’t solve,” Bryant adds.
The leader of the Empowerment Temple AME church in Baltimore, Bryant has led protests in the city following Gray’s arrest and death and throughout the city’s unrest back in April. He has also participated in other marches and movements throughout the city including the 300 Men March.
“My intentions are to give a new voice to the issues that affect every day working men and working women by proposing new ideas. Unfortunately, many of the people I speak with every day want new leadership,” he said. “There is an anti-incumbent sentiment that suggests that our current leaders are ineffective. I want to shift that paradigm and offer a ray of hope and some concrete solutions to their dismay.” (read more)
Jamal Bryant marches with Jesse Jackson in 2012
Jamal Bryant with Paul Gardner (“attorney” for Donte Allen – passenger in transport van with Freddie Gray)
Our site libraries are filled with information about Jamal Bryant and his endeavors since 2012.