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This article appeared in the April 10, 2018 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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Monitor Daily Intro for April 10, 2018

David Clark Scott
Cover Story Editor

In a moment, we鈥檒l get to the FBI raid on offices of President Trump鈥檚 lawyer. But first, a portrait of grace.

Three weeks ago, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Ron Wade was the lone black cop standing in the blue line confronting a crowd protesting the Sacramento police shooting of Stephon Clark.

The protesters focused their verbal abuse on the CHP officer. 鈥淯ncle Tom鈥 they screamed in his face. And worse.

Wade was outwardly stoic. His police training helped. But inwardly, he later , he was, like the protesters, angry, frustrated, and hurt.

Then he remembered: 鈥淲ords are just words.鈥 That鈥檚 what his dad told him as a kid, when Wade was called racial slurs and got into fights at school.

As the media left and the crowd thinned, Wade swallowed the hurt and quietly spoke to a young man who said he was a relative of Mr. Clark. Wade asked him to call him to talk, to really talk. 鈥淧eople are standing in front of you crying and they are really upset,鈥 Wade told the Bee. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 demean it and you can鈥檛 question it. You have to be compassionate.鈥

Later, Wade called his dad to thank him for his wisdom. 鈥淚t allowed me to stand there and to be receptive,鈥 said Wade. 鈥淭o hear what they had to say.鈥

Now to our five selected stories, including the drive for integrity in government in Brazil, the push for equitable pay in Britain and the US, and Britain鈥檚 Labour Party coming to terms with anti-Semitic bias.


This article appeared in the April 10, 2018 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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