Author: Cindy Grosz

COLUMBUS, OHIO, UNITED STATES - 2021/07/31: Supporters of Casey Goodson Jr. hold a # Black Lives Matter placard detailed in sparkling gold letters, during the march and rally. Friends and family of Casey Goodson Jr. were joined by Black Lives Matter activists outside of the Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse for a march and rally to indict former Sheriff Deputy Jason Meade, who shot and killed Casey Goodson Jr. in December of 2020. This rally fell on the birthday of Tamala Payne, the mother of Casey Goodson Jr., and featured prayers from local pastors, a word from family attorney Sean Walton, words from Payne and a brief reflection on Goodson Jr.s character from his younger brother Bredlen Harper Jr. before marching through downtown. (Photo by Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

PONTIAC, MI - In this undated handout photo provided by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Ethan Crumbley poses for a mug shot in Pontiac, Michigan. Crumbley is accused of fatally shooting four students at Oxford High School on November 30, 2021 in Oxford, Michigan. (Photo by Oakland County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)

Signs are seen on a bench during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. - "Are you ready to take back our schools?" Republican activist Patti Menders shouted at a rally opposing anti-racism teaching that critics like her say trains white children to see themselves as "oppressors." "Yes!", answered in unison the hundreds of demonstrators gathered this weekend near Washington to fight against "critical race theory," the latest battleground of America's ongoing culture wars. The term "critical race theory" defines a strand of thought that appeared in American law schools in the late 1970s and which looks at racism as a system, enabled by laws and institutions, rather than at the level of individual prejudices. But critics use it as a catch-all phrase that attacks teachers' efforts to confront dark episodes in American history, including slavery and segregation, as well as to tackle racist stereotypes. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - April 15: Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., speaks during a news conference outside the Supreme Court with other Democratic members to announce legislation to expand the number of seats of Supreme Court judges in Washington on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)