'I Spoke Up': A White Lawyer Confronts Another About Race and Juneteenth
Prominent New Haven attorney Norm Pattis has --- once again --- stirred controversy with comments on social media about Juneteenth and slavery.
June 17, 2020 at 04:58 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Connecticut Law Tribune
A famous quote from civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made Woodbury attorney Randolph Richardson II address controversial lawyer and social media blogger Norm Pattis on LinkedIn Tuesday.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends," the quote goes.
Pattis has been writing about the fallout of the May 25 killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, which sparked protests across the globe. His latest LinkedIn comments related to slavery and Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
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