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Rob Rogers is the award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His cartoons have been vexing and entertaining readers in Pittsburgh since 1984. Syndicated by United Feature Syndicate, Rogers’ work also appears in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and Newsweek, among others.
Rogers has also been the curator of three national cartoon exhibitions, Too Hot to Handle: Creating Controversy through Political Cartoons (2003) and Drawn To The Summit: A G-20 Exhibition Of Political Cartoons (2009), both at The Andy Warhol Museum, and Bush Leaguers: Cartoonists Take on the White House (2007) at the American University Museum. Rogers is an active member (and past president) of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. His work received the 2000 Thomas Nast Award from the Overseas Press Club, the 1995 National Headliner Award, and numerous Golden Quills. In 1999 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
In 2009, Rogers celebrated 25 years as a Pittsburgh editorial cartoonist with the release of his book, No Cartoon Left Behind: The Best of Rob Rogers, published by Carnegie Mellon University Press.
He is currently serving as board president of the ToonSeum, a cartoon museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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ConserveGov said, over 1 year ago
Once again Robbie plays to the simpletons.
How about “Hey young black kids, don’t call people crackers, don’t punch somebody in the face because you think he’s creepy and then don’t follow it up by smashing his head against the sidewalk”. That would be more helpful.
Oh ya, “And don’t riot in the streets destroying people’s property and sucker punching them because you think it’s fun”.
Peabody-Martini said, over 1 year ago
@Billy Sargent
TM wasn’t trespassing. But you think he needed to die because someone else in the neighborhood thought he did. Also the tall tail you just repeated was parts of stories 3 and 4 that Zimmerman said. Like him you seem to have trouble keeping those lies straight.
Respectful Troll said, over 1 year ago
Before we go to far, this story from Fox should be read by Conservatives. I used Fox so conservatives will believe it.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/19/woman-gets-20-years-for-firing-warning-shot/
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As a white male who spent A LOT of time in 1960’s Mississippi, I understand and appreciate this cartoon.
Back then, warnings to black youth included –
“Don’t look a white person in the eye and don’t glare or look angry at them.” “Don’t argue if they accuse you of something, just apologize and try to get away when you can.”
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I’ve seen black MEN slapped by white children and there was nothing they could do about it without fear of reprisal.
While the world is much improved since then, it is still far from the point it needs to reach.
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ConserveGov – if you were being followed home by a man in a car what would you do? If you were near to your home, would you lead the man to your door? Trayvon should have called 911 himself. He could have also returned to the store where he bought his skittles and asked them to call the police. He didn’t think of that, and after being ADVISED by the 911 operator that they "Didn’t need him(Zimmerman) to do that(follow Martin), he got out of his car to talk to Martin. Had he OBSERVED and REPORTED the way neighborhood watches are supposed to, Martin would not be dead and wouldn’t have had anyone to call a cracker. Had he not gotten out of his car and confronted Martin, Martin would not have felt he needed to protect himself from a person that was behaving like a predator.
Had Martin just run into his father’s house to escape the ‘predator’, Martin would not be dead.
Martin wasn’t an adult, Zimmerman was. But no adult decisions were made in this instance.
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When a black woman with no previous police record “Stands Her Ground” against an abusive husband and shoots a WALL gets 20 years, while a man who pursued and confronted another ‘man’ gets off after killing him, it is hard to think this law is being applied in an objective or civil manner.
Respectfully,
C.
Ken M
said, over 1 year ago
@Respectful Troll
So, you’re conservative source material is about experiences from over four decades ago? When was the last time you witnessed or heard about whites rioting because something didn’t go their way? It’d time for the conjecture and nonsense to end and for people to have discussions rooted in current reality.
Ken M
said, over 1 year ago
Rob, Rob, Rob… You forgot to advise the young black child to be wary of crazy crackers and the thugs in his own neighborhood. You also forgot to tell the young white child to try not and let his KKK Youth Hoodie get dirty while out playing in his gated community with all of the other haters and racists. Let it go, reality is waiting right outside your rose-colored studio.
rossevrymn said, over 1 year ago
Lame, as usual
Respectful Troll said, over 1 year ago
@Ken M
It is easy for those who do not have to deal with a problem to criticize the ones who do.
It’s not a civil thing to do, and it shows a lack of respect or understanding, but it is easy.
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Why is a woman who has never been arrested and was standing her ground against a husband who was violating his restraining order going to jail for 20 years?
As far as whites rioting, integration and busing caused riots from the late 50’s through the early 80’s. In 79, whites in San Francisco rioted to protest the death of Harvey Milk and the Mayor. During the first decade of the 2000s, there were numerous whites rioting in protest of international gatherings. I assume you just mean rioting in America or I can add more.
You are looking at the world through a very narrow tube, Mr. M. You seem to lack empathy for those you do not understand.
Sadly,
C.
Kit Walker
said, over 1 year ago
@Nantucket19
Exactly. And don’t forget lynch mobs, which were once so popular and acceptable among white communities that attendees would smilingly, proudly pose with their friends for photographers while a black man or woman hung at the end of a rope.
Harleyquinn
said, over 1 year ago
@Respectful Troll
The warning shot women went back to her car and shot into a house with children in it. the laws she was convicted under was a gun haters dream law, 10 years a bullet that was fired with no regard.
So what was your point again?
Harleyquinn
said, over 1 year ago
@Respectful Troll
Why is a woman who has never been arrested and was standing her ground against a husband who was violating his restraining order going to jail for 20 years?"
Becuase she did not stand her ground, she was the one that retrieved the gun and went back for more. Her life was not in danger at that point in time. She also discharged her weapon in a house without aim, a house that had two children in it.
Harleyquinn
said, over 1 year ago
This one is close that it almost hits the mark. More like Hey when you are coming back from the store with your “lead” ingredients, and you are coming down from a pot high, don’t be so paranoid that you think a crazy ass cracker is following you. You may be 5’11160lb of teenage muscle and hormone but you are still an idiot gangster wannabe.And If you jump a guy you might want to make sure he is unarmed. he is still allowed to defend himself while you are over him telling him he will die tonight.
just a thought.
Also might want to tell the kid that if he is going to smoke weed he might want to clean out his backpack of the stolen jewelry and burglary tools. So when the school checks your back pack for being stupid, they do not find things like that.
Robert Landers said, over 1 year ago
Good Grief, but I am becoming more and more tired of this story, one way or the other. Yes, it is actually tragic from both sides, but it is certainly not worth rioting over, and may not even be worth all of the nasty posts we see on this site either. Even Rodney King (who did not turn out so well after all) had it correct when he said “Can’t we all just get along!”
So let us all just try to get along, and then move along while we are at it!
I Play One On TV said, over 1 year ago
Anytime one fires a gun where others are present, there is a chance for a bystander to get hurt. The fact that this woman was charged with something is not a surprise. However, it does seem strange that when a man who claims to be protecting himself shoots someone dead he faces no jail time, yet when a woman claiming self-defense shoots and no one is hurt she receives 20 years. Just seems that justice is a little uneven.
Speaking of which, what happened about that 4-year-old in Kentucky who shot his little sister dead with his new gun? Any repercussions with the parents who didn’t properly ensure that the gun was safely stored? I haven’t heard word one. Did we just say, “Tsk, tsk” and call it an unfortunate accident?
Maybe all this makes perfect sense to a lawyer. Of course, being able to bill hundreds of hours in a single day makes sense to one, too…..
ossiningaling said, over 1 year ago
@onguard
Which is an economic issue. It doesn’t help if anyone can hunt them down without just cause.
Zipi said, over 1 year ago
There might be a grain of truth in this cartoon if young black males actually had PARENTS.