Sage Lewis – The Shadow

Category: Activism

  • SATM Podcast – Is it time for Chief Mylett to go?

    SATM Podcast – Is it time for Chief Mylett to go?

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    Episode 100 Based on these 4 items I believe we have enough information to determine that Chief Mylett is not the right person for the job of Akron Police Chief and should resign: Ethan Liming – downplaying the gun he used to attack those young Black men and demonizing the Black men. Jayland Walker –…

  • A Public Service Announcement From Your Neighborhood Dragon

    A Public Service Announcement From Your Neighborhood Dragon

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    September 29 is the day some people in the West celebrate Michaelmas. Basically, because it is near the autumnal equinox, the celebration is about being brave as darkness begins to envelope us. In Waldorf schools they often celebrate this with a story of villagers channeling the bravery of Michaelmas to fight the dragon. At the…

  • Tyrone Brown in Akron Ohio Is Incredibly Important

    Tyrone Brown in Akron Ohio Is Incredibly Important

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    The Tyrone Brown case might be even more important than the Jayland Walker case in Akron (Who was unarmed and was shot over 40 times by Akron police). There are some BIG claims on both sides. The police are saying they did nothing wrong. Rev. Ray Greene of Akron’s Freedom BLOC and Jayland Walker’s attorney,…

  • The Biggest Loser

    The Biggest Loser

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    I might be the biggest loser you have ever met. I lose at every turn for wanting to do something so basic and fundamental as giving shelter to people that desperately need shelter. One of my great friends and profound advisors, Jamie Johns, has made it very clear that what I am doing is “unwinnable.”…

  • Where Does He Get His Money?

    Where Does He Get His Money?

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    Apparently the Akron Police Department has been asking my homeless friends where I get my money. My friends thought it was a strange question to ask and so they let me know the police were asking. It’s strange because it sounds a little like an investigation. I mean, who in the government asks that question…

  • Hope in the Nightmare

    Hope in the Nightmare

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    There is so much going on in this Akron Beacon Journal article. The thoughts and feelings it stirs up in me are an overwhelming stew of mess and complication. Let me just vomit some thoughts on you: FIRST: you can’t read it unless you pay for it. If you can afford this paper BUY IT!…

  • Announcing MARKET MIDDLEBURY – Sundays noon – 3pm.

    Announcing MARKET MIDDLEBURY – Sundays noon – 3pm.

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    I just read an article about how Countryside Farmers Market is having a tough time financially: No more farmers markets? Countryside facing money woes It’s possible they may not be able to survive. I went to their market for the first time last week. It’s a beautiful thing. But apparently, it costs $250,000 a year…

  • We Are Asking the Ohio Supreme Court To Let Us Shelter Those Most In Need

    We Are Asking the Ohio Supreme Court To Let Us Shelter Those Most In Need

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    Here’s an article from our attorneys at Institute for Justice. We are trying to get the Ohio Supreme Court to hear our case to allow us to shelter people that have absolutely nowhere else to take shelter. I try not to talk much about lawsuits simply because I’m not a lawyer and it’s truly a…

  • I am a Democrat

    I am a Democrat

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    In America you are either a Republican or a Democrat. You could be a Tea Party Republican or a Socialist Democrat. But you are still either an R or a D. The number 1 biggest determination if you will win an election is if you have aligned with one of those 2 parties. I am…

  • “Stop in the name of the law.”

    “Stop in the name of the law.”

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    The city is furious with me (again). They want to have an emergency meeting with the magistrate because “Sage is putting tents back on his land.” I’m not doing shit. This is what Akron policies look like. They wanted me to get rid of all the tents on my land. So I did. Then people…

  • We are ready.

    We are ready.

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    I believe there is a reason that we are all waking up to the reality that all our systems are failures. Your church won’t take you in when you’re homeless. Your police won’t rush in to save you when you are being murdered. Your hospital won’t take away your pain when you’re suffering. Your judges…

  • I’ve Never Told Anyone This Before

    I’ve Never Told Anyone This Before

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    I’ve never admitted this to anyone other than my wife. But I carry a gun. Every time I go from the West side of Akron to the East side of Akron I put on my holster and my handgun. It’s an 8 round clip plus 1 in the chamber.  I have my conceal carry permit.…

  • My new June 2022 lawsuit

    My new June 2022 lawsuit

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    The city of Akron has just filed yet another lawsuit against me for sheltering homeless people. Our attorneys are so kind to me. Consoling me for this action. I didn’t expect anything different. In an America where unlimited children can be murdered in cold blood and NOTHING CHANGES why would I expect Dan Horrigan to…

  • Another mass shooting

    Another mass shooting

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    I’m just going to use these mass murderers as a time to remind you that this isn’t about guns (although I’d like to see some tightening of gun laws). It’s not even about mental health, which is my great interest of opportunity in America. America is a cauldron of centuries of unaddressed systemic rot. Of…

  • The next couple days

    The next couple days

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    In the next couple days, an article will come out in the Akron Beacon Journal about our tent village. This was inspired by our loss of another lawsuit pushing for my right to shelter a very small group of people for a very limited time in the most extreme cases. (I am never allowed to…

  • Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020

    Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020

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    I can tell you without a doubt, that there are more guns in the homeless community now than any other time I’ve done this work.   What’s interesting is that Covid had a very minimal effect on homeless people. In fact, it might have been a net positive because camp sweeps were way down during…

  • Jesus? Or The Inspector?

    Jesus? Or The Inspector?

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    The Inspector Is Taking Pictures Of Our Village right now. I guess my question is: WHEN IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE TO CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED? Immigrants? Asylum Seekers? Addicts? Homeless people? I mean was that story all us Christians learned about the Good Samaritan just a feel-good kid’s story? Was Jesus caring for lepers…

  • Dr. Anonymous

    Dr. Anonymous

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    In 1972, Dr. John Fryer (right) gave a speech in this mask stating that homosexuality was not a mental disorder. Dr. Fryer was a psychiatrist and gay. Admitting that he was gay would have admitted that he had a mental disorder and therefore would have lost his license. May 2 was the 50th anniversary of…

  • My position on eliminating the need for a concealed carry permit in Ohio

    My position on eliminating the need for a concealed carry permit in Ohio

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    I think I’m a fan of removing the requirement for needing a permit to carry a concealed gun that is coming to Ohio in June. It gives low income people access to this ability. They still have to pass the background check. THAT SAID, I believe a lot of people deeply misunderstand what “stand your…

  • Street Rules Reform

    Street Rules Reform

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    I like working on the street. I like the people. I like the excitement. I like being street smart. But this “no snitching ever” policy is beginning to infuriate me. When your boyfriend abducts you while holding 2 guns after repeatedly, severly beating you and then goes on to shoot another person in the head…