At one point he mentioned an event re Colin Powell, in NYC, asking directions for some place:
"Two blocks down, turn L. one block" ... "Thanks" he sys and starts running...
(Unclear if any of this is apocryphal, as I missed opening sentence.)

Gregory relates his conversation with the guy who reported the event, presumably just after CP had set off -->

Gregory: "Wait, you said RUNNING? ... NO! stop him!!"
Door-man(?): whatchu mean, Bro? (or.. like that)

Gregory: MAN!! the Cops gonna see A-Nigger-Runnin; odds pretty good he be a dead-Nigger
(It won't occur that He Be a dead-Colin-Powell, until after..)

Point: this story is from 2002; it ain't as. if. the black Death-by-Cop were some kinda New phenom ..just 'cause we gots Blogs and stuff
which focus on the apparently ^{^ascending-rate^} of their doin what they always Used to Do/just hardly-reported.. not-many == not-Enough? Marches.. etc.

Gregory. Knew just what Humor IS FOR (sometimes the Only effective..) THE weapon-against long-standing inJustice
rendered invisible because people become inured ... over years of Sleep-walking, nearly 24/7.
Home-boys, moi et al knew what, Reliably he stood-for. Dunno what %Millennials have even heard of him?
Will have to see if he's said anything--that got reported--re the Drumpf-Pence Axis. There should be some good Material there, I wot.


Carrion,
Sam Clemens and George Carlin ... are still dead. Now they have some new Company
(..depending on how that sort of thing works-out.)