The U.S. Attorney’s office reports that Conrad Alvin Barrett of Katy, TX, is charged with assaulting a 79-year-old African American man in a knockout game-style attack. Barret, 27, attacked the vi…
Month: December 2013
Update on 14 Year Old Girl Mistaken As Burglar Killed By Stepfather
29 year-old 2nd Lt Daniel Meade has been identified as the man who shot and killed his 14 year-old step-daughter, mistaking her for a burglar. He is listed as an active-duty health service officer…
Merry Christmas!
Wishing each and every one a truly joyful Merry Christmas and best wishes for the coming New Year.
Bollywood star Mallika Sherawat: Fights for equal rights for Women
CNN’s Piers Morgan talks to Mallika Sherawat about why she is so outspoken about women’s rights in India.
See on www.cnn.com
Mother Shoots Through Door, Kills Daughter Holding Baby
In a horrible accident a 52 year old Florida woman shot through a door killing her 25 year old daughter – who was holding a 4-month-old baby.
9 Ways You Can Stop Mass Incarceration
- Vote against the war on drugs.
- Vote for drug treatment – not punishment.
- Vote against mandatory minimum sentencing. Mandatory minimum sentencing takes the sentencing power away from the judge.
- Spread the word about mass incarceration and The New Jim Crow.
- Vote for better public schools – schools for everyone – not charter schools for a few.
- Tell everyone that we want to be a land of opportunities, not a land of oppression.
- Vote to have drugs controlled by pharmacies and taxed.
- Get angry.
- Stay angry.
Racial Disparity – Likelihood of Imprisonment
“More than 60% of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their thirties, 1 in every 10 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by the disproportionate impact of the “war on drugs,” in which two-thirds of all persons in prison for drug offenses are people of color.”
See on www.sentencingproject.org
14 Year Old Girl Mistaken As Burglar Is Killed By Stepfather
“Another tragic killing in Colorado. This time, it’s in Colorado Springs. It’s a breaking story, so there’s not much information yet.
Police spokesman Larry Herbert gave a statement saying that Monday morning, around 6 a.m., a call was made of a burglary-in-progress. When police arrived on the 4300 block of Ascendant Drive, off North Carefree Circle and Peterson Road, they found a 14 year-old girl had been shot by her step-father. She was taken to an area hospital where she died of gunshot wounds. ”
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Community Village‘s insight:
Father throws son off high-rise – CNN.com Video
A man in the midst of a bitter custody battle threw his son off a Manhattan high-rise before jumping to his own death.
Community Village‘s insight:
I hear stories every year about men who take vengance out on their own family.
How do we best teach men that they don’t have the right to murder?
See on www.cnn.com
Creating Words and Redefining Words – Hidden Power of Words Series, #5
As a writer, I regularly find it necessary to create new words and occasionally to redefine existing ones. I have done this in my academic writing, creative writing, and online writing. I believe w…
Community Village‘s insight:
I like these examples about paying attention to the suffix of words.
“people are not “poor” – they are classed or classized as poor”
and
People are not slaves – they are enslaved.
Saying that people are slaves puts the burden on the enslaved, as if they have a choice in the matter. Saying they are enslaved puts the burden on the enslaver, saying that they have a choice to not enslave.
See on andrewpegoda.com