Cops: Couple lure man for thrill killing – CNN.com Video

A couple faces criminal homicide charges for allegedly luring a man to their car and killing him for the thrill of it.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

notice the media doesn’t say this is a trend? even though I have heard about this “killing for pleasure’ before.

 

would free mental health care stop or reduce these murders?

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Catholic college police officer kills student after struggle, university says

A campus officer shot and killed a student at a Texas Catholic university after a traffic stop.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Cameron was shot multiple times.

 

We need to demand that all police have working lapel cameras and working dashboard cameras.

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10 examples of Indian mascots “honoring” Native peoples

Indian mascots, they’re totes honoring to Native peoples, right? That’s what fans always tell us, at least. Inspired by this image above posted on twitter, from a Sonic in Benton, MO, I…

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Rule No. 1: Notice Difference

My son has taken to calling himself Black as he has learned that Black is a culture/ethnic heritage and not necessarily a skin color. At school someone overheard him say, “Cause I’m Black!

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This blog is one of the best I’ve run accross in speaking insightful truth about race relations. Even if you are not a parent or a transracial parent, it’s still a good blog – quality insightful writing from a mom who is a great asset to our community of truth tellers and oppression fighters.

 

In this article she explains that it’s not racist to notice physical difference. However, when someone mentions race when it’s not relevant to the story or when they try to spin the story to demonize a certain group, that is racist.

 

@getgln

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2013: The year in pictures – CNN.com

 

July 3: Assistant State Attorney John Guy, left, and Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda display the hooded sweatshirt worn by teenager Trayvon Martin on the night he was shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. A jury found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

The bullet hole is right over his heart.

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Unarmed Man Shot At By NYPD Has Been Charged With Assault Because Bullets Hit Bystanders

Glenn Broadnax, a 35-year-old black man from Brooklyn, was unarmed on the night of September 14 when NYPD officers shot at him in the middle of Times Square, striking two bystanders.   Instead…

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Community Village Hub

This site has a collection of blogs on the topics of migrant rights, decolonization, human rights, equity, pluralism, intersectionalism, cultural studies and artists who fight oppression.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I updated my home page to be more readable and my about page to be more to the point.

 

@getgln

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Smiley & West – Andrew Young and Remembering Fred Hampton

Smiley and West PRI podcast

Smiley and West PRI podcast

Ambassador Andrew Young, former Congressman and mayor of Atlanta, reflects on his role in the civil rights movement and friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. Plus, in commemoration of the FBI’s assassination of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton 44 years ago this week, the very best of Smiley and West’s conversations with Hampton family lawyer Jeffrey Haas, B.P.P. co-founder Bobby Seale, and B.P.P. education leader Ericka Huggins.

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