Month: June 2014

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Traffic Diverted as a ‘mock’ Obama shown hanging from Noose over Federal Highway

See on Scoop.it – Community Village Daily

 

“GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Crews are investigating after a dummy bearing a President Obama face mask was found hanging from theLesholz Bridge over I-70 near Grain Valley, Mo. Police received the report around 5:30 a.m. Monday.Authorities rerouted traffic due to the distraction it caused Monday. Traffic across the bridge has since been allowed to cross.

Crews, using a robot, removed the dummy and took it into a nearby field where it was x-rayed for possible explosives.

FOX 4 News is at the scene and will have more information as soon as it becomes available.”

 

 
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The Racist Housing Policy That Made Your Neighborhood

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The freewheeling opportunity associated with 20th-century California was not available to black residents, and that exclusion reverberates in our neighborhoods and communities today.

See on www.theatlantic.com

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The 10 most segregated urban areas in America

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No. 1: Milwaukee

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

In 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education said that school segregation is illegal and unjust, yet we still have school segregation in 2014.

 

I didn’t see purple on the maps. Maybe due to the fact that Amerindians make up less than 1% of the U.S. population and they are not so much in ‘urban’ areas, but instead segregated on reservations.

 

It will also be interesting in future analysis to see the constant public confusion between the terms American Indian (heritage from the Americas), verses Indian American (heritage from India).

 

@getgln

See on www.salon.com

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Did You Know: US Gov’t Paid Reparations…To Slave Owners

 

Originally posted on News One:

 

Since writer and cultural critic Ta-Nehisi Coates made his compelling “Case For Reparations” in The Atlantic, it has been a hot-button topic and the questions have come fast and furious.
What is reparations? What should it look like? How has slavery and subsequent systems of oppression had a continuing impact on Black Americans?

Will the United States ever pay reparations for its role in what amounts to domestic terrorism against African Americans?


The truth is: The government has already paid reparations — to slave owners.

 
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New Born Babies Given No Right To Life In Prison

 

“Wichita County Texas District Attorney Maureen Shelton isn’t talking about the case. We should.

Is there any time when a human being stops being a human being because the mother is an inmate?”

 
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Georgia Toddler in Induced Coma After Being Hurt by Police Grenade

 

“A 19-month-old boy remained in critical condition in an induced coma at an Atlanta hospital Friday after authorities trying to capture a suspected meth dealer threw a flash grenade into the baby’s crib.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This is one of the results from the U.S. war on drugs.

 

Remember, you can’t have a war on an inanimate object. A war on drugs is a war on people.

See on www.nbcnews.com

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Secrecy Lifted from Border Agency’s Use of Force

 

“The federal agency that guards the nation’s ports and borders released a report Friday criticizing its use of force by its officers and also made public an updated rulebook on when and how to use force.


The release of the more than 1-year old critical review done by the Police Executive Research Forum and commissioned by the agency comes after escalating pressure on Customs and Border Protection over dozens of use of force incidents that have not led to consequences or punishment for officers and agents involved in them.


R. Gil Kerlikowske, commissioner for Customs and Border Protection, CBP, which oversees the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs, said the revised policy handbook on use of force incorporates most recommendations from the PERF review and the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP.”

See on www.nbcnews.com