Month: September 2014

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WATCH this St. Louis police officer assault this handcuffed man. Found NOT GUILTY

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Molotov Cocktail Thrown Into Black Congressman’s Office

 

According to reports,  a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the office window of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s (D-Mo.) Thursday morning. The Hill has the story:

The Kansas City Police and Kansas City Bomb and Arson Squad responded to the scene and completed an initial survey. No one was in the office when the object or objects were thrown. The cocktail did not explode, according to local reports.

Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Marcia Fudge (Ohio) asked for a speedy investigation and said the people responsible need to be punished to the “fullest extent of the law.”
“The Congressional Black Caucus strongly condemns this type of vandalism targeted at Congressman Cleaver, and denounces any act of violence towards Members of Congress,” she said in a statement. “This type of abhorrent behavior is the most ineffective means of voicing discontent or disagreement.”

Cleaver is currently in Washington and all of his offices are…
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Source: thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

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Witnesses: Brown put his hands up

 

(CNN) — Two men, shocked at what they saw, describe an unarmed teenager with his hands up in the air as he’s gunned down by a police officer.

They were contractors doing construction work in Ferguson, Missouri, on the day Michael Brown was killed.

And the men, who asked not to be identified after CNN contacted them, said they were about 50 feet away from Officer Darren Wilson when he opened fire.

An exclusive cell phone video captures their reactions during the moments just after the shooting.
“He had his f**n hands up,” one of the men says in the video.
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Source: www.cnn.com

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Four decades of death penalty executions by year, state, race and gender, in 1 chart

 

Since 1976

 

  • Texas executed the most people
  • 1999 had the most executions
  • More white men have been executed than Black men
  • Disproportionately more Black man have been executed. Black men make up about 6% of U.S population but about 30% of executions are of Black men
  • Females are the least likely to be executed

 

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Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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Chicago to settle police abuse lawsuit for $150,000

 

This week, the Chicago City Council Finance Committee approved a $150,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed by the manager of a tanning salon who was slapped and verbally abused by an officer during a police raid last year. Caught on camera.

 

Source: blog.angryasianman.com

 

How the police are when they think that no one is recording.

 

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Marc Thompson of “If These Halls Could Talk” missing – his car found with burned body inside

 

Marc Thompson of “If These Halls Could Talk” missing.

His car found burning in the Chico / Oroville area.

A dead body was found inside that cannot be identified.

We are fearful that the body found is Marc.

If anyone has seen or heard from cast member Marc Thompson please contact the Chico, California, police (530-538-7321)

Please share and hold the police department accountable for a thorough investigation.

 

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Source: communityvillageus.blogspot.com

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One of the Los Angeles Police Officers Who Murdered Ezell Ford Has a History of Terrorizing Communities

While the autopsy results are being withheld from the family and public, both officers are on paid administrative leave.

Source: ushypocrisy.com

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Death and Racism

 

The article on The Root hit me hard;

 Reject the “He was a good kid” or “He was a criminal” narrative and lift up the “Black lives matter” narrative.Those who knew him say Brown was a good kid. But that’s not why his death is tragic. His death isn’t tragic because he was on his way to college the following week. His death is tragic because he was a human being and his life mattered. The good-kid narrative might provoke some sympathy, but what it really does is support the lie that as a rule black people, black men in particular, have a norm of violence or criminal behavior. The good-kid narrative says that this kid didn’t deserve to die because his goodness was an exception to the rule. This is wrong. This kid didn’t deserve to die, period. Similarly, reject the “He was a criminal” narrative surrounding the convenience store robbery because even if Brown did steal some cigars and have a scuffle with the shopkeeper, that is still not a justification for his killing. All black lives matter, not just the ones we deem to be “good.”

It caused me to think back about why, during the George Zimmerman case, I did not debate nor defend against accusations that Trayvon was a “thug.”   Here we are again with Michael Brown, and there are folks trying to posture Michael as deserving of death because he was not a “good kid. “

 

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Source: blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com

 

Thank you @XenaBb7 for the HT