Cleveland, Ohio – As the riots and police state presence in Ferguson has taken center stage in the news, people in Cleveland protested the killing of a local 12-year-old boy, and also showed their support for the Michael Brown family as well. Young Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a cop this past Saturday, because…
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The Sand Creek Massacre (November 29th 1864) took place in Colorado, then a western territory of the US, now a state. US Army Colonel John Chivington had at least 105 women and children and 28 men …
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Connecting the dots between historic oppression, and murder to modern day oppression, and murder.
What’s in common: Euro-Americans oppressing in the past and now. Euro-Americans not punished for murdering in the past and now.
Sharon Chang discusses a social media campaign as a response to the death of Michael Brown and so many black lives unjustly lost.
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Make sure to check her Storify.
In an announcement today, the White House has pledged $263 million in new federal funding for police training and body cameras, set aside by executive order. The money includes $75 million allocated specifically for the purchase 50,000 cameras for law enforcement officers across the country.
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It’s about time. Now we need a law that the police must use the cameras, and a stiff penalty if they do not.