Month: March 2015

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Cops Who Killed Man With Tasers, Not Certified To Carry Tasers – Chief Resigns Amid Scandal

By Cassandra Rules

 

“A man is dead and a police chief has resigned after unqualified police officers tased man multiple times, including two tasers simultaneously.”

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

#CalvonReid

#BlackLivesMatter

#Not1More

#ShutitDown

 

Best #BlackLivesMatter Tweets 3.12
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Best #BlackLivesMatter Tweets 3.12

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Survivor of Sean Bell Shooting Says Now is Right Time to Speak Out [VIDEO]

By Dean Meminger

 

After years of not wanting to talk publicly about being shot multiple times by police, one survivor says now is the right time because of the Eric Garner case. In an exclusive sit-down interview with NY1 criminal justice reporter Dean Meminger, Joseph Guzman talks about the pain of the Sean Bell shooting and his hopes for the future.

Joseph Guzman is a survivor of one of the most controversial NYPD shootings in recent city history.

“I was shot 16 times in the car with Sean Bell,” he says.

 

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Source: www.ny1noticias.com

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▶ What Will It Take To End the War on Drugs? Johann Hari | #GRITtv

“With marijuana legalization passing around the US, are we finally entering the last days of the War on Drugs? Johann Hari had an early start as an op-ed columnist for The Independent at 23. Since then, he has written for the New York Times, the LA Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Slate, the New Republic and The Nation among others. His new book, Chasing The Scream, is a bracing look inside the War on Drugs. This episode also looks at what resisting the war on drugs looks like at the grassroots, with a profile of Reverend Kenneth Glasgow and his organization T.O.P.S. – The Ordinary People Society. T.O.P.S. is an extraordinary criminal justice reform organization run by former prisoners in Dothan, Alabama.”

Source: www.youtube.com

Two Officers shot in #Ferguson [VIDEO]
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Two Officers shot in #Ferguson [VIDEO]

About four shots were fired hitting two officers in Ferguson.

Shots sounded like they were from the hill street (behind the protesters) overlooking the Ferguson Police Department.

One was shot in the face, the other in the shoulder. -CNN

Moment of shooting

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

And here is CNN’s copy of the video

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Woman Who also Filmed the Death of Eric Garner, Says NYPD Targeted and Beat Her

By Cassandra Rules

 

“Staten Island, NY– Taisha Allen, who also filmed the death of Eric Garner, is speaking out and saying that her involvement with the case has put a target on her back with the NYPD. She says that officers used excessive force when arresting her two weeks ago.”

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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DEA Agent Speaks Out: We Were Told Not to Enforce Drug Laws In Rich Communities

By John Vibes

 

“You know, if we go out there and start messing with those folks, they know judges, they know lawyers, they know politicians. You start locking their kids up; somebody’s going to jerk our chain.’ He said, ‘they’re going to call us on it, and before you know it, they’re going to shut us down, and there goes your overtime.’”

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

The war on drugs is a war on people, and mostly on Black and Latino people, even though White people do drugs more and sell drugs more.