Month: July 2015

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Horrific Excessive Force on #RachelGraham

Surveillance video shows the jailer, Rachel Graham, slamming a handcuffed Wells to the floor face first on July 2, 2011.  Wells has filed an excessive force federal lawsuit against Graham and is now talking about the incident.

“That is not the way to correct a person that is in handcuffs with no self-defense. I didn’t even have my hands to break the fall. It could have been a lot worse. At one point, I thought I was going to die,” said Wells.

She says she was left unconscious, bleeding with her teeth knocked out.  Moments before she was dropped to the ground, Wells was being booked for a DWI arrest.  Cameras inside the booking area of the jail capture Wells step over the red line, which she had been instructed to stand behind.  The jailer reacts by extending her leg and slamming Wells to the ground.

 

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#SandraBland #SayHerName Tweets 7.22
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#SandraBland #SayHerName Tweets 7.22

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Why the deaths of Latinos at the hands of police haven’t drawn as much attention

Kris Ramirez never saw police as a threat. Growing up, his body didn’t tense with us-versus-them dread when police cruisers drove through his Southeast Los Angeles neighborhood.

“If someone is wearing a uniform,” Ramirez said, “you show respect.”

Then last year, four days before Halloween, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed his brother, Oscar Jr., along railroad tracks near Paramount High School. Deputies said the 28-year-old didn’t comply with orders and moved his arm in “a threatening manner.” Ramirez was unarmed.

Police killings of Latinos in L.A. County since 2000
The Ramirez family marched in front of the Paramount sheriff’s station and held vigils, but they struggled to find wider support for their cause. As the family grieved, the national Black Lives Matter movement picked up energy, bolstered locally by the fatal shooting of Ezell Ford, a mentally disabled black man, by LAPD officers.

Watching the protests over Ford’s killing, Kris Ramirez felt frustrated: “Why can’t we get that same type of coverage or help?”

 

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We know #OscarGrant, unarmed, was shot in the back by Bart police, but did you know #OscarRamirez, unarmed, was shot in the back by police?

#LatinosAreHuman #BlackLivesMatter

#PoliceBrutality #DeathByPolice Tweets 7.21
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#PoliceBrutality #DeathByPolice Tweets 7.21

#ImmigrationReform #Femicides Tweets 7.20
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#ImmigrationReform #Femicides Tweets 7.20

#SandraBland Tweets 7.18
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#SandraBland Tweets 7.18

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US border patrol violated agency rules in deporting thousands of children

US Customs and Border Protection deported unaccompanied children from Mexico and Canada without documenting how they knew minors would be safe

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$20 million settlement in labor trafficking cases of exploited Indian guest workers

For their work securing a landmark $14 million verdict for five immigrant workers, in one of the largest labor trafficking cases ever brought in the United States, the team behind David v. Signal International have been named the 2015 Public Justice Trial Lawyers of the Year.

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California cheerleaders win right to be paid and treated like regular employees

A new law just signed by Gov. Jerry Brown gives employee rights to professional cheerleaders, including the right to receive at least minimum wage and to be paid for all practices and appearances.

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This took way to long. Shameful history.
Requiring cheerleaders to work without pay? Seriously!? With all the money that sports brings in!? Female indentured servants.#WomensRights

#MassIncarceration #POTUS Tweets 7.17
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#MassIncarceration #POTUS Tweets 7.17