Month: April 2016

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Video of #HeribertoGodinez who died in Chicago police custody released

CHICAGO — A video has been released of Chicago police arresting a man last year who later died in custody.

The video taken by a squad-mounted camera on July 20, 2015, shows 24-year-old Heriberto Godinez thrashing about while handcuffed. It shows an officer putting a foot on his neck for about two seconds as others tried to bring him under control.

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White S.C. police officer takes plea deal, sentenced to probation for fatally shooting unarmed black driver

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Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South eBook: Margaret Vandiver

Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South

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“Tying her research to contemporary debates over the death penalty, Vandiver argues that modern death sentences, like lynchings of the past, continue to be influenced by factors of race and place, and sentencing is comparably erratic.”

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School bullies come in many forms.
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School bullies come in many forms.

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Homeless man #LuisGongora slaughtered by SFPD #LatinosAreHuman

Less than 15 seconds; that is how long it took San Francisco police to use deadly force to brutally kill 45-year old Luis Gongora on April 7. Police arrived just after 10 a.m. to the 400 block of Shotwell Street after homeless outreach workers thoughtlessly summoned police following a purported knife brandishing at a tent encampment, which consequently put at risk all those in the area.

In a video anonymously sent to the SF Chronicle, the footage shows SFPD arriving with three vehicles where by 0:15 they begin to exit their vehicles before quickly making their way to Gongora who according to friends only spoke Spanish and thus could not understand what the police were yelling at him. By 0:38 the first bean bag was fired at the victim, which sounded more like a shotgun than an ostensibly less-harmful weapon. Only six seconds later, after the bean bags, SFPD at 0:44 begin their assault on Gongora showering him with lead bullets. Once the firing squad ceases shooting, one can hear the outrage in response to the needless barrage of bullets from bystanders and friends who had to witness the horror of SFPD’s ruthlessness.

According to the infamous Police Chief Greg Suhr, Gongora was wielding a knife and the police responded by firing their guns. Witnesses, including another homeless man named John Visor, indicate that while Gongora was known to carry a knife, as do most homeless people in the area, it was not in his hand as he walked in circles at the time he was killed. (SFGate)

 

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Bill Clinton clashed with a Black Lives Matter protesters

Btwnpolice brutality/wrongful conviction settlements, maintaining white supremacy getting expensive 4 tax payers.. https://t.co/E11NQeC9Ak

— Al B (@ALBDamn) April 8, 2016

Beyoncé says provocative ‘Formation’ is not anti-police — just anti-police brutality https://t.co/MNJRpftJ4R pic.twitter.com/6h6L8tE7zn

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 5, 2016

Bill Clinton clashed with a Black Lives Matter protester and defended Hillary's "superpredator" comments https://t.co/7J0tk5GDwO

— NowThis(@nowthisnews) April 10, 2016

WSJ editorial board praises Bill Clinton for racially coded rant against Black Lives Matter "agitators" https://t.co/FUZtbDEl13

— Kevin Gosztola(@kgosztola) April 9, 2016

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More people need to start seeing the War on Drugs, the 1994 Crime Bill, and the resulting mass incarceration as voting rights infringement.