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John Crawford and the right to bear arms – for White People

The screen shot below is only a small part of Shaun King’s story.

Please read his whole story here, then cut and paste his quote along with the URL and share to your social networks.

“I want to share a painful, ugly story with you and then connect it to the police murder of John Crawford last month in Wal-Mart.” -Shaun King

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John Crawford

John Crawford

 

 

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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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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