Meanwhile, the cops involved escape all accountability and the taxpayers and the toddler’s family are the only ones punished.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Author: Oppression Monitor
Video from 2013 shows #DontrellStephens, age 20, shot four times in the back by Florida police
This is a national epidemic. In cities and states all across America, police are using lethal force on unarmed men and women.
Continue reading…
Source: www.dailykos.com
Stop and Frisk needs to be outlawed.
Cops are HUNTING Black and Latino men. Police officers are HUNTING Black and Latino men.
This is a slow genocide.
#BlackLivesMatter
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Cop Knocks Woman Unconscious as 6-Year-Old Daughter Watches in Horror
A Texas police officer is seen on video slamming a woman onto the ground, knocking her unconscious in front of her 6-year old child.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#BlackLivesMatter #FreddieGray #RekiaBoyd Powerful Tweets
4/22. Man shot and killed by police at Wal-Mart in Portsmouth, VA http://t.co/f0TStrjLrV
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 22, 2015
Crowd of protesters grows in Baltimore, demanding justice for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody –@cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/NsQB7Uc2NC
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) April 21, 2015
Today's migrants & yesterdays slaves, the Med replacing the Atlantic as graveyard of the sea http://t.co/ItifRP0RG5 pic.twitter.com/AJrh7Aquss
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 21, 2015
Freddie Gray is the latest symbol in the national debate over police treatment of black men http://t.co/lxQIcUQXH2 pic.twitter.com/eZPDe1ttec
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 22, 2015
Lawsuit: Wells Fargo fired blacks over old convictions ………………………………. http://t.co/8rIMCp0qoQ
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 22, 2015
If we can't get it #shutitdown. #March2Justice on the streets of Washington, DC. #WhyWeMarch https://t.co/D77j2yShzw
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) April 22, 2015
Number of people in prison for drug offenses:
1980: 40,000
2011: 500,000+
http://t.co/2g1hOq3ELH via @HuffingtonPost #WaronDrugs
— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) April 20, 2015
[STUDY] Teachers More Harsh On Students w/ "Black-Sounding" Names Than "White-Sounding" Names http://t.co/IpxCCfT3TY pic.twitter.com/1OJkzKzSNp
— Colorlines.com (@Colorlines) April 20, 2015
The fact that families, understandingly so, have to seek justice through systems not set up to protect Black people is fucked up.
— Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) April 20, 2015
Abolition requires us to tear down and create the world we want to see.
— Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) April 20, 2015
And here is the cell phone video of #FreddieGray's arrest. He was alive then. Baltimore.
Graphic. pic.twitter.com/PpAh6nM4DW
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 20, 2015
Shooting a gun into a crowd of people, blowing a girl's brains out is NOT considered "reckless" IF _____ http://t.co/hzOQ5Wv4TZ #RekiaBoyd
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 20, 2015
This is genocide. #RekiaBoyd #DanteServin #Ferguson #MikeBrown #NYPD #WalterScott #EricHarris #EricGarner #chicagopolice
— Derrick Whitley (@derrickwhitley) April 21, 2015
Black People Slain by Cops in Chicago, Baltimore Keeps Police Violence in Spotlight
The acquittal of Rekia Boyd’s killer and the mysterious death of Freddie Gray in custody outraged protesters as police credibility is further damaged nationally.
Source: www.diversityinc.com
#BlackLivesMatter
Video: U.S. deputy marshal smashes woman’s cell phone – CNN Video
A California woman says a U.S. deputy marshal took her cell phone and smashed it on the ground while she recorded police activity. CNN’s Kyung Lah reports.
Source: www.cnn.com
5 Rules for Recording Police: Steve Silverman of FlexYourRights.org
Cops Arrest #ErvinLeonEdwards for “Sagging Pants” Tase Him, Leave Him Face Down in Cell Until He Died
A 38-year-old man died alone, face down in a jail cell after a half-dozen officers held him down and tasered him, leaving him unconscious and not breathing.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#BLACKLIVESMATTER 4.20
Things never change. 1973 protest of killing of unarmed black kid shot in the back by white cops. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/zxoUK37Xqd
— Jayel Aheram (@aheram) April 17, 2015
Michael Eric Dyson on Walter Scott and the racial terror that unites black folk across time. http://t.co/c4Fc5jCDK9 pic.twitter.com/R0MWgq9nva
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) April 17, 2015
white people can literally rock-paper-scissors their way out of being arrested pic.twitter.com/BkJ185NQdX
— blupman (@blippoblappo) April 16, 2015
The Police Killing Video Chicago Has Paid $5 Million for Us Not to See http://t.co/ke7gZyDZc2
— AlterNet (@AlterNet) April 16, 2015
Settlement: Free tuition & job training for victims of Chicago PD torture (& for their children & grandchildren). http://t.co/elxHVCrXoz
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) April 15, 2015
As part of settlement of Chicago Police Dpt torture case "the case & legacy will be taught to all 8th & 10th graders" http://t.co/elxHVCrXoz
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) April 15, 2015
"I'm asking you not to be color blind, but to be color brave." – Mellody Hobson http://t.co/0tru2eG1GI #TIME100 pic.twitter.com/XxTdxPeLdH
— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) April 16, 2015
Telling me I'm obsessed with racism is like telling me I'm obsessed with swimming when I'm drowning.
#WalterScott pic.twitter.com/dx6nJCcIFV
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) April 9, 2015
.@Rihanna dropped the “American Oxygen” video today http://t.co/fD2GXlr44G pic.twitter.com/EXKVqxzoIY
— Global Grind (@GlobalGrind) April 16, 2015
#FreddieGray #BLACKLIVESMATTER
#FreddieGray was alive. Arrested by the @BaltimorePolice on April 12th. Died today in the hospital.
https://t.co/9YKiuDZvMw
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 19, 2015
Let me know if this make sense to you #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/nLoGeZZcbZ
— Taurean (@TheBlackVoice) April 19, 2015
Interesting email recieved from retired officer/wagon driver: pic.twitter.com/I4rJTRxxHe
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 19, 2015
#FreddieGray Dies From Injuries Sustained While In Police Detention [VIDEO]
Protesters mobilize in response to the death of 25 year-old Baltimore resident Freddie Gray
Source: therealnews.com
#BLACKLIVESMATTER
#SHUTITDOWN
#NOT1MORE