Police say 47 Chicago residents were shot over the weekend; five lost their lives. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other officials meet to discuss the violence.
Source: www.cnn.com
11-year-old Shamiya Adams was one of the 5 fatally shot.
Author: Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson
KKK recruiting with candy in South Carolina
theGRIO REPORT – The Ku Klux Klan is recruiting in South Carolina, using candy and flyers that read at the top “Save our land, Join the Klan.”
Source: thegrio.com
Congressional Candidate Calls On Fox News Host To Resign Over Racial Slur
A congressional candidate in California is urging Fox News host Bob Beckel to resign after Beckel used a racial slur on air last week.
While discussing a report on Chinese hackers delving into U.S. government records on Thursday’s episode of “The Five,” Beckel began ranting about “Chinamen.”
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Video shows man clinging to car after hit-and-run
2013
Elton Kim attempted to stop a driver who hit his SUV. Instead of stopping, the driver accelerated into Kim.
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Source: www.wsbtv.com
Choke Holds Are Intended To Kill – Eric Garner; Ethan Saylor
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Martin Luther King. I’m reading the news about Eric Garner and it causes me to ask questions while getting that sick feeling in my stomach…
Source: blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com
Rush to Deport Could Trample Asylum Claims – The Boston Globe
HARLINGEN, Texas — The first time her aunt in Mexico took her out at night, the young teenager was told they were headed to a party. It was no party. “It was trafficking people, drug dealers,” she recalled. “I just saw a lot of guys. They had guns. I was in shock. I was shaking. The more I was saying no, the more they treated me badly.”
Source: www.bostonglobe.com
Hamill: Cop who put man in chokehold and others who watched should be off the force
No way can you look at that video of Garner being yoked in a chokehold from behind by a plainclothes coward without saying this guy belongs in an orange jumpsuit.
Source: www.nydailynews.com
Border Agency Chief Opens Up About Deadly Force Cases
Gil Kerlikowske, head of Customs and Border Protection, tells NPR that he is reviewing scores of incidents. “We need to be better at admitting when we’re wrong or where we’ve made a mistake,” he says.
Source: www.npr.org
Charting the shocking rise of racial disparity in our criminal justice system
By 2010, nearly a third of black male high school dropouts aged 25-29 were in prison or otherwise institutionalized.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Immigrant or refugee? – CNN.com Video
CNN’s Miguel Marquez explains the difference between those immigrating to the US and those seeking refuge.
Source: www.cnn.com