Gun Violence

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Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times

 

 

“A private, family-requested autopsy shows that Michael Brown was shot at least six times — twice in the head — with all of the bullets striking him in the front.”

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“The sheer number of bullets and the way they were scattered all over his body showed this police officer had a brazen disregard for the very people he was supposed to protect in that community,” Mr. Crump said. “We want to make sure people understand what this case is about: This case is about a police officer executing a young unarmed man in broad daylight.”

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‘You’re not supposed to shoot so many times,’ said Dr. Baden

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HT Xena

Source: www.nytimes.com

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Witness To Michael Brown’s Shooting Opens Up: He Was ‘Shot Like An Animal’ [VIDEO]

 

Just days before he was supposed to head to college, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in his hometown of Ferguson, Missouri.

 

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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Ex-Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Wins Lawsuit

 

A San Francisco civil jury today ruled in favor of a white, former transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed, black man in an infamous killing captured on cellphone cameras.

The federal jury awarded no damages to the father of Oscar Grant III, killed by a single shot to the back from BART Officer Johannes Mehserle early on Jan. 1, 2009 in Oakland.

 

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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

 

Strange how Oscar Grant’s father didn’t win a settlement but Grant’s mother and daughter and Grant’s friends did win a settlement.

 

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Sheets of Blood Streets of Pain

 

“Racism is not dead in this nation. Shame on any of us for trying to bury the inherent and blatant racism of the United States and its people, it has always been part of our makeup and it has come roaring back in its full and awful glory in the past decade…”

 

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Source: valentinelogar.com

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‘I was not going to cower:’ Man who shot unarmed Michigan teen takes the stand

A Michigan man accused of gunning down Renisha McBride took the stand in his own defense Monday.

Source: www.cnn.com

 

Trigger happy United States.

 

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Florida’s 10-20-Life

 

We have all seen the headlines, “Fla. Mom gets 20 years for warning shot”. We have all heard some of the stories trying to tie this long sentence to race. What most don’t know is the history behind what happened.

 

I’m not talking about what happened to Ms. Alexander but the history behind the sentencing. What most fail to realize is that it wasn’t the crime she was found guilty of, it wasn’t her race and it had nothing to do with a warning shot. It has everything to do with a law.

 

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Source: blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com

 

If you’re wondering why the U.S. has a mas-incarceration issue, here is part of the reason.

#MandatoryMinimums

It’s strange that we employee experienced judges and then don’t allow them to have discretion on how to implement penalties.