Texas Man Charged With Federal Hate Crime For Knock-Out

The U.S. Attorney’s office reports that Conrad Alvin Barrett of Katy, TX, is charged with assaulting a 79-year-old African American man in a knockout game-style attack.  Barret, 27, attacked the vi…

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Father throws son off high-rise – CNN.com Video

A man in the midst of a bitter custody battle threw his son off a Manhattan high-rise before jumping to his own death.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I hear stories every year about men who take vengance out on their own family.

 

How do we best teach men that they don’t have the right to murder?

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Jailer brutally slams DUI suspect’s head into brick wall while handcuffed

 

OCALA, FL — Corrections Officer Charles Craig Broaderick slammed the head of a man who was handcuffed into a concrete wall at the Marion County Florida Jail In October of 2013.

Blood from the suspect, James Duckworth, 33, can be seen smeared all over the wall.

The jailer thought the man was “spitting” at officers so he slammed his head into the wall. The video shows that it was more likely the man trying to remove a hairball from his mouth, without the use of his hands.

Video courtesy of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
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Facebook Killer Derek Medina Indicted, Claims Stand Your Ground

A Miami man accused of killing his wife earlier this year, then posting a pic of her dead body on facebook, plans to use a stand your ground defense, and has been indicted

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Texas cop arrested for handcuffing and raping 19-year-old at traffic stop

Texas cop arrested for handcuffing and raping 19-year-old at traffic stop (via Raw Story )

A 40-year-old police officer in San Antonio, Texas is facing charges of felony sexual assault after a 19-year-old woman accused him of handcuffing and raping her during a traffic stop over the weekend. According to an arrested warrant obtained by the…

“If he had answered him in the appropriate manner,…there wouldn’t be any problem.”

 

“Anderson Cooper didn’t mince words with this questions during the interview:

 

AC: You know, a lot of people believe race played a factor in this. Form what you know about George Zimmerman, do you believe race played a factor?

 

Taaffe: Absolutely not.

 

AC: Why do you feel so strongly about that?

 

Taaffe: George is not a racist. He was just performing his duties as watch captain. Whether it be African American, Latino, Asian, or white, he would’ve done the same thing. He would have appropriate the person, asked him “What’s your business here?” and if he had just answered him in an appropriate manner, “I’m just here visiting. My mother’s house is around the corner,” and be upfront and truthful, there wouldn’t be any problem.

 

Out of all the things that have been said to defend George Zimmerman, that rationale by Taaffe ranks as the most offensive defense I’ve heard throughout this four-week long tragedy.

 

The idea that Taaffe believes its Zimmerman’s place to question a young black male because he appears to be “out of  place” is seeped in the racist, patriarchal notion that black bodies are the possessions of whiteness. It’s seeped in the belief that people of color are not autonomous and deserved to be treated like children and criminals when whiteness judges our appearance to be suspect.

 

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Anyone who says that race didn’t play a part in a situation is either lying or doesn’t have a clue about human tendancies to stereotype, presume and prejudge.

 

Any yes the Trayvon Martin tragedy is over a year old, but prejudice happens every day and as long as there are lessons to be learned, we will continue the conversation.

@getgln

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TICKING TIME BOMB: Zimmerman’s Wife: He’s ‘Like A Monster’

George Zimmerman’s estranged wife says the infamous neighborhood watch guard is now acting “like a monster.” In an interview with Katie Couric, Shellie Zimmerman described how she hopes there are “no more casualties” caused by her husband’s…

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Jonathan Manalo, Zimmerman Witness, Writes Book

 

“Jonathan Manalo, the man who took the pictures of the back of George Zimmerman’s head, Trayvon’s body, and Zimmerman’s tactical flashlight, interviewed with Joy-Ann Reid, The Grio…”

 
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