A police officer is facing felony charges after allegedly pushing a woman into a jail cell causing her to hit her head.
Community Village‘s insight:
WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO
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Abuse of Power
New Jim Crow [VIDEO]
New Jim Crow
“Legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues persuasively we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.
Jim Crow and legal racial segregation has been replaced by mass incarceration as a system of social control.
More African Americans are under correctional control today than were enslaved in 1850
Alexander reviews American racist history from the colonies to the Clinton administration, delineating its deliberate transformation into the war on drugs. She provides analysis of the effect of this mass incarceration upon former inmates who will be discriminated against, legally, for the rest of their lives, denied employment, housing, education, and public benefits. Most provocatively, she reveals how both the move toward colorblindness and affirmative action may blur our vision of injustice. She spoke at Riverside Church in Manhattan May 21, 2011.
Michelle Alexander is a longtime civil rights advocate and litigator. She won a 2005 Soros Justice Fellowship and now holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Mortiz College of Law at Ohio State University.
Alexander served for several years as director of the Racial Justice Project at the ACLU of Northern California, and subsequently directed the Civil Rights Clinics at Stanford Law School, where she was an associate professor. Alexander is a former law clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun on the U.S. Supreme Court, and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, DemocracyNow! and NPR. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is her first book.”
Audio: Riverside Church, Camera: Joe Friendly
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Here is Angela Davis on the topic.
Here is Angela Davis on the topic.
Community Village‘s insight:
I love these women
#MichelleAlexander #AngelaDavis
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Cop fired in mentally ill man’s shooting – CNN.com Video
A Dallas police officer involved in the shooting of a mentally ill man that was caught on camera has been fired.
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Incarceration in America: The Inside Story
“BOOKD profiles, The New Jim Crow, legal scholar Michelle Alexander’s breakthrough book about the rise of mass incarceration in America. Alexander agues that “by targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control.
See as a Yale Law Professor, Community Activists, and hip hop legend Talib Kweli debate and discuss this provocative and important book.”
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THE NEW JIM CROW Online documentary
“Michelle Alexander, highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University, and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”
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Stand your ground law, Trayvon Martin and a shocking legacy | Tampa Bay Times
“… the self defense law has been invoked more than 200 times since 2005.
What follows is the most comprehensive list of “stand your ground” cases ever created. Browse by victim or defendant, by fatal or nonfatal cases. Hover over a photo to explore the basics of each case or click it for a more detailed case file. Use the buttons at right to filter by race, sex and location.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Read the story of “Ludeman” (photo above) – a fight over love
There is a button to see “Victims” and “The accused”
When in the view of Victims, hover over each photo to see the accused.
You will also notice that there is a lot of white-on-white murders.
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WTF!? Woman Shatters Facial Bones After Police Throw Her On Concrete Bench (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Warning: the video and images you are about to see are graphic. A woman in Skokie, Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the Skokie Police Department, alleging they used excessive force after she wa…
Community Village‘s insight:
I hate that these videos have no sound. Not that I can stand to even watch it without sound. I just wanted to hear the exchange before and after the event.
I am so terrified of police.
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Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow, book cover
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pros: Detailed analysis of history, politics, and law, Mind-blowing insights, Content…
Community Village‘s insight:
I read the book on Kindle and highly recommend it.
The book flows well. It’s full of frustrating facts of U.S. hypocrisy.
Click through to read the full review by Charles Franklin.
Ex-Marine beats wife at divorce hearing! Wheres Security?
Ex-Marine beats wife at divorce hearing! Wheres Security?
Community Village‘s insight:
Where is the outrage and dialog around male aggression?
- How was he considered mentally stable enough to be a Marnie?
- Was he discharged from the Marines for violent or sociopathic behavior?
- Did his Marine’s training ’cause him to choose violence to ‘solve’ his issues?
- Was he on drugs?
- Does he have a mental diagnosis as maybe a sociopath?
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Father Dies After Begging for His Life While Cops Struck Him With Batons: Bakersfield
“5/13/13 – A California father of four died after being beaten by police outside of a Bakersfield hospital, while witnesses say he begged for his life.”
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