A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males.
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Abuse of Power
#BlackOnCampus
#BlackOnCampus (2015) is a Twitter hashtag that went viral this week in the wake of protests against racism at US universities – Yale, Mizzou and, now, at Ithaca College. In all three cases, those in authority refused to face up to the racism at their universities.
Racism at universities is nothing new: PWIs (Predominately White Institutions) have always been racist. First by not admitting Blacks at all, then by making them and other students of colour feel unwelcomed and unsafe, turning a blind eye to the racism they face, writing it off as “isolated incidents”, being “oversensitive” and so on.
Black Twitter weighs in:
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 11.12
Hunger strike, football strike, protests produce a dramatic, likely unprecedented, result at #Mizzou https://t.co/5pbzqETIKf
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 9, 2015
Federal agents bust up plot by Virginia white supremacists to shoot up black churches to start a race war https://t.co/SgUZ3Amh8n
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) November 10, 2015
BREAKING: Driven to hospital, Virginia man tased, shackled and dies in police custody. Our investigation: https://t.co/5G5latvtef
#VATasing
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) November 11, 2015
#BlackOnCampus highlights racism on college campuses across the country: https://t.co/i36kRawCLG pic.twitter.com/QblC05BI5A
— ABC News (@ABC) November 12, 2015
No Action Taken: Lack of CBP Accountability in Responding to Complaints of Abuse
Data obtained by the American Immigration Council shine a light on the lack of accountability and transparency which afflicts the U.S. Border Patrol and its parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 11.11
A lot of misinformation out there.
Police killed #TamirRice in 0.792 seconds. pic.twitter.com/jixdpgO2n8
— Carla Kibble (@uniqueloves) November 8, 2015
Hero cop who killed himself asked local gang to kill a city administrator. Had cocaine in his desk to plant on folk. pic.twitter.com/Rk03eNcGo8
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 5, 2015
Jury acquits officer who shot unarmed man face down on the ground https://t.co/Eu9945zKu1 pic.twitter.com/M5kVuknPq0
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 6, 2015
Two Louisiana cops arrested in shooting death of 6-year-old boy and wounding of his father, authorities say. https://t.co/5mjZoxNhKL.
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 7, 2015
MUST READ: Supreme Court gives police using deadly force in chases more immunity https://t.co/MSeJmVmyo1
— deray mckesson (@deray) November 9, 2015
But they said race doesn't matter. 🤔 #blacklivesmatter #thinkmoor #wakeup https://t.co/xcWL3up5o5
— Think MOOR (@ThinkMOOR) November 9, 2015
PLEASE SIGN, CALL & SHARE our Demand that @BaltimoreSAO #DropAllCharges & #FreeKeithDavisJr https://t.co/swsTTrt0Ka pic.twitter.com/Naq5xf7uzb
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) November 5, 2015
Video Shows Cop Attack a Non-violent 13-yo in School Lobby as His Mom Watched
Another video has surfaced showing the brutal reality that is middle school in a police state.
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3 Children Injured After Police Threw a Flashbang Grenade at them During Search for Drugs
In the search for an illegal substance, FBI agents nearly killed a child as they recklessly flashbanged a house with 3 children inside.
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Horrific Video: Cops Kill Shackled Man with 20 Taser Blasts – 87 Seconds of 50,000 Volts
A ride to the hospital by police proved fatal after 3 cops deployed their tasers on a man, who had not been charged with a crime.
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#SayHisName
#RayLambert
#LinwoodLambert
#BlackLivesMatter
Shootings by LAPD double in ‘alarming’ trend, police commission president says
In a year dominated by heated debate over police use of force, the Los Angeles Police Department has seen a significant uptick in the number of times officers have fired their guns.
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Disarm the police.
#BlackLivesMatter #SayHerName Tweets 11.9
#DanielHoltzclaw, Former Cop Accused of Raping 13 Black Women, Gets an All-White Jury ……………….. https://t.co/YVmRkuySdV
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) November 6, 2015
Race, class, rape and power: the story of an Oklahoma policeman who allegedly preyed on black women https://t.co/iFlCWi7h88 (via @Slate)
— Shalailah Medhora (@shalailah) November 5, 2015