American Samoans are the only people born on US soil but denied birthright citizenship.
Source: www.motherjones.com
Learning something new every day.
#SystemicRacism
Abuse of Power
Must See Tweets #BlackLivesMatter 2.23
Comrades. #BlackLivesMatter #Assata #7LastWordsRiverside pic.twitter.com/u2RLjDwn8U
— Rahiel Tesfamariam (@RahielT) February 21, 2015
Report: N.Y. is illegally shackling pregnant incarcerated women, even when they’re in labor. http://t.co/hr7tSQx5T9 pic.twitter.com/aOpaeh5gqz — The Intercept (@the_intercept) February 23, 2015
When @johnlegend said those marching to his song “we see you”, he was talking to us at @NYjusticeleague. https://t.co/7gd4UFlhbK #Oscars2015
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) February 23, 2015
Of the many pressing social issues @JohnLegend chose to use his few seconds to speak against the most oppressed among us, the incarcerated. — Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) February 23, 2015
#Selma #Oscars2015 #Slavery #JimCrow #NewJimCrow We need #revolution b/c #BlackLivesMatter! http://t.co/QP7ni9olA3 pic.twitter.com/2t0FcPGdvq
— BA Everywhere (@BAeverywhere) February 23, 2015
Chief: Retired officer apparently killed 2 daughters, self http://t.co/X1LgvCJO4m — deray mckesson (@deray) February 22, 2015
The 13th amend allows involuntary servitude if a crime was committed. Slavery never ended. Chain gangs still thrive. pic.twitter.com/shYttjt81U
— B (@B_A_Simons) February 22, 2015
Yday me & my comrades shut down Home Depot for 5 hrs in honor of Yuvette Henderson who was gunned down by police pic.twitter.com/FcIYF4hOk8 — Wazi. (@UltraaRadical) February 22, 2015
@deray DEVELOPING: Officer Involved Shooting At Trayvon Martin Memorial In Baltimore –http://t.co/fyMT6oSL9E pic.twitter.com/8xw6DOUR07
— miserablecitytv (@miserablecitytv) February 22, 2015
man. RT @Blueraydre: Please watch. RT @deray: .@tanehisicoates vs Shelby Steele re: reparations. absolute must watch. http://t.co/Gwn9n6qLh4 — Red Auerbach (@redcbw) February 22, 2015
Message to @RahmEmanuel from Chicagoans #ReparationsNOW #RahmRepNow #traintakeover pic.twitter.com/w7NNXy9vyk
— Ida’s Disciple (@prisonculture) February 22, 2015
“You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.”-Malcolm X #MalcolmX50 — Joshua Crutchfield (@Crutch4) February 21, 2015
Multiracial coalitions may be necessary to combat racism: http://t.co/F7Yk3EnsFe pic.twitter.com/HzGxNIpw8y
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 20, 2015
The right to bear arms that kill humans… This Florida Man Got a Free Pass for Shooting a Pregnant Woman To Death – http://t.co/BSDOUfrJH5 — Three Sonorans (@ThreeSonorans) February 21, 2015
Poor communities lose billions to predatory lenders ………………………………….. http://t.co/L4yGVahIh4
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 21, 2015
My own talk: “America between a Dream and a Nightmare: Convergence of #MartinLutherKing and #MalcolmX” http://t.co/HvwbqcQVNQ #MalcolmX50 — omid safi (@ostadjaan) February 20, 2015
Pasco shooting: police will not say how many bullets fired at unarmed man http://t.co/geIPXjayXA
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 19, 2015
New Yorkers will benefit from DACA and DAPA. Read more on our blog: http://t.co/MkaHCrurm5 #ImmigrationAction pic.twitter.com/50m4ITKfvC — FWD.us (@FWD_us) February 19, 2015
@Carl_Dix BRIDGE BLOCKED by Group Protesting #Pasco Police Shooting http://t.co/dIdVsO9Ld2 #shutdownA14 pic.twitter.com/9HSZ9M3Ovz
— Margo Heights (@eyes2future) February 22, 2015
Pasco Shooting https://t.co/7Rdss3pmFq via @waemd a great collection of tweets #justice4AntonioZM
— #Justice4AntonioZM (@Dochas82) February 15, 2015
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO BELOW
I’m sick of this shit. RT “@deray: This video of the officer shooting an unarmed man in the back seat is wild. Wild https://t.co/31A63b2vUr” — Xavier (@SoulfulBrotha) February 20, 2015
Cop Chains Innocent Man to Wall, Beats Him, Gouges Eyes After Refusing to Confess to a Crime
An innocent man refused to confess to a crime. He was then brutally beaten and violated.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Cops Who Fist Bumped After Firing 80 Rounds Into Mentally Ill Man Cleared of Any Wrongdoing
By Cassandra Rules
“Laredo, TX– The officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jose Garza, 30, who suffered from schizophrenia, last August have been cleared of any wrongdoing, both criminally and professionally. They have now returned to the force.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/officers-fist-bumped-firing-80-rounds-mentally-ill-man-cleared-wrong/#xJUMjJ9Xcz704pxP.99″
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#Justice4Latinos
Must See Tweets #BlackLivesMatter via Lisa Bloom, Benjamin Dixon
NEW VIDEO: how the legal system failed in Ferguson. Please watch, share, get angry, demand change. http://t.co/pKqJHFuBpv
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) February 20, 2015
@OpICantBreathe @OpFerguson It may start in the black community, but police brutality will spread. #BlackLivesMatter benefits all races
— theBenjaminDixonShow (@TheBpDShow) February 18, 2015
Alabama governor apologises to India for ‘excessive force’ that injured citizen http://t.co/tXothYveQt
— GuardianUS (@GuardianUS) February 18, 2015
Police Arrest Suspect in Las Vegas Mom Road-Rage Kill
LVMPD Homicide detectives have arrested the suspect in the February 12th road rage shooting incident. pic.twitter.com/gnSKokTNaZ
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) February 19, 2015
HT NBC News
SEE Tweets #Justice4Muslims #Justice4Latinos
US jails are filled w/ people who are poor, mentally ill, Black, or innocent
http://t.co/Jug3yZe7M7 http://t.co/qEBpQ1GNL7
-RT @OwlsAsylum
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 18, 2015
Rebel Girls: 9 Badass Black Feminists and Their Books That Shook the World http://t.co/rivQ64o74L
— Sharon H Chang (@multiasianfams) February 18, 2015
@lsarsour A Tribute to Razan, Yusor, and Deah: Friday Prayers at the White House. #OurThreeWinners please share http://t.co/UTmE2lPcGw
— #IAmDeahYusurRazan (@LoyaltyIsFirst) February 18, 2015
Attorney General Holder calls for a national moratorium on the death penalty: http://t.co/jl9FILeykv pic.twitter.com/IaXfdrg1h1
— The Hill (@thehill) February 17, 2015
CNN: CNN Special Report: Witnessed: The Assassination Of Malcolm X http://t.co/PbPZyqYb1W
— ilyasah Al Shabazz (@ilyasahShabazz) February 18, 2015
The shooting of a man who threw rocks at police in Pasco, Wash., reminds some of Ferguson, Mo. http://t.co/QPmwrvUFlL pic.twitter.com/HIMbOaCha0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 18, 2015
Follow —> @FunkRadio for great funk all the time, any time – u know u need some funk, now come on … #WhyMusicMatters
— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) February 18, 2015
Must see Tweets #BLACKLIVESMATTER Banner on Church
Police account of Kevin Davis shooting in Georgia challenged by his girlfriend and neighbour http://t.co/HqirnNmTiY — Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) February 13, 2015
Milwaukee church hangs “Black Lives Matter” sign on building; “We want to be part of the solution:” …… http://t.co/zJg4IqurwN
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) February 16, 2015
THIS piece of life affirming unity building right here, speaking to why #BlackLivesMatter is unique (from @lsarsour) pic.twitter.com/OrHzkKUV5t — Penn Badgley (@PennBadgley) February 16, 2015
From this morning, before we started. #blackbrunchseattle. pic.twitter.com/32hQSUW4nb — MaxWelp (@local_maxima) February 15, 2015
.@Queen_Blizzy & #AkaiGurley‘s aunt react to #PeterLiang indictment in #Brooklyn #NYC. #OpICantBreathe http://t.co/u102v6iJYh (@AshAgony)
— #OpICantBreathe (@OpICantBreathe) February 12, 2015
Wow… RT@deray: Allegiance. pic.twitter.com/6W5z1mtub6
— Istahil ibrahim (@istahil88) February 15, 2015
Must see Tweets #JUSTICE4MUSLIMS 2.17
Week of Islamophobia 2/9- #MustafaMattan killed 2/10- #ChapeHillShooting 2/13- #HoustonMosque arson Today- Rhode Island Islamic Schl attack — Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) February 16, 2015
Experience of a Texas Muslim sister post #ChapelHillShooting. Let’s #TakeOnHate pic.twitter.com/KokNcRaS7u — Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) February 13, 2015
THIS piece of life affirming unity building right here, speaking to why #BlackLivesMatter is unique (from @lsarsour) pic.twitter.com/OrHzkKUV5t — Penn Badgley (@PennBadgley) February 16, 2015
A Real Sign of Solidarity. Learn more about @takeonhate here –> https://t.co/SANsAt7B9z pic.twitter.com/LqjVlDc7Oi — Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) February 15, 2015
Cops Have Killed Every 8 Hours in 2015, Sending At Least Three People to Early Graves Per Day
As of February 15, only a month and a half into 2015, there has been at least 136 individuals killed by police in the United States since the first of the year.
The frighteningly high number averages out to three killed per day, or someone killed every eight hours. While there is no government-run database, Killed By Police has taken it upon themselves to keep track, and are doing a fantastic job thus far.
Just to put things into perspective, let’s take a look at the rates at which police in other countries kill their citizens.
Let’s look at our immediate neighbors to the north, Canada. The total number of citizens killed by law enforcement officers in the year 2014, was 14; that is 78 times less people than the US.
If we look at the United Kingdom, 1 person was killed by police in 2014 and 0 in 2013. English police reportedly fired guns a total of three times in all of 2013, with zero reported fatalities.
From 2010 through 2014, there were four fatal police shootings in England, which has a population of about 52 million. By contrast, Albuquerque, N.M., with a population 1 percent the size of England’s, had 26 fatal police shootings in that same time period.China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in 2014.
Let that sink in. Law enforcement in the US killed 92 times more people than a country with nearly 1.4 billion people.
It doesn’t stop there.From 2013-2014, German police killed absolutely no one.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
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