Despite our best intentions, implicit associations affect us every day.
Source: www.vox.com

Despite our best intentions, implicit associations affect us every day.
Source: www.vox.com
LOS ANGELES — The official autopsy report for Ezell Ford, an unarmed, mentally ill black man shot to death by Los Angeles police in August, was released by the county coroner’s office Monday after the Los Angeles Police Department lifted an investigative hold that had blocked the report from public view for over four months.
The coroner’s investigation ruled Ford’s death a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds.
Ford, 25, was killed by LAPD officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas, both on gang enforcement detail, shortly after 8 p.m. on Aug. 11 in the Florence neighborhood of South LA. The report provides the first detailed account from authorities of his injuries.
According to the autopsy report, Ford was shot three times, resulting in two fatal wounds and one nonfatal.
The skin around the fatal wound in Ford’s back had a “muzzle imprint,” which suggests that the shot was taken at close range. The second fatal wound was in Ford’s side abdomen. A third wound, ruled nonfatal by the coroner’s investigation, was on his right arm.
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#BlackLivesMatter
#iCantBreathe
#NotOneMore
#ShutItDown
A premeditated mass murder of civilians is happening in America. Its victims include the mentally ill, the disabled, the homeless, infants, children, and minorities. The majority of its victims are Black males.
While some victims of the American Holocaust are killed by civilians claiming self-defense, the majority are killed by deputized law enforcement. There are some prejudiced citizens who conclude that certain people are up to no good. They call the police who shoot to kill first before asking questions. Using color and claim of official right, there are no consequences for their actions.
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YOU MUST WATCH!!! THIS IS THE MOST EMPOWERING HISTORY LESSON ABOUT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA EVERY GIVEN.
Someone sent me this lecture given by Dr. Joy DeGruy that will educate and give you real knowledge that white America doesn’t want you to know. She explains the horrible history and pain inflected upon people of African descent in America. She thoroughly explains the justify the use of mechanisms used to keep this cultural group deprived and in slavery.
IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE YOU MUST TAKE THE HOURS OR SO TO BE EMPOWERED AS TO WHY PEOPLE OF COLOR CONTINUE TO SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF WHITE AMERICA. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND!!!
“Tario Anderson was simply walking down the street.”
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“Anderson had committed no crime but since he did not immediately bow down to the police, he was tasered and cops piled on top of him.”
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
In a similar story a deaf Black man was beaten by the police, and in another story a Latino with a colostomy bag (‘looked like a gun’) was tackled by the police.
#BlackLivesMatter #LatinoLivesMatter #DisabledLivesMatter
Strongly suggest you all read this meme and pass it on. This is America. #BlackLivesMatter cc: @Deray @ShaunKing pic.twitter.com/vHwDec6VqR
— Jason Pollock (@Jason_Pollock) December 27, 2014
(Video) DC Activists Disrupt Christmas Shopping After #AntonioMartin Is Killed Outside of Ferguson #ThinkMoor #WakeUp http://t.co/CS3SzojpTW
— Erika Totten (@2LiveUnchained) December 27, 2014
A #BlackLivesMatter protester holds Silence is Violence sign at #STL airport shutdown #ICantBreathe #Ferguson @deray pic.twitter.com/PHQNOiWfS5
— djvjgrrl (@djvjgrrl) December 26, 2014
Officer who killed #AntonioMartin fired his gun as many times as entire British police force. http://t.co/YOR0o5bq7j pic.twitter.com/BaMqnCtu8F
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 24, 2014
“If I See You Post This On YouTube, I’ll Find A Way For The D.A.’s Office To Arrest You” Chris | InformationLiberation A camera-shy New York State trooper threatened to “find a way” to arrest a man if he posted video of the officer conducting a routine traffic stop to YouTube. Predictably, the video was…
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Note: Since we have the right to remain silent, we can always ask if we are being detained. If we are not being detained, we can ask if we are free to go.
What These Cops Do to This Black Mother and Her Young Children Is Past Despicable
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Imagine if the child had a cell phone in his hand. The police may have shot him.
A white police officer shot a black teenager to death at a gas station in the city next door to Ferguson, Missouri, touching off clashes early Wednesday between demonstrators and law enforcement.
The mayor said that video from the confrontation, in the city of Berkeley, appeared to show the teenager pointing a gun at the officer, and police said a handgun was recovered at the scene. Police said the officer feared for his life.
“This was not the same as Ferguson,” Mayor Theodore Hoskins said.
He took pains to say that the shooting could not be compared to the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson or to the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York. The mayor, who is black, pointed out that the Berkeley police department is majority-black.
He promised a thorough investigation but said that the video showed it was not a police officer going off “half-cocked.”
“Everybody don’t die the same,” he told reporters. “Some people die because the policeman initiated. Some people die because they initiated it. And at this point, our review indicates that the police did not initiate this, like Ferguson.”
Source: www.nbcnews.com
It happened on June 26, 2011. 18-year old Deryl Dedmon of Brandon, Mississippi decided to drive into a predominately Black area of Jackson, Mississippi for the distinct purpose of messing up Blacks…
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