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Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory [VIDEO]

Let us not forget that over the last year more people of color [black people] have been killed by the police indiscriminately than at anytime in recent memory. Some compare it to “lawful lynchings” only through the use of a gun. More than six months after Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson, the youth-led protests in Ferguson continue to fuel a national movement against police brutality. #blacklivesmatter

“Part of the struggle for us in Ferguson is to break a four-hundred-year belief that black people are not human,” says St. Louis native and activist Rev. Osagyefo Sekou.

 

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North Texas activists protest killing of unarmed Mexican immigrant

GRAPEVINE, TX — The Grapevine City Council conference room filled with shouts of “No justice! No peace!” Tuesday night as more than 100 people showed up to protest the officer-involved killing of Ruben Garcia Villalpando.
Villalpando’s parents patiently wait for the Grapevine City Council meeting to begin. Photo: Obed Manuel

Villalpando’s parents patiently wait for the Grapevine City Council meeting to begin. Photo: Obed Manuel

Martha Romero, Villalpando’s wife, sat quietly in the front row of the conference room with her four children. Villalpando’s parents who were visiting from the Mexican state of Durango sat behind her wearing “Justice for Ruben” stickers.

Signs around the room read with “Are you going to kill me?” which Villalpando’s family said were his final words.

The activist reaction comes after the unarmed Villalpando was shot and killed by Grapevine police officer Robert Clark on the night of Feb 20.

After clearing its agenda, the council left the remainder of the meeting to those who had signed up to speak.

“Right now it’s my family suffering, but what about tomorrow? What about the families of tomorrow?” said Fernando Romero, Villalpando’s brother-in-law. “We want this to stop and we want justice. We want what is right. We want everything to be clear. I’m asking you to make it right.”

Source: latinalista.com

 

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#LatinosAreHuman

#HandsUpDontShoot

#ShutItDown

#NoJusticeNoPeace

#RubenGarciaVillalpando

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Academy Voter Offended by Selma Cast Wearing ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Tees – COLORLINES

 

“if the movie isn’t that good, am I supposed to vote for it just because it has black people in it? I’ve got to tell you, having the cast show up in T-shirts saying “I can’t breathe” [at their New York premiere] — I thought that stuff was offensive. Did they want to be known for making the best movie of the year or for stirring up shit? ”

 

Source: colorlines.com

 

The oppressor telling the oppressed how to not protest their oppression.