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If we can't get it #shutitdown. #March2Justice on the streets of Washington, DC. #WhyWeMarch

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Black People Slain by Cops in Chicago, Baltimore Keeps Police Violence in Spotlight

The acquittal of Rekia Boyd’s killer and the mysterious death of Freddie Gray in custody outraged protesters as police credibility is further damaged nationally.

Source: www.diversityinc.com

 

#BlackLivesMatter

 

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5 Rules for Recording Police: Steve Silverman of FlexYourRights.org

Flex Your Rights Exec. Director Steve Silverman’s segment from a Cato Institute panel discussion on police body cameras and recording misconduct. (C-SPAN Air Date: Oct 23, 2014.)

Source: www.youtube.com

  • Do not point your camera (smartphone) like a gun. Hold it sideways for a wide screen video and at waist height
  • Do not use a fingerprint password. Cops can unlock your phone with your finger.
  • Use app like Mobile Justice to record videos that are uploaded right away, and alert neighbors of event – learn more
  • Use video streaming such as Facebook Live, or YouTube Capture which upload the video right away.
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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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Source: thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

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Update 2: New Article in TruthOut About Guest! · Guest: A New Film About The Guestworker Program

Hi all! I recently wrote this article in Truth Out “Is A Safe And Legal Immigration System Possible?” featuring stories and background from Guest. Please give it a read and spread the word, we only have two weeks left to raise what we need to make Guest happen!Thank you, as always, for your support,LVD

Source: www.kickstarter.com

 

A border activist said “You are either a worker or a guest. You don’t have a guest in your house, then ask them to wash your dishes.”

 

During enslavement the workers were taken care of, although only like property, and only when not being beaten and raped.

 

Now that enslavement is over by law, the U.S. doesn’t want agricultural workers to even have citizenship.

 

#(im)migrantRights

#LatinosAreHuman

 

#BlackLivesMatter #LatinosAreHuman Best Tweets 3.30
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#BlackLivesMatter #LatinosAreHuman Best Tweets 3.30

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Indiana Officials Scramble To Contain Fallout From New Anti-Gay Bill

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The heat over Indiana’s new religious objections law spread Friday across social media and to the White House as many local officials and business groups around the state tried to jump in and stem the fallout.

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com

 

HT @mixed_race