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On Being a Black Male, Six Feet Four Inches Tall, in America in 2014

Just like Michael Brown, comedian and commentator W. Kamau Bell is six feet four inches tall. And he knows it.

Source: www.vanityfair.com

 

In a heavily armed country like the U.S. men, and boys need to watch every move they make. Where their hands are, what color is the object in their hand, how suspiciously are they walking, too fast, too slow.

 

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Hundreds Block The Streets In Cleveland To Protest Police Killing 12 Year Old Boy

Cleveland, Ohio – As the riots and police state presence in Ferguson has taken center stage in the news, people in Cleveland protested the killing of a local 12-year-old boy, and also showed their support for the Michael Brown family as well. Young Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a cop this past Saturday, because…

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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Police Shoot Peaceful #Ferguson Demonstator in Her Eye Socket and Cause Her to Lose Eye

 

Dornnella Conner was inspired this week to travel to Ferguson, Missouri and join along in the ongoing protests there against police brutality in the wake of the non-indictment of Darren Wilson who killed Michael Brown.

 

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Source: ushypocrisy.com

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Hashtag BlackLivesMatter: “A riot is the language of the unheard”

 

Eyes from around the nation and world have been watching events in Ferguson, Missouri, for some time now.
The bifurcated nature of the responses is particularly problematic when it specifically comes to the inability of many people colorized (or racialized) as White, regardless of their otherwise everyday political leanings. Our nation, especially its institutions, have serious issues with all things related to racism/colorism, privilege, acknowledging history (and remember I define history as everything and anything from less than a microsecond ago), and seeing how this affects the future.

 

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Source: andrewpegoda.com

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HandsUp Walkout – Monday Dec 1, 2014 – 1 PM ET/ 10 AM PT

 

Monday: Mass Walkout #HandsUpWalkOut


We are asking you and your organizations to support a mass walk out on Monday at 12:01pm—the time that Mike Brown was murdered. Folks can put their hands up as they leave their job, schools or wherever they are and gather together. Please share widely on social media using #HandsUpWalkOut.  Click here for an image to share.

Source: fergusonaction.com

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WATCH: Car runs over protesters during Michael Brown rally in Minneapolis

 

An unidentified motorist in Minneapolis drove into protesters at a rally in solidarity with the family of slain Missouri teen Michael Brown, leaving one woman in need of medical attention, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.

 

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Source: www.rawstory.com

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Tamir Rice’s family asks City of Cleveland, police to release video of fatal shooting

 

Tamir Rice (age 12)

 

Rice’s parents on Tuesday sent a letter through attorneys Tim Kucharski and David Malik to Mayor Frank Jackson and the Cleveland Division of Police asking for the release of the video, which police said depicts one of their rookie officers shoot Rice twice after he pulled a replica gun from his waistband.

 

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Source: www.cleveland.com

No Justice – Ferguson on FIRE
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No Justice – Ferguson on FIRE

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 25, 2014