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
Sharon Chang discusses a social media campaign as a response to the death of Michael Brown and so many black lives unjustly lost.
Source: www.racismreview.com
Make sure to check her Storify.
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
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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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
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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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
"We want justice and peace. That's what we want." Right now in #ferguson https://t.co/PVb00S5PuJ
— Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) November 25, 2014
RT @ManilaChan: “Who are we? Mike Brown!” – Angry crowd chants at White House https://t.co/2ezFC9kCAm #Ferguson
— RT America (@RT_America) November 25, 2014
On the same day #MarissaAlexander was sentenced to 3 years for shooting no one, Darren Wilson wasn’t even indicted for killing Mike Brown. — Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) November 25, 2014
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 25, 2014
ur impression that MLK Jr encouraged black ppl to *quietly demand justice on white ppl’s terms* is fucking wrong. pic.twitter.com/bbkVYYiVEL
— Stella Boonshoft (@stellaboonshoft) November 25, 2014
Protests from across the #US following the grand jury decision in #Ferguson: http://t.co/WuocKH9OlI #MichaelBrown pic.twitter.com/ZQvFgUhQrq
— Saulo Corona (@SauloCorona) November 25, 2014
No one really knows how many people are killed by police because the feds refuse to compile and reveal that information. If the Malcolm X Grassroots Movements is right, a black person is killed extra judicially every 28 hours. That a complete disregard for Black life.
Even in Latino communities lots of value is placed on whiteness over blackness. We need to talk about anti-blackness within Latino communities, so as part of a #DigitalAltar for Dia De Los Muertos we want to celebrate Black life and Mike Brown.
Will you share this on social media and celebrate Black Life today?
Celebrate the life of someone close to you today using #DigitalAltar.
Source: act.presente.org
Valentine Logar:
“It is important to understand, this isn’t the rhetoric of a fringe but of an entire people. It is past time we see, past time we hear and past time we recognize what three hundred years plus of racism has done to a people and a nation.”
Source: valentinelogar.com