The U.S. Justice Department bashed the juvenile justice system in Shelby County, Tenn., in 2012. Now, Memphis courts are trying to find a way forward.
Source: www.npr.org
Injustice
Woman Brutally Beaten by CHP Officer Speaks Out
In July, 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock was walking on the side of a California highway when aCalifornia Highway Patrol officer threw her to the ground and began brutally beating her in the face. That officer, Daniel Andrew, has not been subject to any disciplinary action but he has been placed on “non road patrol duty”, and CHP says its investigation is ongoing.
– Click through for more –
Source: shine.forharriet.com
Outrage And Sorrow After Teen Shot Dead By Police
Following the shooting of 18-year-old man by a police officer in the city of Ferguson, Missouri, an outraged community gathered to demand answers. Michael Brown, a black teen and recent high school graduate, was shot dead in the city north of St. Louis on Saturday. The victim’s grandmother said she found her grandson’s body in the street, shortly after seeing him walking near her home, the Associated Press reports. A spokesman for the St. Louis County Police Department confirmed that a Ferguson police officer shot the man, but provided no further details on why the shooting occurred. Witnesses said that Brown was unarmed, KMOV reports.
– Click through for more –
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
NC parents charged after infant dies in hot car
STATESVILLE, N.C. — The parents of a 4-week-old child that died after being left in a hot car are now facing charges, according to the Statesville Police Department. WSOC-TV reported that the famil…
Source: myfox8.com
This is how the US criminal justice system works. If you are black you are assumed guilty – as if they did this on purpose. It’s bad enough that they lost their baby, now their other children have been taken away.
When you hear that laws are made to oppress, here is the example. How often do white people lose their other children when they accidentally leave their newborn in the car?
PS – Why does WSOC-TV use the word ‘its’ in the first paragraph when they should have used the word ‘they’???
“…the family returned to its home…”
– CLICK THROUGH TO CHECK IT –
and [VIDEO]
‘I was not going to cower:’ Man who shot unarmed Michigan teen takes the stand
A Michigan man accused of gunning down Renisha McBride took the stand in his own defense Monday.
Source: www.cnn.com
Trigger happy United States.
Eric Garner
Eric Garner (1971?-2014), an American street vendor, beloved husband and 43-year-old father of six, became yet another unarmed Black man killed by the New York City police (NYPD) on July 17th 2014. His crime: selling untaxed cigarettes.
…
The police have taken officers Pantaleo and Justin Damico off the street. They took Pantaleo’s badge and gun. No charges, no arrests.
The hospital takes it a bit more seriously: the four ambulance workers are suspended without pay.
Mayor de Blasio finds the Garner case “very troubling” and promises a “thorough investigation”.
The coroner has yet to report the official cause of death.
There have been at least two protests so far.
Today is his funeral.
Click through to read.
Source: abagond.wordpress.com
The process Congress wants to use for child migrants is a disaster
A secret UN report obtained by Vox reveals Border Patrol agents are failing to protect Mexican children.
…
Mexican children are treated differently than Central American children at the border
…
BY LAW, AGENTS SHOULD ASSUME CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER; IN PRACTICE, AGENTS ASSUME THEY’RE NOT
…
It’s not that Central American kids need to be protected less; it’s that Mexican kids need to be protected more
Source: www.vox.com
The death penalty dramatized – Los Rakas – Sueño Americano – YouTube
Music video by Los Rakas performing Sueño Americano. (C) 2014 Universal Music Latino
Source: www.youtube.com
The death penalty. Murder for murder. Barbaric.
Fruitvale Station
“Fruitvale Station” (2013) is an American film about the last day of Oscar Grant’s life. On January 1st 2009, Grant, an unarmed Black man, was shot in the back by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police at Fruitvale Station in Oakland, California. Octavia Spencer plays his mother. Ryan Coogler writes and directs, his first film. It won an NAACP Image Award, an award at Cannes, but no Oscar.
Click through for more.
Source: abagond.wordpress.com
I saw this movie. It has excellent acting and cinematography, it’s entertaining, and of course it’s heartbreaking like crazy.
Autopsy Report Alleges Clayton Lockett Execution Doomed By Staff Error
See on Scoop.it – Community Village Daily
Comments by an attorney from the Death Penalty Clinic at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law lay out the details of the team’s handling of the execution, which led to the heart attack that eventually killed him:
“The improper placement of the IV used in Mr. Lockett’s execution is just one factor that caused his prolonged and painful death,” said Megan McCracken, an attorney with the Death Penalty Clinic at U.C. Berkeley School of Law. “The three-drug protocol that was used exacerbated the pain and suffering that Mr. Lockett faced by needlessly paralyzing him and subjecting him to the pain of potassium chloride. Moreover, the state had no plan for contingencies in the event that the execution did not go as planned, as clearly happened here.”
There are also concerns of how properly trained personnel were regarding the execution. The Department of Corrections timeline revealed that the IV was applied by a phlebotomist and later confirmed by the state. When a local news outlet questioned the matter, the state reversed their statement and said that an unnamed EMT was the person to apply the femoral vein IV. According to the state’s execution protocol, a physician should have set the IV, and not a phlebotomist.
Click through to read more.
Community Village‘s insight: