Injustice

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Are families of cross-border shooting victims a step closer to justice?

 

It’s been almost two years since 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was killed in the Mexican town of Nogales as he walked down a street close to his home near the U.S.-Mexico border. According to reports, on the night of Oct. 10, 2012, an unidentified Border Patrol agent opened fire on José through the steel-beamed border fence that stands on a cliff above the street where he was walking.

José was shot at least 10 times as he stood on Mexican soil — by an agent standing on U.S. soil.

Until recently, José’s family believed it was likely no one would be held responsible for his death. Since the bullets that killed José traveled from the U.S. into Mexico and because José was not a U.S. citizen, finding justice under the Constitution has been an uphill battle.

 

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Source: america.aljazeera.com

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Case of San Diego Father Beaten to Death by Border Agents Advances to Trial

 

San Diego, CA: The district court judge presiding over the civil case involving the family of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas has cleared the way for trial and denied the claims of border agents’ that they are immune from the lawsuit. The federal government filed a motion arguing that the border agents involved in the use of force against Anastasio are immune from civil liability, asserting that their conduct did not violate any constitutional rights. The judge disagreed, dismissed the government’s claim and cleared the way for the civil case to go to trial. Anastasio was a long-time San Diego resident and a father of 5 who was beaten and shot repeatedly with a taser by border agents resulting in his death near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in May 2010.

 

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Source: soboco.org

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Father pleads for justice in Border Patrol shooting [VIDEO]

 

Valeria Tachiquin

Valeria Tachiquin

Valeria suffered 14 gunshot wounds to her upper body

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When asked about the case, the Department of Justice had no comment.

Customs and Border Patrol Protection would also not comment on whether or not Agent TackeTackettstill in the field.

The new Customs and Border Patrol Protection Head of Internal Affairs admitted there are more than 100 cases of excessive force by agents that need to be looked at again.

 

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Source: www.kusi.com

 

What is the truth in this case?

 

What did the eye witnesses see?

 

We need cameras on all law enforcement.

 

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Renewed call for justice in Border Patrol shooting

 

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – Renewed calls for justice Tuesday from the father of a woman killed in a confrontation with Border Patrol.

Valeria Tachiquin was shot by an agent in Chula Vista. Her family says the officer used excessive force — but so far, no one has been held responsible.

 

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Source: www.cbs8.com

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Video: John Crawford didn’t seem to aim toy gun at anyone before police shot at him [VIDEO]

Video: John Crawford didn’t seem to aim toy gun at anyone before police shot at him

Source: www.vox.com

 

The U.S. says we have the right to bear arms.

 

But if you’re Black or Brown… guess what? You will get shot if you carry a toy gun, or a black wallet, or cell phone or even if you have both hands in the air.

 

Remember Andy Lopez.

 

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Denver Deputies Killed Homeless Street Preacher [VIDEO]

 

DENVER (AP) — Five Denver sheriff’s deputies followed the rules when they used a sleeper hold and stun gun to restrain a homeless street preacher who died in the downtown jail, a defense attorney said Monday.

The comments by Denver attorney Thomas Rice came during opening statements in a federal civil trial involving the deputies accused of using excessive force in connection with the death of Marvin Booker.

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Surveillance footage played in court shows three officers wrestling Booker onto chairs then down to the floor before two others join the scuffle. One puts his arm around Booker’s neck for about three minutes. Officials said at the time that a deputy warned Booker to stop resisting.

An autopsy report said deputies had their body weight on Booker’s back for four minutes while he was face-down on the floor.

The video also shows deputies carrying Booker’s limp body to an isolation cell after one of them stunned him for at least eight seconds.

Newman said deputies showed no concern for Booker’s health after the incident and should have summoned medical care sooner.

 

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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Detroit Mall Security Guards Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Won’t Be Charged

A prosecutor announced Thursday that no criminal charges will be brought in the case of an unarmed black man killed while being restrained by mall security guards.

McKenzie Cochran, 25, died at the Northland Mall in the Detroit suburb of Southlan…

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

 

Cochran was killed in January (2014) and I am just now hearing about it.

 

So much oppression it’s hard to keep track of it all.

 

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After Nearly 23 Years of Legal Struggle, a Conviction Is Reversed

Everton Wagstaffe, who refused to leave prison on probation because he viewed it as a surrender of his claim of innocence in the death of a teenage girl, learned on Wednesday that he had prevailed in a struggle that he began from behind bars nearly 23 years ago.

A panel of state appeals court judges unanimously reversed the kidnapping convictions of Mr. Wagstaffe and his co-defendant, Reginald Connor, finding that Brooklyn prosecutors in 1992 and 1993 were responsible for “burying” documents that might have shown that detectives and the prime witness had lied. The panel also dismissed the indictments of the two men.

Source: www.nytimes.com

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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent: Eduardo Galeano

 

Book Description

 

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.

Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.

 

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Source: www.amazon.com

 

Money can move across borders.

 

Raw materials can move across borders.
Manufactured goods can move across borders.

 

People (especially the poor) are highly restricted from moving across borders.

 

People should have the freedom and liberty to move where the resources and jobs are located.

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‘Django Unchained’ actress defends not giving ID to cop [VIDEO]

“Django Unchained” actress Daniele Watts defended her refusal to show her ID to Los Angeles police before they handcuffed her last week.

Source: www.cnn.com

 

What happens if we left our id at home?

 

Is it a crime to not have your ID with you?

 

How long can a person be detained when they don’t have their ID on them?