Justice

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Women Sue for Humiliating Vaginal Search From State Troopers (Video)

UPDATE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FVZEpYiLI “A Texas woman and her niece are suing a pair of Texas state troopers and the director of the Texas Depart…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Like Cenk Uygur says, what’s the greater violation, being felt up and raped or possessing a joint of marijuana?

 

The is another example of the “freedom and liberty” we have in the U.S.

The police have the “freedom and liberty” to violate citizens.

 

 

See on www.youtube.com

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Lessons Learned: Immigration – Latino USA

Maria Hinojosa takes us through the lessons Latino USA has learned in twenty years of covering issues related to immigration.   Photo courtesy Flickr  …

 

Community Village‘s insight:

Maria Hinojosa explains that the term “undocumented” should be replaced with RPI “Registered Provisional Immigrant”

 

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See on latinousa.org

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Migration is Beautiful

Migration is Beautiful symbolizes a commitment from the creative community to see, show, and celebrate the humanity of the migrant story. See on migrationisbeautiful.com

“Fences and borders can’t stop the flow of rivers, migration of butterflies, or the movement of people, and won’t stop the spirit of freedom.”
– Tania Willard, Indigenous Secwepemc artist

 

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US says no charges for border agent who shot Mexican teen

“PHOENIX – U.S. authorities will not bring charges against a Border Patrol agent in Arizona who shot dead a rock-throwing Mexican teenager two years ago because the fatal injury did not occur in the United States, the Justice Department said on Friday.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

horrific and racist

See on Reuters

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“Yeah, I shot that kid” – An 8 Year Old ‘Trayvon Martin’ Was Just Shot

“CBS News 11 in Dallas, Texas is reporting that an 8 year old African American boy was shot in the face while playing a game of ‘tag.'”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

horrific

 

I was trying to find the name of the European-American who shot the African-American teen through the truck because his music was too loud; before I could find that I found that last month a 33-year-old Merritt Landry (European-American) shot a 14-year old unarmed Marshall Coulter (African-American) in the head. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/29/homeowner-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-new-orleans-after-shooting-teen-he-says-he-thought-was-breaking-into-his-home/

 

I follow @gundeaths on Twitter and most of the shootings don’t make the main stream news.

See on politicalblindspot.com

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Book Review: Slavery By Another Name

“Many of the heirs of those who profited from neo-slavery are captains of industry today. Their fortunes remain intact. No one was ever held financially accountable.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

Today’s prisons continue having people work in order to profit business owners.

 

The incarcerated are still disproportionately Black and Brown.

 

And field work, which makes agricultural companies richer, is still here, but has simply changed from Black to Brown.

See on www.racefiles.com