WASHINGTON — A Ferguson police officer who helped detain a journalist in a McDonald’s earlier this month is in the midst of a civil rights lawsuit because he allegedly hog-tied a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mail at the end of his driveway.
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The family of an 8-year-old Native American girl who was tazed by police in October is suing while the Pierre Police Department say it was justified.
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Apostles: Booker T. Washington, Don Lemon, Bill Cosby, Barack Obama, Chris Rock in “Niggas vs Black People”.
Glory days: 1895 to 1955, from Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise to the murder of Emmett Till. Its low point was from 1965 to 1984, from Carmichael to Cosby. It seems to be a reaction to racial nadirs, periods of White racist backlash against anti-racist reforms.
In the US, Whites dehumanize Blacks, partly through stereotypes. Blacks are seen as lazy, unintelligent, violent, criminal, oversexed, etc. Most Whites think the stereotypes are true. They inform not only “realistic” television dramas, but even news reporting, policing, court cases and government policy.
Therefore, says respectability politics, the main thing wrong with Black people is their behaviour. Change the behaviour and Whites will see Black people as human and worthy and therefore do right by them. Stuff like police brutality and high unemployment will melt away.
There are two things wrong with that:
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police state, police brutality, war on drugs
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Black and brown communities continue to be disrespected by the police.
Police do not treat black and brown bodies as human. Police do not treat black and brown bodies as belonging to a parent.
Police still think they own black and brown bodies and can treat them with no regard for decency. Even little black and brown kids are abused by the police.
What’s it like for children in Honduras?
ESPINAL: Throughout the country we have a child mortality rate of 23 per 1,000. We have 900,000 children and adolescents who neither work nor go to school. We have 12 children who are assassinated every day
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Boycott any store that sells toy guns that look like real guns.
Police are killing people who are playing with toy guns.
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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.
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Three children bring a congressional hearing to tears.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say a woman faces DUI and child neglect charges after her son was left alone in her Mercedes while she drank at a nearby bar in St. Petersburg.
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Will she loose custody of her child like other negligent parents have?
