“Wichita County Texas District Attorney Maureen Shelton isn’t talking about the case. We should.
Is there any time when a human being stops being a human being because the mother is an inmate?”
Children
Georgia Toddler in Induced Coma After Being Hurt by Police Grenade
“A 19-month-old boy remained in critical condition in an induced coma at an Atlanta hospital Friday after authorities trying to capture a suspected meth dealer threw a flash grenade into the baby’s crib.”
Community Village‘s insight:
This is one of the results from the U.S. war on drugs.
Remember, you can’t have a war on an inanimate object. A war on drugs is a war on people.
See on www.nbcnews.com
Florida City’s ‘Stop & Frisk’ Nabs Thousands of Kids, Finds 5-Year-Olds ‘Suspicious’
Stop and Frisk Quota Policy at Miami Gardens Police Department Results in Over 99-thousand Stops in a City of 110-thousand people.
Community Village‘s insight:
Scroll down to the video and the interactive chart.
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Madison County judge accused of racial abuse
A Madison County Justice Court judge is accused of striking a mentally challenged young man and using a racial slur.
See on www.clarionledger.com
7th grader: Cops handcuffed, kicked me – CNN.com Video
A family is outraged after video surfaces of a police officer allegedly handcuffing and kicking their 7th grade son.
See on www.cnn.com
Utah Man Facing Hate Crime Charges Says Threatening Black Child Was ‘Just My Opinion’
“A Utah man is now facing federal hate crime charges for threatening to kill a black child of a neighboring Caucasian couple. Robert Keller, a 70-year-old resident of Hurricane, wrote to the family to say he would kill the boy if the child remained in his neighborhood.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Click through for the whole article.
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Palestinian youths shot dead on camera – CNN.com Video
After skirmishing with Israeli forces, two Palestinian youth were shot dead in front of security cameras.
Community Village‘s insight:
Reminds me of the U.S. Mexico border.
See on www.cnn.com
Report slams child labor in U.S. tobacco fields
(CNN) — Children can’t light up, but there are some who suffer the effects of nicotine exposure as they labor in U.S. tobacco fields.
There is not an exact figure for how many children work in America’s tobacco fields, but Human Rights Watch interviewed nearly 150 for a new report on the dangers these workers face.
“I would barely eat anything because I wouldn’t get hungry,” one child worker, Elena G., 13, told the human rights group. “Sometimes I felt like I needed to throw up. … I felt like I was going to faint. I would stop and just hold myself up with the tobacco plant.”
Nearly 75% of the children interviewed reported similar symptoms — nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, headaches, dizziness, irritation and difficulty breathing. These are symptoms of acute nicotine poisoning, Human Rights Watch said.
And nicotine is not the only danger.
Exposure to pesticides from adjacent fields and accidents with sharp tools are also common, the report said.
“Once they sprayed where we were working. We were cutting the flower and the spray was right next to us in the part of the fields we had just finished working in. I couldn’t breathe,” Jocelyn R., 17, told HRW. “I started sneezing a lot. The chemicals would come over to us.”
See on www.cnn.com
Boko Haram
“Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad(2002- ), the People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad, is better known by its Hausa nickname, Boko Haram. “Haram” means forbidden, “Boko” means fake – or Western education. Boko Haram wants to overthrow the Nigerian government and set up Muslim rule.”
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Crime scene photos: ‘Mouthy’ kids murder trial
Warning: Some of these photos are extremely graphic. A Florida mother is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of her children inside their Tampa home in January 2011.
See on www.hlntv.com