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Renisha McBride

 

“Renisha McBride (1994-2013), a 19-year-old Black American woman from Detroit, was shot dead in the nearby White American suburb of Dearborn Heights at 2.30am on Saturday November 2nd 2013.”

 

“The state has a Stand Your Ground law, like Florida where Trayvon Martin was killed. As journalist Rania Khalek notes on her blog:

 

The problem with a law like Stand Your Ground is that it excuses and encourages deadly force against “perceived” threats. In the United States, where implicit and structural racism persists on a vast scale, is it wise to empower people who almost certainly have irrational and racist fears, to kill instead of call police who are trained (at least they’re supposed to be) to deal with potential threats?

 

Race also appears to play a significant role in whether a homicide is deemed justifiable. A recent study conducted by John Roman of the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center found, “the odds that a white-on-black homicide is ruled to have been justified is more than 11 times the odds a black-on-white shooting is ruled justified,” a reflection of the racial disparities that plague all aspects of the US criminal justice system.”

 
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Gradient Lair – Kick Ass Blog

“ Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s Street Art Confronts Sexual Harassment”
STOP STREET HARASSMENT. Love this campaign.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Gradient Lair is one of the most well organized and laser focused blogs I’ve ever seen from an individual (one owner) blog.

 

Here’s a paragraph from her Bio page:

 

“I am college-educated. I have a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and I completed 2 years of additional graduate work in Psychology and Mental Health Counseling. I studied race, gender and adolescent mental health/education and I have a lot of interest in how media/culture impact this. I studied Behavioral and Social Sciences at the baccalaureate level.” –Trudy 

 

@getgln

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WTF!? Woman Shatters Facial Bones After Police Throw Her On Concrete Bench (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Warning: the video and images you are about to see are graphic. A woman in Skokie, Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the Skokie Police Department, alleging they used excessive force after she wa…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I hate that these videos have no sound. Not that I can stand to even watch it without sound. I just wanted to hear the exchange before and after the event.

 

I am so terrified of police.

 

@getgln

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