Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday the city will drop its fight against the release of a police dashboard camera video depicting a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a man in the back on the city’s South Side.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.chicagotribune.com
#RonaldJohnson #SayHisName
Jewish leaders implore the U.S. to “welcome the stranger,” not to turn away refugees as it did during the Holocaust
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.salon.com
#RefugeesWelcome
White men make up 32 percent of Americans — and 61 percent of gun owners.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.vox.com
Guns – the invention made to kill more people faster.
Detroit mother Tracy Brown was waiting for a connecting flight in Turkey when she scuffled with police officers. She never got back home alive.
Continue reading
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.thedailybeast.com
#BLM#SayHerName#TracyBrown
“If cops in England asked for armed backup for this situation they’d be laughed” #MarioWoods pic.twitter.com/BbXhDNLqim
Sourced through Scoop.it from: twitter.com
#BLM
#SayHisName
#MarioWoods
These past couple of weeks have been filled with violence and mass shootings which are a common occurrence in America today. They enter and exit the mainstream media news cycle on a regular basis, creating outrage and sadness but little action to remedy the causes. Here are some words for the weekend on that note. Stay safe family and love one another.
“Gun violence is more than a political problem; it’s a spiritual problem – an empathy gap.” –@SharonBrous pic.twitter.com/mHvWkk0726
— Auburn Seminary (@AuburnSeminary) December 3, 2015
Witnesses say they watched in disbelief as cops killed a man, then planted a gun and drugs ‘within arms reach’ of his lifeless body.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
#BLM
#RickyBall
#SayHisName
Rapid City, SD – In August of 2014, Rebecca M. Sotherland, a police officer formerly employed for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, was videotaped tazering a citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe 17 times while he laid unresponsive on the ground on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Sotherland was indicted by a federal grand jury only days…
Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
REPORT: Nearly 1,000 Police Officers Lost Badges for Sexual Assault, Misconduct
Continue reading
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.colorlines.com
“When you’ve got a standup cop with nothing to hide, the dash-cam is his friend,” said Gregg Stutchman, who has specialized in video forensics in California for 23 years. “But for cops who aren’t quite as standup, it would make sense that they wouldn’t want things recorded.”
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.mintpressnews.com
#BLM
#SayHisName
#LaquanMcDonald