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Memorial Space at Andy’s Park is Restored!

On Friday, July 17th, someone (yet to be identified), removed almost everything from the park’s altar. There were no more flowers, photos, and the roof of the tarp was removed. We don’t know how it happened.The community once again joined together to help show that this is a sacred space, and that we must remember what happened here if we are going to have a truly good park for the neighborhood.As of July 31st, the altar and some new memorial items are back!
Thank you to all who continue to fight for Justice for Andy Lopez and for Andy’s Park!To learn more about the progress of the park, and to get directly involved…visit theSonoma County Regional Parks page!And if  you are interested in participating, please call or email the Regional Parks Project Manager, Scott Wilkinson at (707) 565-2734 or scott.wilkinson@sonoma-county.org  or Shared Spaces Participatory Designer, Steve Rasmussen Cancian at (213) 400-5426 or canciansteve@gmail.com .

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Son defends mom when confused White lady tell’s his mom to not speak Spanish when in U.S.

“So today at IHOP a white lady stepped in and insulted my mother for speaking Spanish. She told my mom to learn English Or get out of America.my mom does speak English with an accent though! I stepped in an didn’t let her do that. Please share!! This will not stop unless we step in. Latinos tenemos que hablar contra el RACISMO!
Here’s the video of proof!
Share!!!”

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#FreedomOfPluralism

#SpanishSpeakingFreedom

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Ex-family detention social worker speaks at congressional forum

BY FRANCO ORDOÑEZ

 

A former social worker told members of Congress on Tuesday that she witnessed rampant abuse and neglect while working at a family detention center in Karnes City, Texas.

Olivia López was among a panel of witnesses that included former detained mothers and mental health experts who shared upsetting accounts of life and work inside the detention centers, the stress of being locked up with their children and the potential long-term psychological impacts.

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The U.S. knows that Japanese family internment (incarceration) was wrong, now the U.S. is incarcerating Latino families.

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Kimmel chokes up on air over Cecil the lion

Jimmy Kimmel weighed in on the Cecil the lion issue during his monologue on Tuesday night and he didn’t hold back.

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Did Kimmel choke up or cry when 9 Black people where murdered at church?

 

Kimmel insinuated that the most hated person in America is a rapist rather than a mass-murder.

 

Kimmel is worked up over one Lion being killed, while the U.S. houses millions of humans and animals in abusive conditions and kills humans (police kill more than on person every 28 hours) and factory farms kill millions of animals every year.

 

I’d like him to explain why he was crying. Did he realize he hasn’t fought for the cause of #BlackLivesMatter and #LatinosAreHuman ?

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Full Unedited Body Cam Video Of #SamDubose Murder by Officer Ray Tensing

This is the full raw body cam footage of the murder of Sam Dubose by University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tinsing. This includes Tinsing speaking to other officers after the shooting.

Dubose was originally stopped for not having a front license plate. Officer Tinsing claimed that Dubose had run him over and was dragging him with his car, which is clearly not the case in the video. Tinsing was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges today (July 29).

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The full unedited video. Horrific.

 

America, the oppression has never stopped. Never stopped.

 

#SamDubose

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 7.31
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 7.31

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Henry Davis Wins Appeal Against Ferguson Cops Who Beat Him; Can Now Sue for Excessive Force

The Ferguson cops charged Henry Davis with destruction of property because he bled on their uniforms when they beat him.

Then, as if fearing it might be outdone in ridiculousness, a federal district court ruled that Davis could not sue the cops for violating his Fourth Amendment rights because they had not injured him badly enough as he lay handcuffed on the jailhouse floor, a working man arrested on a traffic warrant in a case of mistaken identity.

“As unreasonable as it may sound, a reasonable officer could have believed that beating a subdued and compliant Mr. Davis while causing only a concussion, scalp lacerations and bruising with almost no permanent damage did not violate the Constitution,” the district court ruled in tossing out the case.

Davis appealed and his attorney James Schottel responded to absurdity with legal reasoning. He argued that the decisive factor was not the seriousness of Davis’s injuries but the nature of the officers’ actions.

The district court had ruled that the officers enjoyed “official immunity” because they “acted within their discretion and caused only de minimis [slight] injuries.”

Schottel contended that official immunity “does not apply to discretionary acts done in bad faith or with malice.”

The appeals court could not have been clearer in its response on Tuesday.

“We agree.”

 

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#SamDubose Tweets 7.30
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#SamDubose Tweets 7.30