JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the second trial of a Florida man accused of killing a Georgia teenager during an argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Denver Deputies Killed Homeless Street Preacher [VIDEO]
DENVER (AP) — Five Denver sheriff’s deputies followed the rules when they used a sleeper hold and stun gun to restrain a homeless street preacher who died in the downtown jail, a defense attorney said Monday.
The comments by Denver attorney Thomas Rice came during opening statements in a federal civil trial involving the deputies accused of using excessive force in connection with the death of Marvin Booker.
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Surveillance footage played in court shows three officers wrestling Booker onto chairs then down to the floor before two others join the scuffle. One puts his arm around Booker’s neck for about three minutes. Officials said at the time that a deputy warned Booker to stop resisting.
An autopsy report said deputies had their body weight on Booker’s back for four minutes while he was face-down on the floor.
The video also shows deputies carrying Booker’s limp body to an isolation cell after one of them stunned him for at least eight seconds.
Newman said deputies showed no concern for Booker’s health after the incident and should have summoned medical care sooner.
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Michael Brown’s Parents in Atlanta To Push For Police Body Cameras
The family of slain teen Michael Brown, who senselessly died early last month at the hands of Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, are now in Atlanta to kick off a nationwide effort to arm police with body cameras, according to WSB-TV.
Source: goodblacknews.org
Washington University Libraries Builds Ferguson Digital Archives
HT Steven Riley @mixed_race
“The library at Washington University in St. Louis is building a digital repository called “Documenting Ferguson.” The collection will provide the community with a space to save the media they’ve captured since the death of Michael Brown.
The online collection is open for anyone to contribute material.The archive will accept photos, audio, video, and written stories.”
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Source: news.stlpublicradio.org
3 people dead in Alabama UPS shooting
Shooting at a UPS facility in Inglenook, Alabama, leaves three people dead Tuesday morning.
Source: www.cnn.com
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
RCMP report on Aboriginal women puts numbers to our national shame: Tim Harper
We are quick to work to protect women’s rights abroad, but when it comes to murdered Aboriginals at home, we are quick to look the other way.
Tim Harper – TheStar.com – May 18
Last week, while Aboriginal demonstrators were marching outside the Centre Block, New Democratic MP Niki Ashton rose in the Commons and asked the government — again — to convene a national inquiry to provide answers and justice for the families of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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Source: www.ammsa.com
The DOJ wants to fix local policing. Here are the three ways they’re betting it’s possible.
1) Make residents feel they’re being treated fairly2) Take a closer look at how bias influences cops’ decisions3) Make sure police and community leaders are talking honestly
Source: www.vox.com
Detroit Mall Security Guards Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Won’t Be Charged
A prosecutor announced Thursday that no criminal charges will be brought in the case of an unarmed black man killed while being restrained by mall security guards.
McKenzie Cochran, 25, died at the Northland Mall in the Detroit suburb of Southlan…
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Cochran was killed in January (2014) and I am just now hearing about it.
So much oppression it’s hard to keep track of it all.
I Deserve Justice: Native Women From Alaska – 5 Part Series
Background:
In 1978, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Oliphant v. Suquamish Indan Tribe, declaring that American Indian Nations could no longer exercise jurisdiction over non-native offenders who commit crimes on tribal lands. Although the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”) in March 2013 restores a portion of the jurisdiction that Oliphant stripped away to American Indian Nations, VAWAspecifically excludes 228 federally recognized tribes in Alaska. Consequently, as a result of Section 910 of VAWA 2013, Alaska Native women remain the only group of Native women whose tribal governments cannot protect them. To learn more, read: www.sliverofafullmoon.org
Source: joespub.tumblr.com