Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Martin Luther King. I’m reading the news about Eric Garner and it causes me to ask questions while getting that sick feeling in my stomach…
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Rush to Deport Could Trample Asylum Claims – The Boston Globe
HARLINGEN, Texas — The first time her aunt in Mexico took her out at night, the young teenager was told they were headed to a party. It was no party. “It was trafficking people, drug dealers,” she recalled. “I just saw a lot of guys. They had guns. I was in shock. I was shaking. The more I was saying no, the more they treated me badly.”
Source: www.bostonglobe.com
Hamill: Cop who put man in chokehold and others who watched should be off the force
No way can you look at that video of Garner being yoked in a chokehold from behind by a plainclothes coward without saying this guy belongs in an orange jumpsuit.
Source: www.nydailynews.com
Life Expectancy of African Americans
Life Expectancy of African Americans
From page 21 of
STATUS OF DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS ENSLAVED IN THE UNITED STATES
and the United States’s Violation of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
For more information check
Race, Racism and the Law
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Border Agency Chief Opens Up About Deadly Force Cases
Gil Kerlikowske, head of Customs and Border Protection, tells NPR that he is reviewing scores of incidents. “We need to be better at admitting when we’re wrong or where we’ve made a mistake,” he says.
Source: www.npr.org
Charting the shocking rise of racial disparity in our criminal justice system
By 2010, nearly a third of black male high school dropouts aged 25-29 were in prison or otherwise institutionalized.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Immigrant or refugee? – CNN.com Video
CNN’s Miguel Marquez explains the difference between those immigrating to the US and those seeking refuge.
Source: www.cnn.com
[VIDEO] NYPD Chokehold Kills Asthmatic Staten Island Man
A Staten Island man died Thursday after a New York Police Department officer put him in a chokehold.
The incident was captured on video by a bystander and obtained by the The New York Daily News.
Sonia Ossorio, President, National Organization for Women | Human Trafficking
Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with journalist and activist Sonia Ossorio, president of NOW-NYC about pressing issues currently facing American women: abortion rights, contraception, sex education, the distinction between “legitimate” rape and faux rape, among others, and NOW-NYC’s mission. (Taped: 09/07/12)
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: America’s Immigration Crisis: Kid Edition
Republicans always claim America is the best nation on Earth; to their chagrin, child refugees fleeing violence and poverty in Latin America are listening.
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