Yellowstone Announces End to 2014 Bison Slaughter Following One-Man Blockade

 

“Comfrey Jacobs appeared in U.S. federal court today for his first arraignment after being arrested for blocking the road to Yellowstone National Park’s bison trap on March 6.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I love that there are people who have the courage to do this.

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Groups Welcome Release of Customs and Border Protection’s Use-of-Force Policy as a First Step

 

“Some Texas-based advocacy groups say the release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s use-of-force policy for Border Patrol agents is a positive step for transparency. But they add that more could be done.”

 

“On Friday, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael J. Fisher instructed field agents to avoid shooting at vehicles that are only fleeing the scene and to consider all available alternatives to firing their weapons when “projectiles” are hurled at agents, including rocks, a common weapon for would-be crossers caught attempting to enter the country illegally.”

 

 

“Agents shall not discharge firearms in response to thrown or hurled projectiles unless the agent has a reasonable belief based on the totality of the circumstances to include the size of nature of the projectiles that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious injury,” Fisher wrote in his directive, which he said clarified “existing guidelines.”

 
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Moms team up to repeal “Stand Your Ground” law

Jordan Davis’ mom, Lucia MacBath, has teamed up with the parents of Trayvon Martin to repeal the Stand Your Ground law.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

“Stand Your Ground” is “Kill at Will” – a sick twist in U.S. law to allow lynching by gun.

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Stand Your Ground!!!

 

“History has proven there is only one way to get the attention of unmovable ideologies to achieve change. Matching and protests are strategies, which is nothing more than a good show for the cameras. For example, the March on Washington and the Million Man March produced little in terms of measurable results. On the other hand, BOYCOTT’s work – the Birmingham Bus Boycott and the Martin Luther King Holiday Boycott on the state of Arizona – WORKED! It is time to stop BS-ing and BOYCOTT FLORIDA and everything connected to it. We will then get change. And that’s my thought provoking perspective…”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Stand your ground against Stand Your Ground.

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Scot Nakagawa: Economic Rights are Civil Rights

 

“GRITtv: The demand for jobs was the great unmet demand of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. While many have made that point, few have talked plainly about why the demand for federal investment in training and jobs for the unemployed dropped out of the picture of civil rights. Scot Nakagawa is not afraid to talk about it. Nakagawa is co-founder of Changelab, a social movement think tank, and the author of the regularly provocative Race Files.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

We invest in incarceration instead of education.

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Joo-Hyun Kang: Ending the Stop-and-Frisk Regime

 

“In this full interview, Laura interviews Joo-Hyun Kang, Director of Communities United for Police Reform about an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York City.”

 
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