Miami Gardens, Florida is a place where racial profiling is carried out so often and so maliciously by police that even local business owners have had enough of it.
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African Americans
SFPD Brutally Beat Black Bicyclist & 3 Others: Father & Sister Speak Out – Hip-Hop and Politics
We sat down & spoke w/ Selina Rodriguez & Frank Williams about the brutal beating of her brother Orlando & his son DJ Williams by SFPD
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The ‘Knockout Game’ Is A Myth
Video from around the world has been edited together to make it appear as though there is a “new” game among African-American youth called “The Knockout Game.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Click through to see the 19 minute video which has been edited down from a one hour and five minute video.
After reading The New Jim Crow, I can really connect the dots with what mass media does to demonize black people.
European-Americans make up 70% of the U.S., but how often does mass media make a demonizing news segment out of the behavior of a single European-American in the way that this story does.
When a European-American shoots up a school or theater, the media doesn’t say that it’s a new mass shooting game.
The U.S. seems to have a difficult time acknowledging that any individual can need mental health care. And we know that there can be numerous road blocks in accessing a psychologists. One needs insurance, time and transportation to even begin the process, and poverty makes all three of those hoops more difficult to get through.
College President Says He ‘Failed’ Black Student In Hate Crimes Case
“By failing to recognize the meaning of a Confederate flag, intervene earlier to stop the abuse or impose sanctions as soon as the gravity of the behavior became clear, we failed him. I failed him,” Qayoumi said in the statement.”
Community Village‘s insight:
I’m not sure how the president of a U.S. university does not know the meaning of the Confederate flag???
Also, a fourth SJSU student has been charged with a hate crime in this incident.
See on www.huffingtonpost.com
The New Jim Crow
Teen Thrown In Violent New York Prison For Years Without Ever Having Been Convicted
“Bronx resident Kalief Browder was walking home from a party when he was abruptly arrested by New York City police officers on May 14, 2010. A complete stranger said Browder had robbed him a few weeks earlier and, consequently, changed the 16-year-old’s life forever.
Browder was imprisoned for three years before the charges were dropped in June 2013, according to a WABC-TV Eyewitness News investigation.
At the time of the teen’s arrest, Browder’s family was unable to pay the $10,000 bail. He was placed in the infamously violent Rikers Island correctional facility, where he remained until earlier this year.”
Community Village‘s insight:
Kudos to this man for not taking the plea deal. The plea deal is bullsh*t that would have given him a permanent record making it nearly impossible for him to get a job at most companies for the rest of his life. #NewJimCrow
And remember, this happened in the “Freedom Loving” United States. Freedom for who?
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Daily Kos: ‘The picture speaks a thousand words’ (Warning: graphic photo)
“A 14-year-old boy Pennsylvania boy and his 19-year-old cousin were caught shoplifting in a Tulleytown, Pennsylvania Walmart. His mother says he was influenced by the older cousin and made a bad decision, like a lot of teenagers are prone to do. But what happened next has his mother, Marissa Sergeant, questioning the police version of events:”
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The Scramble for Africa
“The Scramble for Africa (1876-1914) was when European powers took over most of Africa in the late 1800s. By 1914 all of Africa was under white rule except for Ethiopia and Liberia. White rule in most places lasted till the 1960s.
The European powers that took part:
- Britain
- France
- Portugal
- Germany
- Belgium
- Italy
- Spain
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Why are black murder victims put on trial?
LZ Granderson says if a black man said he shot an unarmed white teenage girl in “self defense” he would be in jail. Black victims don’t get the same justice
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Renisha McBride – Autopsy And New Discoveries
Renisha McBride, 19, was shot to death on November 2, 2013 by a homeowner in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. According to an autopsy released on Monday, McBride was shot in the face. Assistant Medical …