70 seconds: That’s how long a North Carolina family says it took for things to go horribly wrong after they called police for help with their mentally ill son.
If you call the police for “help”, be aware that the police carry guns. The police will use their guns if they feel their life is being threatened.
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A father’s attempt to teach his son a lesson for taking his truck without permission ended in tragedy Monday after a local police officer shot the teenager dead.
Never call the cops on your kids or family or friends, unless your life is in danger.
The cops have guns and will use them if they feel it’s necessary.
The officer was told to back off – but never did.
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Mark Ciavarella Jr, a 61-year old former judge in Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for literally selling young juveniles for cash.
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“The Durham Police Department says Huerta died on November 19 from a self-inflicted gunshot while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser.”
A similar incident happened to Chavis Carter a 21-year old American male who was found dead from a gunshot while handcuffed in the back of a police patrol car on July 29, 2012
The police car’s recording device in the Carter case had “problems” and didn’t record the sound just before and at the time of the shooting.
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An analysis of Education Department data from the 2011-12 school year found that on average, white and Asian students attend high schools with twice as many Advanced Placement courses and almost twice as many science labs as schools attended by black and Hispanic students.’
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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.”
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.
Officers are under investigation regarding their actions during an October 28 police chase in New Mexico.
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A Virginia mother responds to controversy over her son’s Ku Klux Klan Halloween costume.
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“Please share and join We Belong Together’s Wish for the Holidays campaign. Start with this adorably moving video.”
-Rinku Sen
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