Death penalty states are scrambling to find drugs for executions. A civil suit claims Texas falsified prescriptions to acquire drugs for lethal injections.
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civil rights
Video Released of Georgia Guards Beating Prisoners With Hammer
“At the beginning of this video, you hear a prison guard shouting, “”Get down! Just get down! Get down! Get down!” presumably to the other prisoners. That exclamation is followed by, “Oh (inaudible) guy over there with his hands hitting him … and a damn hammer!”
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BREAKING NEWS: Held in Solitary Confinement for 42 Years, Judge Orders Herman Wallace’s Release
Last month The Atlantic article ‘Did the Wrong Man Spend 40 Years in Solitary Confinement?’ asked the question ‘ a sham trial in Louisiana says about the U.S. court system’. Andrew Cohen explains …
Community Village‘s insight:
Herman Wallace is dying, so he is not really free. His life is over.
How many European-Americans have been held in solitary confinement for anywhere near this long?
Solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment.
This story is further evidence that the U.S. does not apply punishment equally across racial lines.
In the U.S. we often hear about human rights violoations in other countries, but how often does the U.S. address our own human rights violations?
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Nina Simone – Mississippi Goddam
Women Sue for Humiliating Vaginal Search From State Troopers (Video)
UPDATE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FVZEpYiLI “A Texas woman and her niece are suing a pair of Texas state troopers and the director of the Texas Depart…
Community Village‘s insight:
Like Cenk Uygur says, what’s the greater violation, being felt up and raped or possessing a joint of marijuana?
The is another example of the “freedom and liberty” we have in the U.S.
The police have the “freedom and liberty” to violate citizens.
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Blue Scholars – Yuri Kochiyama
Blue Scholars perform “Yuri Kochiyama” live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 6/15/11. Host: Kevin Cole Engineer: Kevin Suggs Cameras: Scott Holpainen, Christophe…
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9 Powerful Photos Of Civil Rights Activists In Training
Rare behind-the-scenes photos of civil rights activists training to endure the harassment and violence they would face.
Community Village‘s insight:
The movie “The Butler” depicts the training and the lunch counter abuse and oppression.
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all power to the people
“We don’t ask much, simply a just world, as equals & we won’t stop until all power is all power to the people.” — @hfdavis #OurMarch
— The Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) September 1, 2013
Think Mexican • Remembering the Chicano Moratorium
Brown Berets
On August 29, 1970, a “Chicano Moratorium” against the war in Vietnam was held in East L.A.
Loyola-Marymount film student Tom Myrdahl shot this documentary, capturing the events that unfolded as law enforcement and protesters clashed in and around Laguna Park. This film has not been seen in nearly 40 years.
Tom, who is still a working cameraman in Los Angeles, is putting this historic film on the web as a tribute to the brave citizens of East L.A. who came together 40 years ago to voice their dissent against the Vietnam War.
Community Village‘s insight:
In the video:
- “Bronze people with a Bronze culture”
- “We’re not against the black people or the white people. We’re against oppression.”
Note: The Beret has been used as a symbol of fighting oppression going back to
- The British Royal Tank Corps going back to 1918
- Che Guevara as far back as 1959
- The Black Panther Party in 1966
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50th anniversary of the March on Washington – Videos on NBC
Video on msnbc.com: LIVE VIDEO — President Obama, former President Bill Clinton and other dignitaries and celebrities deliver remarks at a commemoration of the 1963 demonstration for jobs, economic justice and racial equality at the Lincoln…
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