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The system is beyond rigged

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‘This is a Nightmare and I Have Not Woken Up’

(L-R) Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin; Samaira Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice; and Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown Jr; join the ‘Justice For All’ march and rally in the nation’s capital on December 13, 2014.

 

by Akiba Solomon

 

More than six months after a troubled rookie officer, Timothy Loehmann, fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a Clevland park, the Cuyahoga sherriff’s department has finally completed its investigation and handed its results to Cleveland-area prosecutor Timothy McGinty. There is no official word on what they’ve uncovered about November 22, 2014 when police found Rice playing with a pellet gun by himself at Cudell Recreation Center park and shot him wthin two seconds of their arrival. (One local news outlet has reported that the department found no evidence to support criminal charges against Loehmann; a call to the department was not returned in time for publication.)

What we do know, all too well, is that the name “Tamir Rice” sits on a long, horrifying list of young people of color killed by police and extrajudicial violence. Tamir is now among the Trayvons and the Rekias, the Jessies and the Michaels. It’s a devastating distinction.

I talked to Tamir’s mom, Samaria Rice, in late May as she was planning a community celebration for her youngest son’s birthday. She opened up about who Tamir was, what she thinks of protests in his name, and what she and her other children—Tajai, Kavon and Tasheona—are doing to heal from this unimaginable loss.

 

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One Man Has Rights Under The Castle Doctrine, Another Doesn’t

 

The Texas version of the “castle doctrine permits the use of deadly force when an “actor” believes someone has “unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor’s occupied habitation. Even when the Castle Doctrine does not apply, there is traditional self-defense law that is deferential to a homeowner.

 

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Source: blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com

 

Can you believe the police just walk into people homes like this?

 

7 year old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was shot dead when police entered a home without permission for their war on drugs.

 

The war on drugs is really a war on people.

 

You cannot have a war on an inanimate object.

 

#NewJimCrow

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A Video Survey of Police Interactions: Inequality in Black and White

Comparing examples of white and black Americans’ encounters with police seems to present undeniable evidence of injustice. But does this type of footage ever make a difference?

Source: www.theroot.com

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NC parents charged after infant dies in hot car

STATESVILLE, N.C. — The parents of a 4-week-old child that died after being left in a hot car are now facing charges, according to the Statesville Police Department. WSOC-TV reported that the famil…

Source: myfox8.com

 

This is how the US criminal justice system works. If you are black you are assumed guilty – as if they did this on purpose. It’s bad enough that they lost their baby, now their other children have been taken away.

 

When you hear that laws are made to oppress, here is the example. How often do white people lose their other children when they accidentally leave their newborn in the car?

 

PS – Why does WSOC-TV use the word ‘its’ in the first paragraph when they should have used the word ‘they’???

“…the family returned to its home…”

 

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Shocking Number Of Innocent People Sentenced To Death, Study Finds

 

“More than 4 percent of inmates sentenced to death in the United States are probably innocent, according to a study published Monday that sent shock waves across the anti-death penalty community.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

The video in this post they never mention the word bias. The judge and jury can both have racial bias, gender bias and other types of bias.

 

Next question. How many innocent people are incarcerated?

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LGBT victims of domestic abuse are rarely catered for – or acknowledged

Ally Fogg: While activists for heterosexual victims of domestic violence have ensured measures such as Clare’s law, LGBT people have fallen through the cracks

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This article is from the UK, but makes a good point about overlooked communities.

See on www.theguardian.com

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Nation Of Islam Leader: African-Americans Need Their Own Courts

 

“Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told a crowd of 18,000 in Detroit on Sunday that African-Americans should set up their own courts after being failed by the U.S.’ own justice system.

 

“Our people can’t take much more. We have to have our own courts. You failed us,” Farrakhan said during the keynote speech of 2014’s annual Nation of Islam Saviours’ Day convention, according to the Detroit Free Press.

 

“How long must we let people stand their ground, shooting us and getting away with it while we don’t get justice?” Farrakhan told the crowd, referencing stand your ground laws in several states. “We want justice. Equal justice under the law. We want the federal government to intercede to see that black people get justice in accordance with the law. Otherwise, I’m going on record with this today … we have to have our own courts.”

 
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The faces of the forgotten: Heartbreaking plight of the 64,000 black women missing across America… as the country turns a blind eye

Nearly 40 per cent of those who disappear, often in suspicious circumstances, are black. These missing women have not been found (pictured). However critics allege that media attention focuses on missing white women in the U.S.

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