Tiffany Mitchell, eyewitness to the shooting of Michael Brown, tells Lawrence O’Donnell about the night Michael Brown was shot to death by a Ferguson police officer.
Source: www.msnbc.com
police brutality
Don’t Shoot
Any cop who is so scared of a large Black man their only recourse is to kill them, is a coward and has no business with a badge and a gun.
Source: jeffwinbush.com
Officer Darren Wilson to Young Woman: ‘Shut the F Up, Sit the F Down’ [VIDEO]
“An unnamed young woman describes a troubling incident with an officer she says she’ll never forget”
HT @aurabogado @colorlines
Source: www.youtube.com
Lessons From Ferguson, Missouri: The People Deserve an Army
The little town just 20 miles north of St. Louis made national headlines a few days ago when protests turned to riots over the death of unarmed 18 year-old Black resident Michael Brown. Riots since then have only intensified and clashes with the police becoming more common. A no-fly zone has been established and something of a ‘media blackout’ has occurred as two reporters have been arrested and pictures show police firing tear gas at what seems to be other journalists trying to report on the situation.
Ferguson, Missouri is effectively under Martial Law. Images of heavily armed men aiming upon angry crowds light up social media as politicians (now including President Obama) craft their state-sponsored “opinions”.
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Source: anti-imperialism.com
In Ferguson, AMAZING photos by Al Jazeera America before being bullied out by police
Following a fourth night of racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, during which police fired tear gas and smoke bombs to disperse crowds of protesters, President Obama urged Americans to unite under the United States’ common values.
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Source: america.aljazeera.com
Gun control and Ferguson
Hear police tapes from Ferguson shooting – CNN Video
CNN obtains the first police dispatch recordings from the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.
Source: www.cnn.com
Ferguson Is 60 Percent Black. Virtually All Its Cops Are White
Sixty percent of Ferguson’s residents are black, but 95 percent of its cops are white.
Source: www.motherjones.com
Police Fatally Shoot Man in South L.A.; Family Members Say He Was Lying Down When Shot
“My heart is so heavy,” Tritobia Ford said in an interview Tuesday evening. “My son was a good kid. He didn’t deserve to die the way he did.”
Her son was lying on the ground and complying with the officers’ commands when he was shot three times, Tritobia Ford said.
In the aftermath of the shooting, she said, police refused to inform her of where Ezell Ford was hospitalized.”
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Source: ktla.com
SWAT Team Barges in Assaults Two Children, Smashes Everything. Whoops Wrong House
police state, police brutality, war on drugs
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Black and brown communities continue to be disrespected by the police.
Police do not treat black and brown bodies as human. Police do not treat black and brown bodies as belonging to a parent.
Police still think they own black and brown bodies and can treat them with no regard for decency. Even little black and brown kids are abused by the police.