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June 6, 2013 •
Justice •
Views: 1292
There has been a new development in the case of the black woman brutally beaten by two Jasper, Texas police officers. Recently, I wrote about the story and featured video footage of Keyanika “Shea” Diggles being savagely beaten, and dragged by her
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June 4, 2013 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 1401
I have never been to Jasper, Texas; but, like Milwaukee, Wisconsin please remind me to never get arrested there. If you know anything about anything, you would know that Jasper Texas isn’t too welcoming of black folks. There was an incident in Jasper,
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June 1, 2013 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 1127
Miami-Dade Police Choke 14-Year-Old for “Dehumanizing Stares” So apparently giving Miami-Dade police officers “dehumanizing stares,” can not only get you choked out, it can also result in felony resisting arrest charges. Yep, Florida
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October 10, 2012 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 1165
I’m heading to New York City for my brother’s wedding next month. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the bright lights of the big city, so to say that I’m excited is an understatement. Hopefully this trip doesn’t end with a
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July 16, 2012 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 2323
Oh great, black people are getting tasered and arrested for jaywalking now. Yep, we should all feel safer these days… There is some pretty saucy news coming out of Florida as new evidence released in the case of George Zimmerman for the shooting death
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October 16, 2011 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 548
¡Hola! Everybody… I stayed late into the night over at the #OccupyWallStreet protest (OWS). For one, everybody felt today would be a huge challenge/ hurdle for the movement. Essentially, using the false pretext of cleaning the park, the Bloomberg
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September 28, 2011 •
Culture, Justice, Race, Uncategorized •
Views: 2539
This is yet another example of how police officers are effectively serving our communities. I know, it’s hard to believe that crime is down given our current economic crisis. But let’s just say that this is what’s happening, and why crime
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August 3, 2011 •
Justice, Politics, Race •
Views: 604
The law is meant to be my servant and not my master, still less my torturer and my murderer.– James Baldwin, The Nation, 7/11/66 More than 40 years later, I can still remember the incident as if it happened yesterday. It was my first real interaction
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September 23, 2010 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 50
See the lady in the picture above? Yeah, that’s not make up; her face is actually black and blue. Uh-huh, and yes, those are scars on her shoulder. Lemme ask you something: if this woman was your mother, or sister, and she received those bruises at the
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August 27, 2010 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 47
by Joanna (JuJuBe) Larry Jackson has been a police officer for six years. So, when things got out of hand at his daughter’s 21st birthday party, a 911 call should have been perfectly reasonable, right?? WRONG!! Larry Jackson got his ass kicked by his
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July 6, 2010 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 84
OK y’all, it’s back to work today; hope you had a nice extended weekend. OK, so real quick, lemme get this work week started off with some good news, iiight? So anyway, you’ve probably never heard of Jon Burge if you live outside of
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June 15, 2010 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 139
Oh well, I guess it’s a true sign of summer when these stories involving police and encounters with police are all the rage. Yep, schools definitely out for the summer, but that doesn’t stop po-po from teaching a few lessons. Yes, because for the
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June 13, 2010 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 43
I read the story of 15yr old Brandon Johnson’s encounter with a few police officers in my old college stomping grounds of Indianapolis, IN. My first reaction to the story was that of disappointment. Sorry, no disappointment in hearing
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May 13, 2010 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 54
Of course I realized that I haven’t blogged about the story out of Seattle where racist adrenaline junkie cop assaulted a Hispanic man; and, well, hurled racist epithets at him, while politely stomped the shit out on him as he lay face down on
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December 24, 2009 •
Uncategorized •
Views: 127
So a few days ago I heard about the talk about some cop pulling out a gun in DC to breakup a snowball fight. I’ll be honest, I never read the story nor really cared to. But then I heard that it was caught on tape and my interest was piqued somewhat
