'Things will never be the same': the oral history of a new civil rights movement Saturday 9 August 2014: ‘Oh my God, they left him in the street’ PATRICIA BYNES, Democratic committeewoman of Ferguson Township: At first I did not even know his name. It was actually the committee woman of the seventh ward that sent me a text that day. I was out running errands, on my way to the barbershop. PASTOR STARSKY WILSON of Saint John’s Church in St Louis: I saw it on Facebook and then began to look on Twitter and confirm with one of my church members what happened, and just saw it kind of evolving over the afternoon. So I thought: What is the word for this kind of day? — #WaitForRR06 (@TheePharoah)August 9, 2014Fuckfuck fuck pic.twitter.com/UpPNMEzuwf DARNELL MOORE, writer and organizer of the Black Lives Matter ride to Ferguson: The video that I was exposed to were the short clips of Michael Brown’s body that had laid in the middle of the street for hours. PATRICIA BYNES: Everybody who lived in that area could not leave for four and a half hours. ‘I’m fine, but we’re not OK’
Think, Don’t Shoot!: Detroit Man Bridges The Security Gap Left By A Failing P... “Commander” Dale Brown is bringing nonviolent conflict resolution training to Detroit, a city where the police department struggles to maintain a basic level of security for what’s left of the city’s dwindling population. Dale Brown of Threat Management Center checks in on an elderly woman in the Boston Edison neighborhood on May 11, 2011. (AP/DFP) Editor’s Note: This article is Part II in a special series of MintPress exclusives from Detroit. DETROIT — The City of Detroit’s Proposal for Creditors report, released in June 2013, set off a debate on what strategies could be effectively implemented to turn Detroit’s economy around and provide the community with much needed resources. Among these issues is the reality that the Detroit Police Department has been hampered by mismanagement, lack of consistent leadership and outdated equipment. MintPress News previously reported on the mass exodus that has taken place in Detroit in recent years. Training for nonviolent outcomes Print This Story
List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty. Although Congress instructed the Attorney General in 1994 to compile and publish annual statistics on police use of excessive force, this was never carried out, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation does not collect these data.[2] The annual average number of justifiable homicides alone was previously estimated to be near 400.[4] Updated estimates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics released in 2015 estimate the number to be around 930 per year, or 1,240 if assuming that non-reporting local agencies kill people at the same rate as reporting agencies.[5] A 2019 study by Esposito, Lee, and Edwards states that police killings are a leading cause of death for men aged 25–29 at 1.8 per 100000, trailing causes such as accidental death (76.6 per 100000), suicide (26.7 per 100000), and other homicides (22.0 per 100000).[6] Lists of killings[edit]
Prominent activists arrested at police brutality protest in St. Louis A group of prominent activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement were arrested in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday during a protest against police brutality. The protesters, including leaders Cornel West, Deray Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie, were part of a group of 50 or so protesters who crossed a barricade outside the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse during a "Moral Monday" demonstration. They are being held at U.S. District Court in St. The group was arrested while sitting and chanting outside the courthouse steps, which was captured on social media and broadcast in real-time. Moments before she was taken into custody, Elzie tweeted an apparent reference to the death of Sandra Bland, who died in police custody. The protest was one of many planned demonstrations against police brutality that were scheduled to take place in St. On Sunday, a peaceful demonstration was interrupted by gunfire that police have said was unrelated to the protest. St.
A Great Injustice — The Message There are many ways to get caught up in the gears of American justice, but the easiest is to be poor, black, mentally ill, or any combination thereof. We live in a society of vast and accelerating inequality and little to no social services. For many people born on the wrong end of the American dream, the brush with the law, the arrest, and the inevitable charges start a process they may never escape. Fighting charges can take years of life, millions of dollars, and a rare resiliency in the face of an adversarial system designed to destroy you. Prosecutors and DAs use the threat of piling on additional charges and harsh mandatory minimums to force people to give in. As a result, around 96% of defendants accept plea bargains. Even the government admits that up to 8% of those pleading are likely to be completely innocent. Mandatory Minimums In the 1980s, to take the possibility of leniency away from judges, legislators created mandatory minimum sentences tied to specific offenses. Hard Time
Another (Much Higher) Count Of Homicides By Police Last week, we wrote about the fact that the U.S. government doesn’t track how many people are killed by the police. The FBI tracks “justifiable” police homicides, which it reports to be about 400 per year, but that tally is an undercount. Given this vacuum, attention has recently turned to some excellent nongovernmental attempts to compile this data, including the Fatal Encounters database, the recently created Gun Violence Archive and a new database created by Deadspin. But one recent effort stood out for its apparent comprehensiveness: The Killed By Police Facebook page, which aggregates links to news articles on police-related killings and keeps a running tally on the number of victims. Killed by Police had listed more than 1,450 deaths caused by law-enforcement officers since its launch, on May 1, 2013, through Sunday. We randomly sampled 146 incidents (10 percent) from the news links posted to Killed By Police.
JO de 1968 : deux poings levés... et un troisième homme, acteur lui aussi Cet été, "l'Obs" revient sur les photos qui ont marqué l'histoire. A la une des journaux, dans les pages de nos livres d'école, voire arborées fièrement sur nos t-shirts, elles ont fait le tour du monde. Mais connaissez-vous l'histoire secrète de ces clichés mythiques ? Un geste de défi 1968, année césure. Il s'agit de Tommie Smith et de John Carlos, respectivement premier et troisième, qui s’érigent ce jour-là contre le racisme et l’exclusion dont sont toujours victimes les afro-américains aux Etats-Unis. (Anonymous/AP/SIPA) Merci, votre inscription a bien été prise en compte. "Dénoncer l'injustice" La ségrégation, théoriquement abolie en 1964 par le Civil Rights Act, est encore bien présente dans les mentalités en 1968. Tommie Smith et John Carlos, s'ils n'appartiennent pas de fait à l'un des groupes du Black Power, en deviennent les emblèmes. Ceci, énoncera Tommie Smith, "n'a d'autre but que de dénoncer la pauvreté des noirs américains". Un impact instantané Du podium à l'enfer
This Peaceful Human Innovation has the Days of Brutal Law Enforcement Numbered Most people in the United States have similar values. We want to care for our family. We want to be good neighbors. Many police officers share these values. First, law enforcement is inherently put into a position of power over ordinary citizens. The problem with this current paradigm is that power corrupts, and it’s also magnetic to the corruptible. The second problem with law enforcement values is that they are just that—enforcement. Strict enforcement could be fine if all laws were just. Finally, police are increasingly trained to see United States citizens as the enemy. A large part of it, however, is the increasing fear that is pounded into officers. We can see this attitude in play with protests. Americans need a new protection system. But now, its days are numbered. That’s where Peacekeeper comes in. Peacekeeper is developing a cutting-edge tool that enables people to build and utilize networks of protectors, not enforcers.
Cops In This City Haven't Killed Anyone Since 2015. Here's One Reason Why. | HuffPost "Alright" de Kendrick Lamar chanté par des manifestants face à la police de Cleveland Violente avec un jeune garçon de 14 ans interpellé pour “ivresse publique”, la police de Cleveland a fait face à de nombreux étudiants. Vous vous souvenez de Geraldo Rivera, ce journaliste de la FOX qui, après la récente performance de Kendrick Lamar aux BET Awards, a déclaré que “le hip-hop fait plus de dégâts aux jeunes Afro-Américains que le racisme” ? Des étudiants de l’Université de Cleveland viennent d’enterrer ses propos. Ce dimanche 26 juillet, une conférence tenue par le mouvement Black Lives Matter sur la condition de la communauté noire aux États-Unis a été perturbée par l’arrestation d’un jeune garçon de 14 ans. Ce qui lui a été reproché : ivresse publique, selon ABC News 5 Cleveland. Des témoins de la scène ont relevé la brutalité des policiers, qui auraient plaqué violemment l’adolescent au sol. C’est là que les opposants se sont tenus par les bras pour bloquer la route. We gon’ be alright ! Ils sont les fers de lance de la West Coast.
Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law ... RALEIGH, NC—Calling it his lifelong dream, local man Brendan Lockhart, an insecure and perpetually frustrated bully who believes he has something to prove to the world, told reporters Thursday that he is seriously considering a career in law enforcement. Lockhart, a recent high-school graduate who sources confirmed is plagued by resentment, self-doubt, unexpected fits of rage, and has always had a penchant for tormenting those who are smaller and weaker than him, explained that he feels he is well suited to serve as a police officer. “I’ve always wanted to be a cop,” said Lockhart, whose paranoia and inferiority complex constantly haunt him, leading him to lash out at others in order to convince them he is in control. “This is the job I was born to do,” continued the man whose main goal in life is to prove to others that he is strong, confident, and not afraid. Sources also felt it bears mentioning that Lockhart is an impassioned and unapologetic racist.
The 1985 Philadelphia bombing that changed the city forever As the smoke rose from 6221 Osage Avenue, Philadelphia residents watched through their windows or television screens in a state of stunned disbelief. Their city had just bombed its own people. On the evening of May 13, 1985, longstanding tensions between MOVE, a black liberation group, and the Philadelphia Police Department erupted horrifically. That night, the city of Philadelphia dropped a satchel bomb, a demolition device typically used in combat, laced with Tovex and C-4 explosives on the MOVE organization, who were living in a West Philadelphia rowhome known to be occupied by men, women, and children. For the next several years, the confrontation with MOVE would be remembered as an ordeal that transformed the fabric of the city. MOVE, not an acronym, was a political and religious organization whose principles were anti-government, anti-technology, and anti-corporation. MOVE was founded in 1972 and still exists today, though its membership numbers are unknown.
Un Tumblr pour dénoncer le manque de diversité dans les films Le projet vidéo Every Single Word, qui sélectionne des films et ne garde que les répliques d’acteurs non-Blancs, illustre le manque de diversité à Hollywood. Moonrise Kingdom: 10 secondes. Black Swan: 25 secondes, 500 Jours Ensemble: 31 secondes. Trois films, trois styles, trois réalisateurs, trois succès critiques et commerciaux, un point commun: le temps de parole, microscopique, accordé aux acteurs non-Blancs. Avec le projet Every Single World, le comédien américain Dylan Marron (au générique du podcast Welcome to Night Vale) découpe des films récents pour ne garder au montage que les répliques prononcées par des acteurs de couleur. Et, ce faisant, expose froidement la réalité du cinéma hollywoodien contemporain, incapable de se parer d’autre chose que de blanc (ou, dans le cas de 500 Jours Ensemble, d’orner ses acteurs de couleurs de 30 secondes de lignes d’une platitude absolue). La sélection de Dylan Marron, arbitraire, pourrait donner des arguments à ses détracteurs.
This Is What A “Good Cop” Looks Like, Here’s The Video All Cops Should Be Making In the video, Fields claims that people often tell him that “it’s a bad time to be a cop,” to which he tells them that now is a “perfect time to be a cop.” He then expresses his gratitude towards a movement that has begun to expose the illicit actions of rogue officers across the nation. A courageous Georgia police officer, identified as Billy Ray Fields, has taken a strong stance against the rampant police abuse of authority. The clearly frustrated Fields “keeps it professional, but real at the same time,” as he declares his support for the police accountability movement. He claims that good officers still exist but are being tainted by the actions of the bad officers. Offering no excuses Fields lays down the gauntlet to other cops, stating: When I became a cop, I took an oath knowing what I would face in these streets… This young generation they’re our future and some of them don’t have a clue nor a plan. I’m the same guy with the badge on as well as off. Share this article!