Another Saturday brings another flurry of activity in the Tamir Rice case, including blatantly racist reporting. Continue reading American media should not blame #TamirRice for his own death |Blog#42
Category Archives: Black Lives Matter
Next in the #EzellFord case? Charlie Beck decides | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Today’s LA Police Commission decision was a long time coming for the Ford family and, unfortunately, it is of little comfort not only because it was a split-decision, but because, ultimately, it may well be for naught. Continue reading Next in the #EzellFord case? Charlie Beck decides | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
No good Blacks for Chief Bratton (Updated) | #NYPD and #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
In an interview, Chief William Bratton implied there just aren’t enough respectable Blacks who would pass muster under the NYPD’s pre-employment background check requirements, and he credits his broken windows policing success. Isn’t that convenient? Continue reading No good Blacks for Chief Bratton (Updated) | #NYPD and #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Close Angola and Rikers prisons: End long-term solitary confinement | Justice on Blog#42
In Hellhole, Dr. Atul Gawande writes:
“Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.”
The week in #BlackLivesMatter: 5/22 – 5/31 | #Racism #Brutality on Blog#42
This past week hasn’t been a very good week in a bit of a different way than we’ve seen lately. Some loose ends were tied, badly. Some positions were recanted, and hope for good change, well… It just isn’t there yet. Here are some of the most important readings of the past week. Continue reading The week in #BlackLivesMatter: 5/22 – 5/31 | #Racism #Brutality on Blog#42
#Updated: 13 Cleveland PD officers should have been tried for lynching | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42 | #Brelo
Open letter to Joe @MadisonSiriusXM: on #ManUp, #PantsUp on Blog#42
Dear Mr. Madison,
I’ve been a fan of yours for many years. That is, I was one until I saw this picture on your Facebook timeline this week.
Continue reading Open letter to Joe @MadisonSiriusXM: on #ManUp, #PantsUp on Blog#42
Harry Houck: an exemplar of supremacist indoctrination
A May 19th CNN panel compared the handling of the Waco, Texas biker gang by Texas police, and the media’s depiction of this weekend’s events as compared to the unrest in Baltimore, Maryland, just two weeks earlier. The panel included journalists Charles M. Blow and Sally Kohn, and former law enforcement officer Harry Houck. Later that evening, the same panelists reconvened on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon to reprise the conversation they had earlier with anchor Brooke Baldwin.
Continue reading Harry Houck: an exemplar of supremacist indoctrination
#AlesiaThomas died at the hands of the #LAPD | #BlackWomensLivesMatter on Blog#42
Alesia Thomas is one of many women who, in the last several years, have met a brutal death in the custody of police. The officers involved in Thomas’ arrest are now on trial in Los Angeles. While Thomas’ case is receiving local coverage, it hasn’t garnered much publicity outside of California. Continue reading #AlesiaThomas died at the hands of the #LAPD | #BlackWomensLivesMatter on Blog#42
PBS documentary: American Denial | understanding the roots of subconscious bias | #Racism on Blog#42
“In the wake of recent events that have sparked a national dialogue, American Denial explores the power of unconscious biases around race and class. Using Gunnar Myrdal’s 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism as a springboard, the film shows how unrecognized, unconscious attitudes continue to dominate racial dynamics in American life.” Continue reading PBS documentary: American Denial | understanding the roots of subconscious bias | #Racism on Blog#42