AG Lynch appeared at the Aspen Forum/The Atlantic Washington Ideas Forum on October 1st.
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Tag Archives: Police Shootings
Video and transcript of Loretta Lynch interview with Chuck Todd: collection of data on police shootings | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Here is my transcript of the collection of data portion of Attorney General Loretta Lynch’ interview on 10/1/2015 Continue reading Video and transcript of Loretta Lynch interview with Chuck Todd: collection of data on police shootings | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Police brutality: what killer cops don’t know | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
So far, just about every cop we know of who was embroiled in a police killing Continue reading Police brutality: what killer cops don’t know | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
1.5 million missing Black men: How many innocents?
Can you imagine spending thirteen years in jail for a crime you didn’t commit simply because the exculpatory evidence you might have defended yourself with happened to have been given to someone as a gift? Continue reading 1.5 million missing Black men: How many innocents?
Deadly Force, in Black and White – ProPublica
A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black males.
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Answering Jeffrey Toobin: Who should investigate Police? | #BlackLivesMatter
In his December 30, 2014 piece in The New Yorker, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin concludes:
“Schneiderman’s idea has considerable appeal; his judgment in the Eric Garner case would surely have had more credibility than the one rendered by Donovan. Still, special prosecutors are not necessarily good or bad. Like the locals they replace, they are only as good as the cases they bring, or refrain from bringing. That, ultimately, will rest on the good judgment of the individuals involved, and no one has yet figured out a way of putting the right person in place all the time.”
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UPDATED: Bratton: between #NYPD, de Blasio, and #BlackLivesMatter
Gothamist put out a piece on a recent Bratton appearance where he “bemoans all the work it takes to explain police shooting Black men.” Here is an excerpt. Please go on to read the material from December for context. Bratton has gotten away for far too long with a public perception of him that is polar opposite of what he actually stands for. Continue reading UPDATED: Bratton: between #NYPD, de Blasio, and #BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter: Commemorating those who fell to American racism
This is a partial list of recent victims of racism in America. It was compiled with the help of my good friend Charlie. Please look through it and, if you know of anyone else who fell to the militarized racist police state, please give me a name, date, and location.
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@MichaelEDyson to #Giuliani: It’s ‘the defense mechanism of #whitesupremacy in your mind’
Professor Michael Eric Dyson was in rare form today and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani got his just desserts, in the most spectacular way. Watch:
http://youtu.be/jV0IdJcBIao
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