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Freddie Gray’s Death Reveals a Dark History of ‘Nickel Rides’ and Police Van Torture
By John Vibes This week, protests and riots erupted in Baltimore, in response to the police murder of an innocent 27-year-old man named Freddie Gray. According to police, Gray was first stopped and arrested by officers at 8:39am on April … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, cowboy ride, Freddie Gray, Freddie Gray murder, Nickel Rides, police, police abuse, rough ride
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White Reservation: The Justification of Breath and Those Who Take It Away
By T. Better Baldwin April 20, 2015 was just another manic Monday for Lady Justice. Until there is proper distinction between visual impairment and the opaqueness of a blindfold, her fair beauty will only be in the eye of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, black, Black Lives Matter, Freddie Gray, justice, race
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5 Examples of Our Government Treating BlackLivesMatter Movement Like a Terrorist Group
By Adam Johnson We learned in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement that the government’s use of its anti-terror apparatus at a local and federal level was both routine and pervasive. Thus far, the means with which similar … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, domestic surveillance, FBI, NYPD, race, racism, social activism, United States
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‘All night, all day, we will fight for Freddie Gray’
By Askia Muhammad, Nisa Islam Muhammad, Charles Robinson and Shawn Massie From Staten Island, to Ferguson, to Cleveland, to North Charleston, S.C., now to the city by the Bay, death after death of unarmed Black men by police has stunned … Continue reading
Nonviolence as Compliance
By Ta-Nehisi Coates Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain. Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Freddie Gray, Freddie Gray murder, police abuse, protest, race
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The Powerful Scene On The Streets Of Baltimore Monday Night That No One Is Talking About
By Judd Legum Violent rioting erupted on the streets of Baltimore on Monday, the day that a 25-year-old man who was killed while in police custody, Freddie Gray, was laid to rest. Cars were burned, more than a dozen police … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Freddie Gray murder, police abuse, protest, social activism
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Police Assault Mentally Ill Homeless Man in LA
By Renee Lewis Attorneys representing a mentally ill homeless man allegedly beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers last summer have requested a federal investigation into the incident. Samuel Arrington, 52, who is homeless and suffers from bipolar disorder, was … Continue reading
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Tagged LAPD, Los Angeles, Mental health, police abuse, race. homeless, Samuel Arrington, Venice Beach
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Newly Elected Mayor Locked Out Of City Hall In Struggling St. Louis County Town
By Mariah Stewart Just minutes away from Ferguson, its now-famous neighbor, is Kinloch, the first well-established African-American community in St. Louis County. Kinloch was once a flourishing town with some 10,000 residents. Today, the population is less than 300. … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty McCray, government, James Robinson, Kinloch, Missouri, politics, race, St. Louis County
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5 Ways It’s Become a Crime to Be Poor in America, Punishable by Further Impoverishment
By Terrell Jermaine Starr The criminalization of America’s poor has been quietly gaining steam for years, but a recent study, “The Poor Get Prison,” co-authored by Karen Dolan and Jodi L. Carr, reveals the startling extent to which American municipalities … Continue reading
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Tagged business, culture, impoverished, incarceration, poverty, prison, United States
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