[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Sanders’ rise worries Wall Street and those who live lavishly because of America’s income inequality.
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Colin Benjamin
“THE ROOTS OF RACISM IN AMERICAN POLICING: FROM SLAVE PATROLS TO STOP-AND-FRISK” (BOOK EXCERPT #4)
[Book Excerpt #4 on: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
In the 1876 Cruikshank Case the Supreme Court ruled then”The right to bear arms is not granted by the Constitution.”
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TRUMP: GREAT WHITE HOPE OF RACISTS IN WHITE AMERICA
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Trump clearly knows this segment of the American population sees him as perhaps the last great White hope riding in like John Wayne to rescue them from the frightful new America that is less White.
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SHARONNE SALAAM, MOTHER OF YUSEF SALAAM FRAMED IN THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE CASE, FIGHTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
[New York News\Sharonne Salaam\ Justice 4 Wrongly Incarcerated]
Sharonne Salaam: “We would like the people to know…they have the power to assist in helping this bill to pass. Because so many of our people in our community face this issue. And one of the things they can do is call their representative and tell them to pass this bill immediately.”
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MIDNITE REGGAE BAND CO-FOUNDER VAUGHN “AKAE BEKA” BENJAMIN HAS PASSED AWAY AT 50
[Entertainment News\Reggae]
Vaughn Benjamin has made over 55 albums—likely much more if all of his collaborative efforts are counted. A look at his discography online will attest to this. It is worthy of noting that the Midnight Raver music website lists the 2000 “Jubilees of Zion” as the best album of the new millennium and the 2014 “Beauty for Ashes” as the third best album of the new millennium. Since the reformation of the group as Akae Beka, the Midnight Raver website referred to the group as “the most revered, influential and prolific reggae act in two decades.”
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BLACK AMERICANS MUST FORCE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO ADDRESS RACIAL POLICING IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Previously, I’ve called for primary challenges against Democrats—including Black ones—who are unresponsive to the needs of our people. We must escalate this strategy…If the Democratic Party wants our votes next November they must be must be forced to fight against racial policing.
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WAS JOSHUA BROWN’S MURDER DRUG-RELATED OR “STATE-SANCTIONED?”
[“Speaking Truth To Empower\Racial Policing”]
Botham Jean’s lawyer Lee Merritt: Joshua “Brown lived in constant fear that he could be the next victim of gun violence, either state-sanctioned or otherwise.”
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“KILL FIRST” COP GUYGER GIVEN LENIENT 10-YEAR SENTENCE FOR KILLING BOTHAM JEAN INSIDE HIS HOME
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”\Eyes On Policing]
Amber Guyger should be thankful the largely Black and minority jury had mercy for her—mercy also exhibited by the forgiveness she was shown by Botham Jean’s brother, Brandt Jean.
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“MOTHER’S TONGUE: PERSPECTIVES OF MOTHERS EXHIBIT” ON STATEN ISLAND EXPLORES RACIST POLICING AND MASS INCARCERATION
[Police Brutality\Visual Art]
Kyoko Heshiimu: “My hopes for this exhibit is to open a dialogue about the overall impact that these tragedies have on not only the victims but the families and communities as a whole. Mothers are after all the foundation of each family, and therefore in effect, they are the ones who hold our communities together.”
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BUSINESSMAN SOLOMON ALI: BLACKS FACE A “SLANTED FINANCIAL SYSTEM” IN AMERICA
[Black Star News Exclusive]
CEO Solomon Ali: “It’s such a slanted market because our awareness and knowledge is not where everyone else is. You have 5 million companies in the United States of America, approximately, you have less than a hundred thousand Black-owned businesses throughout the United States.”
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