[Jacob Blake]
BSN: “Unfortunately, disgusting acts of police brutality like this will be commonplace so long as police continue to act as an occupying force in Black communities.”
Photo: Twitter
American Policing
ACLU: James Blake Was Victim of Attempted Murder by Kenosha Police
Leaked Footage Shows Officer Pulling Gun on George Floyd
[George Floyd Body-Cams]
Reason: “The footage shows a man who is absolutely terrified of the police…Moments after Floyd has opened the door, Lane points his gun at Floyd’s head. Floyd is upset immediately and begs the officer not to shoot him, telling them he’s been shot before.”
Photo: MPD body camera footage
Former White Cop: American Policing Is Worse Than Many Think
[Racial Policing\ Arthur Rizer]
Vox: “African-Americans are arrested and roughed up by cops at wildly disproportionate rates, relative to both their overall share of the population and the percentage of crimes they commit.”
Photo: Twitter
WBAI’s Black Star News Show to Host NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray
[Black Star News Show\WBAI New York 99.5 FM]
Today Host Milton Allimadi has a conversation with First Lady of New York City and Co-chair of NYC Racial Inclusion & Equity Task Force, Chirlane McCray.
Photo: YouTube
AFT Passes Resolution To Fight Systemic Racism in Schools
[AFT\Black Lives Matter]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “We must also do all we can to create safe and welcoming environments. That requires us to rethink school security starting with separating police forces from schools.”
Photo: YouTube
American Policing Enforces Culture of Violence In Black Communities
[American Policing]
Perceptions of a few “bad apples” within police departments are quickly being dispelled due to such data and video recordings from cell phones and security cameras.
Photo: Anika Jackson
GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED BY OFFICER CHAUVIN BECAUSE OF RACIST AMERICAN POLICING
[Racial American Policing\George Floyd]
We now need swift justice. No mitigating extenuating circumstance can excuse what we see on the George Floyd snuff video. Nothing.
Photo: YouTube
AMERICAN POLICING THE KU KLUX KLAN AND “GHOST SKINS”
[Book Excerpt #7\”The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
A 2006 FBI intelligence assessment, noted that White supremacist groups had a “historical” goal in “infiltrating law enforcement communities or recruiting law enforcement personnel.”
Photo: Facebook
AMERICAN POLICING, THE 13 AMENDMENT AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACKS
[Book Excerpt #6\”The Roots of Racism in American Policing”]
The loophole in the Thirteenth Amendment gave rise to a new set of infamous Black Codes, passed in 1865, where laws were designed to entrap African-Americans and forced them back into de-facto slavery.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
