Ferguson

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Colin Kaepernick Production Threatened By Anti-BLM Group

yes even a movie is a threat to the aggrieved.

ANYTHING in media - whether it be the news, a documentary, a play, a production, or a political forum - anywhere TRUTH CAN PREVAIL, is a THREAT to them.

Ted Cruz Wonders Why Black People Insist On Celebrating Black People He Doesn’t Like - Wonkette

it IS to laugh....

 

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George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Eric Gardener, or hundreds more - victims of questionable actions by law enforcement. Across America, probably dozens of incidents occurring on a DAILY basis, any ONE of which could be the next Ferguson:

Arizona cops used 'outright lies' to prosecute BLM protesters as a 'criminal street gang' - Raw Story
'Young Black man like me has to be in fear': Residents say white cop allowed to harass them
George Floyd's Family Incensed After Image Of Floyd Dying Was Used As A Valentine's Joke By LAPD
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[ActionBuddy]

...
George Floyd's Family Incensed After Image Of Floyd Dying Was Used As A Valentine's Joke By LAPD

abc7news.com:
LAPD investigating report of Valentine-style photo of George Floyd circulated around department
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Yeah, right... We all know how well that goes when the LAPD "investigates" itself.

 

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If you're a white female domestic terrorist who stormed the Capitol with other insurgents, injuring dozens of law enforcement officers and resulting in the deaths of 6 individuals, you get let out of jail so you can go off on a Mexican VACATION.

And if you're a murdered of two individuals during a confrontation of protesters, you get sprung free, crowd funded, and judges refuse to to lock you UP because, heaven forbid, jail might not be a nice place for guys like HIM.

Hell, if you're young white you may even get treated to a fkng HAMBURGER after you MURDER THE congregation who opened their arms and welcomed you.

But if you're Sandra Bland, you get locked up for failing to signal then end up dead in a Texas cell. Or if you're a BLM protester like Jorge Gomez, exercising the same legal right to carry firearms as Rittenhouse, well... let's just say they don't exactly share their WATER with you:

New Videos Show BLM Protester Running Away From Cops Before Being Fatally Shot

But hey, that's just a rare aberration. That kind of stuff almost NEVER happens:

Navy Veteran Dies After Police Allegedly Kneel on His Neck During Mental Health Crisis
Officers ‘Racially Profiled,’ Shot, Killed Connecticut Man Who Made a Wrong Turn in an Unregistered Car
Black Walmart worker arrested after being stopped for walking in the snow in Texas
Independent investigators in Elijah McClain's death issue scathing report
Investigation Finds Police Officers Had No Justification to Stop or Use Force Against Elijah McClain
Daniel Prude death: Rochester, New York, officers won't face charges
Black Man Violently Arrested For Having 'Shocked Look On His Face': VIDEO - Comic Sands

And of COURSE, Black men murdered even by racist FUCKS who AREN'T law enforcement, aren't actually VICTIMS.

Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Want to Ban the Word “Victim” at Their Trial
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[ActionBuddy]

If you're a white female domestic terrorist who stormed the Capitol with other insurgents, injuring dozens of law enforcement officers and resulting in the deaths of 6 individuals, you get let out of jail so you can go off on a Mexican VACATION.

And if you're a murdered of two individuals during a confrontation of protesters, you get sprung free, crowd funded, and judges refuse to to lock you UP because, heaven forbid, jail might not be a nice place for guys like HIM.

Hell, if you're young white you may even get treated to a fkng HAMBURGER after you MURDER THE congregation who opened their arms and welcomed you.

But if you're Sandra Bland, you get locked up for failing to signal then end up dead in a Texas cell. Or if you're a BLM protester like Jorge Gomez, exercising the same legal right to carry firearms as Rittenhouse, well... let's just say they don't exactly share their WATER with you:

New Videos Show BLM Protester Running Away From Cops Before Being Fatally Shot

But hey, that's just a rare aberration. That kind of stuff almost NEVER happens:

Navy Veteran Dies After Police Allegedly Kneel on His Neck During Mental Health Crisis
Officers ‘Racially Profiled,’ Shot, Killed Connecticut Man Who Made a Wrong Turn in an Unregistered Car
Black Walmart worker arrested after being stopped for walking in the snow in Texas
Independent investigators in Elijah McClain's death issue scathing report
Investigation Finds Police Officers Had No Justification to Stop or Use Force Against Elijah McClain
Daniel Prude death: Rochester, New York, officers won't face charges
Black Man Violently Arrested For Having 'Shocked Look On His Face': VIDEO - Comic Sands

And of COURSE, Black men murdered even by racist FUCKS who AREN'T law enforcement, aren't actually VICTIMS.

Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Want to Ban the Word “Victim” at Their Trial

I can't imagine how these racists can get to sleep at night... and, for that matter, how do I?... Saddening.

 

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I can't imagine how these racists can get to sleep at night... and, for that matter, how do I?... Saddening.

They sleep just FINE. Losing sleep over it would require a certain degree of principle, integrity, conscience, and MORAL FIBER.

Wyoming’s first Black sheriff has long battle ahead in jail that allegedly dubs Black people monkeys
Deputy accused of leading armed ‘mob’ to Black teen’s home is acquitted in NC
Oklahoma Cop Charged With Manslaughter After Killing 60-Year-Old Black Man
An Indianapolis Mom Died When Cops Pinned Her Face Down At Church, Now Her Family Is Suing
Trump-Loving Miami Doctor Charged With Hate Crime After Using Racial Slur Against Hispanic

In search of JUSTICE:

Merrick Garland says 'we do not have equal justice' in the US because of systemic racism
'System is broken': Black community expresses anger after officers cleared in Daniel Prude's death
Justice Dept Calls Federal Grand Jury for Derek Chauvin's Role in George Floyd's Death

 

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They sleep just FINE. Losing sleep over it would require a certain degree of principle, integrity, conscience, and MORAL FIBER.
Wyoming’s first Black sheriff has long battle ahead in jail that allegedly dubs Black people monkeys
Deputy accused of leading armed ‘mob’ to Black teen’s home is acquitted in NC
Oklahoma Cop Charged With Manslaughter After Killing 60-Year-Old Black Man
An Indianapolis Mom Died When Cops Pinned Her Face Down At Church, Now Her Family Is Suing
Trump-Loving Miami Doctor Charged With Hate Crime After Using Racial Slur Against Hispanic
In search of JUSTICE:
Merrick Garland says 'we do not have equal justice' in the US because of systemic racism
'System is broken': Black community expresses anger after officers cleared in Daniel Prude's death
Justice Dept Calls Federal Grand Jury for Derek Chauvin's Role in George Floyd's Death

It is sickeningly endless.

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[ActionBuddy]

Where to post this?... Where to post this... Oh, I guess here, under "Ferguson".

In the U.S.A., the police are clearly the "problem", not the "solution".

Watch this, in it's entirety:

Unlawful, violent Police raids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains how raids became a favorite tool of police, how few guardrails there are on their use, and what we should do about that.

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[b.c.]

Where to post this?... Where to post this... Oh, I guess here, under "Ferguson".

In the U.S.A., the police are clearly the "problem", not the "solution".

Watch this, in it's entirety:

Unlawful, violent Police raids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains how raids became a favorite tool of police, how few guardrails there are on their use, and what we should do about that.

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Thanks, A.B. PRECISELY where it should go. IN RELATED NEWS:

Cop Detains Black Woman Instead of White Woman Who Harassed Her

A white woman who was harassing bystanders at the airport almost got away with it after a police officer targeted the Black woman she was bothering instead.

Video taken at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minnesota shows a white woman going up to various people at baggage claim and hassling them for no apparent reason.​

As George Floyd Trail Looms, Cops in Minneapolis Apologize for Detaining Black Victim at Airport​

Only one George Floyd family member at a time allowed in Chauvin trial, judge rules - The ruling also applies to the family of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial in Floyd's death.


MEANWHILE:

Officer Who Shot Innocent Protester With Projectile In The Face During Florida BLM Demonstration Cleared Of Any Wrongdoing - Blavity News
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So HERE WE GO:

Derek Chauvin: Witnesses can’t call George Floyd ‘gentle giant’ in court, judge rules | The Independent

During the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, the court won’t be able to hear testimony describing Mr Floyd as a “gentle giant”, which became a common refrain after his death.

Testimony also won’t be able to describe Mr Floyd as a peaceful person, although his family will be able to speak on the stand about their relationship with him.​

MEANWHILE:

An FBI report found white supremacists sought 'affiliation with military and law enforcement' to further their goals


ON THE FLIP SIDE:

Judge blisters prosecutors in decision to release 3 wrongfully convicted Black men after 24 years

On Friday, March 5, 2021, after 24 years in prison, the Hon. Judge Joseph A. Zayas of the Queens County Supreme Court overturned the 1996 convictions of Gary Johnson, 46; George Bell, 44; and Rohan Bolt, 59. The three men were finally released from Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York to waiting family, friends, and media coverage. Zayas found that the three men’s convictions were based off of coercive interrogations, shoddy police work, racism, and pressure from then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani to arrest and convict them rather than based on justice.

As the Times explains, Johnson, Bell, and Bolt’s convictions were thrown out in no small part due to how corrupt and clearly morally bankrupt the process had been from top to bottom. “Prosecutors never turned over police reports showing that investigators had linked the killings to other men, the members of a local robbery ring. And five witness accounts — never seen by defense lawyers — contradicted the men’s confessions, which were wrong on key details of the crime, and which lawyers say were coerced.” This means not only was the entire process of investigating and getting confessions out of the men flawed, but that both law enforcement and prosecutors knew full well there was ample evidence other people had committed this crime, and they allowed those people to go free in order to put three innocent men away for life.

During his ruling, Zayas said: "It astounds me and shocks my conscience that even in 1997, that constitutional violations of this magnitude can happen in any prosecution much less the prosecution in a capital case in which the former district attorney was seeking the death penalty of a 19-year-old man.”

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State troopers texted about the ‘whoopin’ they gave a Black man, records show: ‘He’s gonna have nightmares’

Shortly after four Louisiana State Police troopers allegedly beat a Black man who had surrendered following a high-speed chase, the officers of Troop F sent 14 text messages to brag about the “whoopin’ ” they had given to 29-year-old Antonio Harris, according to court filings.

“He gonna be sore tomorrow for sure,” trooper Jacob Brown group-texted his colleagues in May, the filings allege.

“He’s gonna have nightmares for a long time,” trooper Dakota DeMoss allegedly said of what unfolded in Franklin Parish, La.

“Warms my heart knowing we could educate that young man,” Brown replied.

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Breonna Taylor Was Slain One Year Ago Today. The Tragic Police Raids Continue. – Mother Jones

Hastily executed warrants lead to countless broken homes and bodies—most Black and brown.

One year later, the racial justice protests go on, yet the protesters’ demands remain largely unmet. Three police officers lost their jobs because of their roles in the raid, but none were prosecuted for killing Taylor. The only officer now facing criminal charges is under investigation for firing his weapon into a neighboring home, damaging some walls. And while some big cities cut their police budgets during the pandemic, leaders in Louisville voted to slightly increase funding for local police after Taylor’s death.

Taylor was hardly the only Black woman who had police barge into her home over the past year. Such raids are common, according to Peter Kraska, a professor at Eastern Kentucky University who is a national expert on police tactics. He estimates that tens of thousands of residential drug raids now occur every year with little to no warning for the civilians inside—officers storm in unannounced or knock and enter forcefully seconds later. In an ACLU study of more than 800 SWAT team deployments, most of which involved search warrants, 42 percent of the people on the receiving end of the search-warrant raids were Black, and another 12 percent were Latino.
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MEANWHILE:

Five Oklahoma City officers charged with manslaughter in teen's shooting death - cbsnews.com

 

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In the latest Ferguson-like bullshit, Derek Chauvin's lawyer is afraid 27 million settlement to George Floyd's family for HIS GUILT AND NEGLIGENCE just MIGHT make him look GUILTY:

Derek Chauvin’s Lawyer Requests Delay of Trial After Announcement of $27 Million Settlement Awarded to George Floyd's Family

MEANWHILE:

Arkansas Man Detained For An Hour While Police Baselessly Searched His U-Haul, Now He's Suing
Former California Cops Pulled Over Suspects, Took Drugs and Cash, Pocketed the Loot For Themselves
Widow speaks out after police body camera video shows deadly Delaware shooting
Houston police shot 1-year-old in head while pursuing robbery suspect - USATODAY.COM
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MEANWHILE:

When Law Enforcement Fails Hate Crime Victims | HuffPost

Police in Georgia arrested Robert Aaron Long, 21, on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire at three massage spas and killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent.

The murders sent a chilling message to Asian Americans across the country who have been enduring heightened race-based violence, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic began. There were nearly 4,000 incidents of anti-Asian racism reported in the last year, and many believe Tuesday’s shootings are just the most violent and disturbing recent example of hate crimes targeting this community.

“He was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope, and yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did,” Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Capt. Jay Baker said Wednesday.

The statement angered lawmakers, activists, celebrities and members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, who said that claim diminishes the role of racism and misogyny in the murders. The same officer was later found to have promoted merchandise last year that demonized the Asian community in relation to COVID-19.

Yet law enforcement’s statements in Georgia only serve as a reminder of the failures of the American criminal justice system, specifically when it comes to how equipped police departments are to properly investigate crimes that stem from race-based bias and hatred. Police are often reluctant or outright refuse to link crimes to racial animus, which only further traumatizes people in the targeted community.

Georgia did not even have a functioning hate crime law until recently. Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed the legislation into law in June 2020, weeks after armed white men pursued and shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging, in what many called a modern-day lynching.

The state actually had a hate crime law on the books before that, but the Georgia Supreme Court overturned it in 2004 for being “unconstitutionally vague.”

Before Kemp signed the law, Georgia was one of only four U.S. states without a hate crimes law. The lack of hate crime documentation and reporting in police departments in Georgia and other states means that law enforcement is likely unfamiliar with how to handle routine incidents, let alone violent ones like what took place on Tuesday.
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protecting and serving:

Autopsy report shows Ohio deputy shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times - UPI.com
Working while Black. Sheriff lies about newspaper carrier, more than 40 officers initiate response.
42 Police Units Responded, Now Reports Show Sheriff's Claims That A Black Man Threatened Him Are False
Latino man who escaped Atlanta spa shooting handcuffed for two hours while wife died inside.

MEANWHILE:

Judge Limits Evidence, Refuses To Move Trial In George Floyd Death | HuffPost
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protecting and serving:
Autopsy report shows Ohio deputy shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times - UPI.com
Working while Black. Sheriff lies about newspaper carrier, more than 40 officers initiate response.
42 Police Units Responded, Now Reports Show Sheriff's Claims That A Black Man Threatened Him Are False
Latino man who escaped Atlanta spa shooting handcuffed for two hours while wife died inside..

Read all four items. Disgusting!

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Like I said above, here we go:

Most of Derek Chauvin’s jury looks like Derek Chauvin, not the man he's accused of murdering

meanwhile:

Former NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in lethal chokehold loses bid to get job back

Jacob Blake Sues Kenosha Cop Who Shot Him Seven Times and ‘Severed’ His Spinal Column

and:

Why Is North Carolina Paying This Proud Son of Confederate Veterans to Lock Up Black Men?

Kevin Stone, who denies that he is a racist or a member of a white-supremacist group, is​

• tatewide head of the North Carolina chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the fraternity of direct descendants of Confederate soldiers that the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as “dominated by racial extremists.” He is also

• co-founder and national “commander” of the Mechanized Cavalry Heritage Defense, the SCV’s motorcycle gang with reported ties to hate groups and outlaw biker clubs whose motto is “Ride as You Would With Forrest”—as in Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

• Last year, was elected leader of the SCV’s Army of Northern Virginia, giving him oversight of the organization’s dealings in several Atlantic states.

• In easily discoverable photos across the internet, Stone wears a motorcycle vest bearing insignia associated with a notorious neo-Nazi group,

• flashes reputed white-power hand signs, and

• stands alongside some of the biggest names in the white-supremacist movement.

And Kevin Stone is also a probation officer, meaning North Carolina has given him legal authority over the lives and freedom of Black and brown folks ensnared by the state’s system of criminal injustice.​

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Most of Derek Chauvin’s jury looks like Derek Chauvin, not the man he's accused of murdering.

Quelle surprise!

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disgustingly infuriating:

911 dispatcher testifies officers pinned down George Floyd for so long she thought her video feed had frozen
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Derek Chauvin Trial: Opening Statements Center On Cause Of George Floyd’s Death | HuffPost

meanwhile.....

Georgia fire chief arrested for pulling gun on Black real estate employees taking photos of his home - Raw Story

and in related news....

Supreme Court makes it easier to sue big companies and police
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Today we got the chance to witness FIRST HAND the arrogant presumptiveness of .P R I V I L E G E ... as

Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson repeatedly tried to paint Williams, a Black man, as "angry" because video showed him yelling at Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd's neck. ​

As if a Black man, or for that matter any man, need be apologetic for being "angry" at watching some S-B choke the life out of another man.

Which btw, is precisely why I have no truck with ponderings as to why right winged radicals of privilege are "angry" - as if they have more reason to be, than a demonized, discriminated against and marginalized minority. (...foh)

'He didn't take the bait': CNN analyst praises Chauvin witness who kept his cool after lawyer called him 'angry' - Raw Story

Nelson's strategy seemed to be "scapegoating" the crowd of people who had surrounded Chauvin and his fellow officers and who pleaded with them to check on Floyd's physical health.​

ALSO from today's trial:

Firefighter's 911 Call Played In Chauvin Trial: 'They Fucking Killed Him' | HuffPost

IN SIMILAR NEWS:

All-white jury returns no convictions for officers who allegedly brutalized veteran Black detective