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Confidence Men and ‘Prison Reform’
The following piece is from Truth Out. It was written by Kay Whitlock. By: Kay Whitlock Smoke and Mirrors is a new series that dives into the details of “bipartisan prison reform” to reveal the right-wing, neoliberal carceral sleight of hand that’s really at work. It asks hard questions about the content and consequences of […]
Update: Woman abducted safely returned to family, suspect in custody
A Philadelphia woman whose abduction was captured on a surveillance video has been safely returned to her family. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey made the announcement Wednesday evening.
$47,000 reward offered for return of missing Philadelphia woman
A $47,000 reward has been offered for the safe return of a 22-year-old Philadelphia woman who was kidnapped a couple of days ago. Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was last seen around 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West Coulter Street. Authorities released a chilling video of her abduction in hopes of generating leads.
Charges brought against NYPD officers who assaulted teen
Two NYPD officers who chased down a teen and hit him in the face with a gun and assaulted him have been indicted by a grand jury and will be arraigned Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The officers continued to chase 16-year-old Kareem Tribble, even after he’d stopped running and had raised his hands.
Philadelphia woman’s abduction captured on video
A 22-year-old Philadelphia woman’s abduction has been captured on video, and police are asking for the public’s help in finding her. Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was last seen around 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West Coulter Street.
From Michael Brown to Assata Shakur, the racist state of America persists
The following piece is from The Guardian. It was written by Angela Davis. By: Angela Davis Although racist state violence has been a consistent theme in the history of people of African descent in North America, it has become especially noteworthy during the administration of the first African-American president, whose very election was widely […]
The White Problem
The following piece is from Medium. It was written by Quinn Norton. By: Quinn Norton This is Part One of a Series on Whiteness. (Part Two)Politically, the Negro is the touchstone of the modern democratic idea. The presence of the Negro puts our democracy to the proof and reveals the falsity of it.” — Hubert Harrison, 1911I’m not […]
Feature: A New, Safer Chicago? End the Grass Gap
The following is from Huffington Post. It was written by BYP100’s National Coordinator Charlene Carruthers. By: Charlene Carruthers The targeting of Black people in Chicago for minor marijuana possession is not making our city a safer place.
Heisman candidate Todd Gurley falsely accused of assault, video shows white male committed crime
It turns out that Georgia star running back and Heisman Award candidate Todd Gurley was wrongfully accused of assault at a campus bar early Sunday morning. Athens-Clarke County police confirmed that the puncher was actually a white man.
New policy bans profiling in federal law enforcement agencies
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to issue a new policy that will ban religious and other forms of profiling by federal law enforcement officers. The highly-anticipated policy will not include an exemption for national security investigation, according to sources.
Feature: In Ohio, Black Youth Won’t Let Another Police Shooting Fade Into the Background
The following post is from ThinkProgress. It was written by Nicole Flatow. By: Nicole Flatow It’s been more than a month since 22-year-old John Crawford III was shot dead in an Ohio Wal-Mart for carrying a BB gun that he picked up on the store shelves — just days before the death of […]
Justice for John Crawford: jury determines officers were ‘justified’ in Walmart killing
A special grand jury has decided not to indict the officers involved in the fatal shooting of John Crawford III in a southwest Ohio Walmart. The Greene County grand jury determined the Beavercreek police officers were justified in shooting Crawford on Aug. 5.