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Judge declares mistrial for the officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose

June 23: In 2015, Ray Tensing, a former University of Cincinnati police officer, fatally shot Samuel DuBose during a traffic stop. In a recent trial, the judge declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a consensus.

Burned Quran stuffed with bacon found outside a mosque

June 24: On Saturday, a burned Quran stuffed with bacon was found hangingoutside of a Sacramento, California, mosque. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the incident as a hate crime.

Off-duty officer threatens to kill black teen on video

June 24: On Saturday, an off-duty cop assaulted 15-year-old Jordan Brunson for allegedly trespassing in his yard. In a video taken by Brunson’s friend, the officer says, “You came into my fucking property, I’mma fucking kill you.” The incident is now under investigation by the Lansing Police Department.

17-year-old transgender girl Ava Le’Ray Barrin killed in Georgia

June 25: On Sunday morning, Ava Le’Ray Barrin, a black transgender girl, was shot during an altercation with an acquaintance. She later died in the hospital, making her the 14th reported killing of a transgender woman of color in 2017.

Philando Castile’s family reaches a settlement with Minnesota police

June 26: Following the acquittal of Jeronimo Yanez, the ex-officer who fatally shot Philando Castile, the family of the victim settled in court for $3 million. According to the family’s attorney, this decision allowed the city of St. Anthony, Minnesota, to avoid a federal wrongful death lawsuit.

Another sign in honor of Emmett Till’s murder found vandalized

June 26: On Tuesday, a sign in Money, Mississippi, marking where Emmett Till first encountered his killers was vandalized. The unidentified suspects erased the inscriptions on the sign. It is currently unclear if the city has a plan to repair the sign, but there is a fundraiser to help fix it.

Chicago officers charged with conspiracy in relation to the Laquan McDonald shooting

June 27: Three Chicago police officers have been charged in connection to the coverup following the 2014 death of black teen Laquan McDonald. Detective David March and patrolmen Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney were charged with conspiracy, official misconduct and obstruction of justice.

Alton Sterling’s children sue city for the fatal shooting of their father

June 27: Alton Sterling was fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 5. Now his children are suing the city alleging that this shooting mirrors a pattern of racist conduct and excessive force by Baton Rouge police.

Seattle teen fatally shot hours before his high-school graduation

June 28: King County Sheriff’s officers fatally shot teen Tommy Le after reports that he was harassing people with a knife. A week later, however, King County Sheriff’s Office officials released a statement indicating that Le was in fact holding a pen, not a weapon. The incident happened hours before Le’s high-school graduation.

Hate crime reports might be on the rise, but more than 50% still go unreported

June 29: According to a report released by the Department of Justice on Thursday, the amount of unreported hate crimes has decreased by 10 percentage points since 2011. However, 54% of these crimes still go unreported. Read more (6/30/17)

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It's been 50 years, but these ideas haven't been implemented. I think the most important thing we can do is to not stay silent. What's the point of having a voice if you can't use it. #7: we want an immediate end to police brutality.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

Tupac Shakur

This song is for the Sevens- those who give and give and give but never receive.

This song is for the Kenyas- those conflicted between what they love and what they know is right.

This song is for the Ieshas- those who can't seem to find the strength to stand up for themselves.

Lastly, this song is for the Garden Heights- those who have to struggle everyday to survive the violence, ignorance and hate.

We gonna be alright.

I used to think 2Pac wasn't relevant anymore. Just some old music my Daddy and his friends played to relive their glory days of the 90s. Khalil changed that. He told me, "Tupac was the truth. 'Pac said T.H.U.G L.I.F.E stood for 'The Hate U Give F's Everybody.' Meaning what society gives us as youth, it bites the in the backside when we wild out."

We shouldn't have to "wild out." It's time for "Changes;" we need to break this vicious cycle of poverty and violence that comes as a result of lack of education. It's time for us to be able to educate our people, so instead of "wilding out" they can get good jobs and feed their family. Khalil was a drug dealer. It's not like he enjoyed it. He told me he "got tired of choosing between lights and food."

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Interview with Diane Carey

Diane Carey: Millions of people around the world have heard the name Khalil Harris and they've developed their own ideas of who he was. Who was he to you?

Witness: One of my best friends. We knew each other since we were babies. If he were here, he would point out that he was five months, two weeks, and three days older than me. *Both chuckle* But that's who Khalil is - was. He was a jokester. Even when things were hard, he'd somehow find light in it. And he... He had a big heart. I know that some people called him a thug, but if you knew him, you'd know that wasn't the case at all. I'm not saying that he was an angel or anything, but he wasn't a bad person. He was a... He was a kid.

DC: He was a kid

W: He was a kid.

DC: What do you think about the people who focus on the not-so-god aspect of him? The fact that he may have sold drugs?

W: I hate it. If people knew why he sold drugs, they wouldn't talk about him that way.

DC: Why did he sell them?

W: Khalil's mom is a drug addict. Anybody who knew him knew how much that bothered him and how much he hated drugs. He only sold them to help her out of a situation with the biggest drug dealer and gang leader in the neighborhood. His mom's life was in danger. That's the only reason he'd ever do something like that. And he wasn't a gang member-

DC: He wasn't?

W: No ma'am. He never wanted to fall into that type of life. But I guess- I don't understand how everyone can make it seem like it's okay he got killed if he was a drug dealer and a gangbanger.

DC: The media?

W: Yes, ma'am. It seems like they always talk about what he may have said, what he may have done, what he may not have done. I didn't know a dead person could be charged with his own murder, you know?

DC: So, what exactly happened that night?

W: Me and my friend Kenya were at a spring break party held by a guy named Darius. Me and Kenya split up, and I met Khalil at the party. We hadn't talked in a while, so we caught up. At some point, a fight broke out at the party. There were gunshots. Khalil took me to his car, where he gave me the option of either driving me home or to my father's store. Before we could decide, Officer Cruise pulled us over. He asked Khalil for license and registration. Khalil gave it to him. Officer Cruise asked him to step out of the car. He does. Cruise pats him down, not one, not two, but three times. Officer Cruise went back to his car. Khalil came toward the car, asking me if I was okay. Well, he tried to. Officer Cruise shot him, not one, not two, but three times.

DC: So he [Khalil] didn't make a threat on officer Cruise's life?

W: No, ma'am. His exact words were- 'Starr, are you okay?' That's the last thing he said. I remember the shots ringing out and his face in his final moments. I held him, bleeding in the street, and watched his eyes gloss over. Officer Cruise pointed his gun at me as I held my dead friend in the street.

DC: He pointed his gun at you?

W: Yes, ma'am. He kept it on me until the other officers arrived.

DC: Has the situation made you fearful of cops?

W: I don't know. My uncle's a cop. I know not all cops are bad. And they risk their lives, you know? I'm always scared for my uncle. But I'm tired of them assuming. Especially when it comes to black people.

DC: You wish that more cops wouldn't make assumptions about black people?

W: Right. This all happened because he assumed that we were up to no good. Because we're black and because of where we live. We were just two kids, minding our business, you know? His assumption killed Khalil. It could've killed me.

DC: If Officer Cruise were sitting here, what would you say to him?

W: I'd ask him if he wished he shot me too.

September 15, 1963:

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

In every news article I read about this incident, those who died in it were all called "black schoolgirls" "four little black girls." These girls had names: Cynthia, Carole, Addie, Denise. They were important. They died because they were finally allowed to go to school with the white kids.

The Klu Klux Klan planted 122 sticks of dynamite the basement of a church. These four died and 20 more were injured. When upset black protestors came to protest the bombing, they were bombarded with state troopers and cops. As a result, 2 other people died that night, at the hands of police and civilians.

The people responsible for the bombing were not given strict sentences. One had a 6 month sentence in jail and a $100 fine. The investigation was then shut down and no charges were filed until 2000.

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this is the Khalil I knew. A boy celebrating his 9th birthday. Not a “thug.”

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Once upon a time I knew a hazel-eyed boy with dimples. I called him Khalil. The world called him a thug. He lived, but not nearly long enough, and for the rest of my life I'll remember how he died. Fairy tale? No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending.

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"The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism." - Huey P. Newton RIP 💖

August 28, 1955 This was Emmett Till. 14 years old. Brutally killed for supposedly "whistling" at a white woman. 4 days later, he was forced to carry a 75-pound cotton-gin fan to the bank of the Tallahatchie River and to strip. He was then beaten to death, gouged out in the eye, shot in the head, and then his body was thrown, tied to the cotton-gin fan with barbed wire, into the river. A 14-year-old boy, mutilated beyond recognition because he was accused of "whistling" at a white woman. His murderers, although later admitting to the crime, were never indicted for his murder due to the jury being all-white in a segregated courthouse. America's history has deep, deep roots in racism, and now is the time to cut those roots.

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I just left a plantation tour in Louisiana. I have a lot to say…

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SAY IT!

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I honestly thought I knew everything about slavery. Not so.

The owner of this particular plantation had it built by slaves for 3 years. Every brick was handmade. Over 120,000 bricks on 2,000+ acres of land (this place was huge.) The clay used for the bricks came from the Mississippi River. The majority of the slaves are buried under the Levees and water. Some are buried with their Masters. Not allowed to live with them but could be dead with them.

Before you enter the house, there’s a list of slaves who lived here including their age and how much they were purchased for. 124 total. Some slaves were worth as little as $25. As young as 5 years old.

On this particular plantation, the owner was big on punishment…he used noise making neck restraints. Imagine three 4lb balls around your neck with bells inside. Children were restrained by ankle locks that connected between their ankles.

This was a sugar cane plantation, one the worst practices to involve slaves because of its danger. A lot of slaves were decapitated, amputees and killed from the fields and machinery. A lot of kids lost their lives creating sugar. Speaking of children, a child stood in the living room and operated the fan with a string while guests ate dinner. As young as 3 years old.

Here’s what shook me even further: Before the Civil War, a lot of slave owners were going in debt and could not afford their properties and were not producing enough cotton and sugar to maintain their lifestyles. Slaves were used as HUMAN CREDIT CARDS. Slaves were a guaranteed line of credit. You could get HALF of your property’s value depending on how many healthy and able slaves you owned.

My people were human credit cards and lines of credit to BANKS. We were property. We were labeled as equipment and nothing more.

There is no such thing as a good slave owner. They owned my PEOPLE and used them as checks and balances. This cycle continues with prison and brutality. I do not want to hear shit about “Why can only Black people say this or that?” I don’t want to hear shit about “we’re all human.”

And by the way, not one of those slaves are at rest. Those spirits were so alive, you could feel their presence, their pain and someday, their revenge.

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“Being black in the US… Is tough.” said LeBron James after his home was vandalized with racist slur. But… How tough is it? - Like BRUT on FB for more content

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we as a country, must unite to support the Black community. We must educate and tolerate to end ignorance and the vicious cycle of crime and poverty damaging our black communities everywhere.

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