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Two Americas.
One America. The same American since 1776.
On so many levels, this meme illustrates the anti-black racism embedded in the American criminal justice apparatus.
One wonders if the American criminal justice system could survive without the anti-blackness that courses through its veins.
Yesika Salgado - “Brown Girl” "I think in English, but my tongue is dressed in Spanish. I am always missing a word for something in either language." Performing at YouTube Space in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Button on YouTube!
QUEERS OF COLOR TARGET CASTRO DISTRICT, VOW TO “SHUT DOWN BUSINESS AS USUAL” IN SOLIDARITY WITH #BLACKLIVESMATTER
Planned Action to Coincide with Nationwide MLK Jr. Weekend Protests
San Francisco, CA – Saturday, January 17th, 2015 – An organization of Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) plan to shut down nightlife in the Castro tonight in solidarity with the #Blacklivesmatter campaign, which has called for an escalation of nationwide actions to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
Organizers of the event plan to rally at 18th street and Castro at 9:30pm. Activists say they chose to rally at the Castro because it is a space dominated by white middle class men, and is symbolic of the racial divide within the LGBT community and gentrification in San Francisco in general.
Organizers say they are also protesting the Castro due to its housing of many mainstream LGBT organizations who have remained overwhelmingly silent on the #Blacklivesmatter movement, and who, they argue, are generally apathetic towards issues affecting black and brown members of the LGBT community.
In a letter addressed to mainstream LGBT organizations, activists stated that: “Politicized rituals of mourning… were once central to LGBT culture. But now that AIDS is wreaking its worst devastation within the Black community, and now that most reports of hate violence involve attacks on Black and Latina transwomen, mourning has become a footnote in many white-dominated LGBT spaces.”
QTPOC organizers say this action is just the beginning of a larger campaign of solidarity actions they are planning in support of #Blacklivesmatter. QTPOC activists hope to pressure mainstream LGBT organizations to take action on #Blacklivesmatter and to adopt its goals and demands as their own.
Addendum: QTPOC activists’ full list of demands:
1. Pressure San Francisco LGBT Center, Horizons Foundation, Equality CA, Human Rights Campaign, all mainstream LGBT organizations to take concrete action in support of black lives
2. Donate money to efforts that support queer and trans black leadership including TGI Justice Project, Trans Women of Color Collective, and BreakOUT!
3. Support the Black Friday 14: #BlackLivesMatter #NotOneDime.
Sign the petition to demand that BART stop its persecution of civil rights protesters who halted BART on Black Friday.
4. Find alternatives to calling the police to keep our communities safe.
(Photo Credit: Twitter)
Moroccan man in France killed at home in front of wife in ‘horrible Islamophobic attack’
A Moroccan man in France was brutally killed after being stabbed 17 times in front of his wife at his own home by a neighbour in what is described as a “horrible Islamophobic attack”.
Mohamed El Makouli was confronted by a 28-year-old attacker who forced himself through the front door at around 1:30am on Wednesday, shouting “I am your god, I am your Islam”, the National Observatory Against Islamophobia said yesterday.
The father of one, 47, was killed in the quiet village of Beaucet, near Avignon in southern France, while his 31-year-old wife Nadia tried to save him. She suffered wounds to her hands before she fled the scene with their child to call the police.
Observatory president Abdallah Zekri condemned the attack “as a horrible Islamophobic attack” and claimed that the victim’s partner was very clear about what the man had shouted regarding Islam.
He told AFP: “She is sure of what he [the attacker] said.”
The man was charged on Thursday with murder, attempted murder and possession of drugs before he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Montfavet. Police said yesterday that the claims of Islamophobia will be investigated when they start questioning the attacker.
He was reported to have been diagnosed with schizophrenia as he claimed he had heard voices and officials say that he was found at the scene in an incoherent state.
The attack is one of at least 50 Islamophobic incidences reported so far in the country after the murders of 17 people at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris earlier this month, according to the Central Council of Muslims in France.
The three gunmen had massacred cartoonists, journalists, police officers and hostages and claimed it was in revenge of drawings published in the satirical magazine of Prophet Mohamed.
A 20-year-old Muslim man originally from Eritrea, Khaled Idris Bahray, was stabbed to death in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday. He is reported to have left his home on Monday and did not return before his body was found on the street in the early hours.
The attack on Bahray is feared to be linked to “anti-Islamification of Europe” marches held in Germany, which have been strongly condemned by the country’s leaders including Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Queue the silence about this among Je Suis Charlie-enthusiasts. Queue everyone calling these attacks hate crimes instead of what it actually is: real and brutal acts of terrorism.
Queue white people ignoring this.
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Livestream of Oakland protests
Oakland, California: Activists shut down the Federal Building, January 16, 2015.
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"Black Women Matter: the Zine Edition, Vol. 1"
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"This zine is dedicated to black women. Read the stories of 11 black women who have been killed by law enforcement. Know their names. See their faces. Remember their stories." - Underground Sketchbook Collective
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Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated Sunday that the Israeli army has kidnapped 6059 Palestinians in 2014. The former political prisoner said, similar to previous years, that the arrests carried out by the army targeted all sectors of Palestinian society, with a dangerous escalation in the abduction and imprisonment of children. “There hasn’t been a single day that did not witness the abduction of Palestinians,” Ferwana said. “On average, the army has kidnapped 505 Palestinians each month; approximately 17 a day.” The arrests in 2014 rose by a %56 increase, compared to 2013, a %57.5 increase compared to 2012, and an %83 increase in comparison to 2012, the Palestinian official remarked, adding: “This clearly indicates a sharp escalation and increase in the number of arrests in the past four years.” Ferwana also said that every Palestinian who was kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel was subjected to at least one form of physical or psychological torture, in addition to humiliation and abuse, either in public or in front of their families — an issue which constitutes a direct violation of International/Humanitarian Law. Ferwana has called on all pertaining legal and human rights groups, as well as various media agencies, in order to highlight the detainees’ cause and the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people, adding that detainees are subject to daily violations and assaults. Arrests carried out by the army in 2014: 1. January: 360 Palestinians. 2. February: 317 Palestinians. 3. March: 377 Palestinians. 4. April: 355 Palestinians. 5. May: 390 Palestinians. 6. June: 800 Palestinians. 7. July: 750 Palestinians. 8. August: 620 Palestinians. 9. September: 580 Palestinians. 10. October 390 Palestinians. 11. November: 600 Palestinians. 12.December 520 Palestinians. ~Abd’ Al Nasser A. Ferwana Former Detainee, Director of Statistics Department in the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and head of the committee to manage its office in the Gaza Strip.
Justice for Akai Gurley at the Pink Houses in East NY, Dec. 27
The Gurley family led the march of more than 200 people throughout Brooklyn by the public housing development where 28-year-old Akai Gurley was murdered. His 2-year-old daughter, Akaila, was at the front of the protest.
Gurley was shot by rookie NYPD officer Peter Liang on November 20. The officer said he accidentally discharged his weapon during a vertical patrol in a dark staircase after being startled by Gurley who was walking up with his girlfriend.
Photos by Enbion Micah Aan
Today in Solidarity (12/29/14): I was out in LA today when we got word about the autopsy results for Ezell Ford. They gunned that man down execution-style. Folks are angry, but staying peaceful, though you can feel the tension in the air. Pray for Ezell’s family and all those putting their lives on the line in the name of justice tonight. #staywoke #farfromover
can we talk about cyntoia brown for a moment though
cyntoia brown is a girl who is serving life in prison after being wrongly tried as an adult at the age of 16.
she was forced into sex work by her abusive boyfriend, and was picked up by a 43 year old johnny allen on a street corner. she then impulsively shot him out of fear, not intending to kill him, when he started acting threatening towards her. she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder during her trial as a result of severe abuse over many years.
johnny allen was committing a sex crime against an underage mentally ill girl forced into sex work against her will. cyntoia brown committed manslaughter out of self defense at the age of 16 and is now in jail for life after being tried as an adult for first degree murder.
please reblog this, and sign this petition, because seriously not enough people know about this.
It’s Cops 101.
The principal of East Side Community HS invited the New York Civil Liberties Union to give a two-day training session last week on interacting with police.
The 450 kids were coached on staying calm during NYPD encounters and given a “What To Do If You’re Stopped By The Police” pamphlet. NYCLU representatives told kids to be polite and to keep their hands out of their pockets. But they also told students they don’t have to show ID or consent to searches, that it’s best to remain silent, and how to file a complaint against an officer.
Principal Mark Federman said he brought in the NYCLU because students told teachers they had bad experiences with being stopped by police. He said the training also was relevant to history classes studying the Ferguson, Mo., shooting.
“We’re not going to candy-coat things — we have a problem in our city that’s affecting young men of color and all of our students,” Federman told The Post.
“It’s not about the police being bad,” he added. “This isn’t anti-police as much as it’s pro-young people . . . It’s about what to do when kids are put in a position where they feel powerless and uncomfortable.”
The hourlong workshops — held in small classroom sessions during advisory periods — focused on the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program and how to exercise Fourth Amendment rights when being stopped and questioned in a car or at home.
http://nypost.com/2014/11/23/new-hs-class-teaches-kids-how-to-deal-with-cops/
The fact that this is part of the curriculum should trouble you deeply.
BREAKING: Autopsy Results Prove Police In Utah Murdered Darrien Hunt, Shooting Him In The Back & Hip 6 Times While Hunt Was Holding A Toy Sword
Last month, 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was shot and killed by officers in Saratoga Springs, Utah, while carrying a toy sword. Police claimed Hunt lunged at them, but a new state autopsy released by Hunt’s lawyer finds that Hunt was shot 5 times in the back, and a sixth time on his left hip towards the back.
The autopsy by the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Officer corroborates an earlier private autopsy commissioned by Hunt’s lawyer Robert Sykes that also found he was shot in the back, although Sykes would not initially release a copy of that autopsy. A toxicology report was also released showing that Hunt had no drugs in his body, although officers noted in their original report that Hunt “apparently liked hallucinogens and had taken acid approximately three weeks” before the shooting, according to the Deseret News.
At the time of his death, Hunt was wearing an outfit that bore a striking resemblance the Japanese anime character Mugen, from the series Samurai Champloo. The weekend prior to his death, Salt Lake City hosted the annual Comic Con event at which attendees dress up as comic book characters in a practice known as “cosplaying.”
In the weeks after his death, his family found drawings of a number of Japanese anime characters, including several carrying swords. Friends at his funeral called Hunt artistic, shy, and gentle.
“It shows a familiarity, if not a fascination, with that kind of fantasy world,” Hunt’s lawyer Randall Edwards told the Guardian. “It gives some context – and potentially some explanation – to why you have this kid walking down the street with a samurai-style sword on his back.”
Officers say they received a call reporting a “suspicious” person and believed Hunt was carrying a real sword. His mother said it was a souvenir blunt-edged Japanese sword known as a “katana” from a gift shop. Utah has an open carry law, meaning that residents are permitted to openly carry guns even if they don’t have a permit. Police are therefore likely to encounter other individuals walking down the street with guns, and it’s unclear at what point they would be considered “suspicious.”
Hunt died about 100 feet away from the site of the police car, and police have conceded that Hunt traveled away from the officers during the incident, suggesting he was indeed running away.
Saratoga Springs is 93 percent white and 0.5 percent black, and Hunt’s mother, who is also white, believes Hunt was killed because of his race.
“Those stupid cops thought they had to murder over a toy,” Susan Hunt told the Associated Press. Hunt said she returned to Utah recently after separating from her husband and fleeing an abusive relationship, to start a new life with her children. She said Darrien was coping with the separation and looking for jobs in Saratoga Springs.
Source: Nicole Flatow for ThinkProgress
"We’re here! We’re Queer! QueerLivesMatter!": Bay Area LGBTQIA-PoC Lead Protest Aganst Police Terror in San Francisco | AmericaWakieWakie
December 24th, 2014
"We want to stand in solidarity and say the killings have to stop,” said Janetta Johnson, who works as a program director for a transgender justice project in San Francisco. “There’s a lot of fear of police — especially by black people and brown people.”
“Today, we march, proclaiming our demands for police accountability, transparency and an end to institutional racism,” said Thea Matthews, a student and activist leader at City College of San Francisco. “In order to truly have all lives, especially black lives, matter, we must unite all oppressed communities who face police repression and violence.”
— Above statements as quoted by SF Gate.
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Fuck yeah solidarity.
Black teen Antonio Martin shot dead by police 2 miles from Ferguson December 24, 2014
A black teen was fatally shot by an officer on Tuesday night just two miles from Ferguson, Missouri, police said.
Antonio Martin, 18, who police say pointed a gun at the officer, was shot late Tuesday night at a Mobil gas station in Berkeley, Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The alleged victim’s mother, Toni Martin, confirmed to the Post-Dispatch that her son had been shot by police.
The Associated Press has details:
County police spokesman Sgt. Brian Schellman says a Berkeley police officer was conducting a routine business check at a gas station around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday when he saw two men and approached them.
Schellman says one of the men pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officer. The officer fired several shots, striking and fatally wounding the man. Schellman says that the second person fled and that the deceased man’s handgun has been recovered.
The Berkeley Police Department requested that St. Louis County Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit handle the investigation, the St. Louis County Police Department noted on its Facebook page.
"At this time, we cannot confirm the identity of the deceased subject. The investigation is on-going and further details will be provided as the investigation proceeds," the Facebook notice said.
The hashtag #AntonioMartin is trending on social media. Those at the scene, along with the Post-Dispatch, report about 60 to 100 people gathered around the gas station where the shooting took place.
Livestreams at the scene show residents verbally clashing with police. A woman identified as Martin’s mother can be heard sobbing “That’s my baby!” on the feed.
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My heart breaks for this mother & this community. Yet another young black man whose life was stolen from him.
Fuck the police state. No justice, no peace.
Dirty Wars (2013)
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was a 16-year-old American citizen killed by a drone strike authorized by Barack Obama. His father was killed two weeks prior.
Barack Obama was quoted as saying that the decision to put Anwar al-Awlaki on his ‘targeted kill list' — and then to kill him — was “an easy one.”
Last year a Justice Department memo concluded that the Obama Administration can legally kill American citizens without due process.
The Administration refused to say if Obama’s power to extrajudicially execute US citizens extended to US soil, causing GOP senator Rand Paul to threaten a filibuster against John Brennan’s nomination for director of the CIA.
It’s barely known that Obama is the first president to purposely kill American citizens through drone warfare and that he has the sole power to assassinate Americans if they pose an “imminent
