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POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “New Footage Shows Police Officer Slamming Black Woman on the Ground” ☮
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Category Archives: Civil Rights
NTERVIEW: “Henry A. Giroux: On Neoliberalism” / Truthout Interviews ☮
English and Cultural Studies professor, Henry A. Giroux, talks about the challenges of the Left in a neoliberal political economy.
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Florida Police Shoot Unarmed Caregiver with Hands up in Front of Autistic Patient” / RT America / Marina Portnaya ☮
After four days, the North Miami police officer who shot behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey has been identified as Jonathan Aledda, a four-year veteran of the department’s SWAT team. The president of the Miami police union said that Aledda was “attempting to save Kinsey’s life” and was actually was aiming at the therapist’s client, who has autism. RT’s Marina Portnaya reports from Miami, Florida.
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Florida Police Shoot Unarmed Caregiver with Hands up in Front of Autistic Patient” / RT America / Ashlee Banks, and Marina Portnaya ☮
There has been yet another police shooting of an unarmed black male, this time in North Miami, Florida. Charles Kinsey, a behavior therapist at a mental health center, was helping a 23-year-old autistic patient who had run away from a local group home when he was approached by i police. Cellphone video appears to show Kinsey complying with officers, with his hands up as he lay on the ground when he was shot. RT correspondent Marina Portnaya has the report.
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Retired US Marshal, ‘No Shots Needed to be Fired'” / RT America / Ashlee Banks ☮
The North Miami Police Department is under fire after the officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black special-needs caregiver. Charles Kinsey was shot after police responded to a call of a man in a street with a gun, threatening to commit suicide. The man in the street with Kinsey was an autistic gentleman who was actually carrying a toy truck and not a gun. Cellphone video appears to show Kinsey cooperating with police orders before he was shot. Retired US Marshal Matthew Fogg tells RT America’s Ashlee Banks that many officers overreact in these sorts of situations and that, based on the video he’s seen, “no shots needed to be fired.”
POLICE EXECUTIONS: “There are No Words” ☮
h/t: Being LiberalPOLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “On Police Brutality, Media has it all Wrong” / TYT Politics / Jordan Chariton, and Benjamin Dixon ☮
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Military to the Police: Chill Out!” / Watching the Hawks RT / Tabetha Wallace ☮
Tabetha shows us how members of our military are reacting to the overeager use of force by our police authorities.
GUN CONTROL: “This is how the NRA Swings Elections” / Liz Plank ☮
90% of Americans and 92% of gun owners want gun reform, but the NRA has found clever ways to block that in Washington.
WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN RACISM: “Sarah Palin Doesn’t Understand What Black Lives Matter Means” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur ☮
Sarah Palin is on the warpath against Black Lives Matter. She’s sure they’re not peaceful, but rather violent thugs and rioters. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin once again took aim at Black Lives Matters protesters Sunday, calling them “thugs” and demanding the media “quit claiming that these rioters are people.”
In an interview on radio show “Breitbart News Sunday,” the former Alaska governor argued that the Black Lives Matter movement is in part responsible for the actions of a lone sniper (who was not affiliated with the peaceful movement) who fatally shot five police officers in Dallas last week.
“They’re not protesters,” she said. “These are thugs. They’re rioters. And yeah, I’m calling out the media, saying quit claiming that these rioters are people. They’re stomping on our flag, figuratively and literally, shouting death to cops, celebrating violence.”
Her use of “thug” isn’t without racial connotations. Many argue that it’s merely thesocially acceptable version of the N-word, and some members of the media have vowed not to use it.
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