Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination related links 061522

 

Tucker Carlson’s Mouthpiece, Glenn Greenwald: Eoin Higgins comes on the Time of Monsters podcast to discuss how the contrarian pundit is now whitewashing racism.

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/politics/tucker-carlson-glenn-greenwald/

 

The Buffalo Shooter and the Rise of Ecofascist Extremists: The shooter’s manifesto makes clear, climate denial and ecofascism are two sides of the same right-wing coin.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166510/buffalo-shooter-ecofascism

 

Reforms for Returnees

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Rollins.html

 

Suspicious Machinery

https://www.populist.com/28.10.McMillen.html

 

MARY SANCHEZ: No, Derek Chauvin wasn’t just one bad apple

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/mary-sanchez-no-derek-chauvin-wasn-t-just-one-bad-apple/article_29791186-cbed-11ec-b55e-8b7db91383bc.html

 

Gun violence rises as access to guns rises: Violence will be reduced when we address its causes and reduce the availability of its instruments.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/5/2/23054304/gun-violence-firearms-access-murders-violence-crime-rates-jesse-jackson-column

 

The Great Simplifier: If John Brown failed at anything, he failed at saving us from ourselves.

https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/who-do-we-think-we-are/articles/the-great-simplifier

 

The Press and the Police: When you turn to the news, what you will encounter, overwhelmingly, is crime.

https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/who-do-we-think-we-are/articles/the-press-and-the-police

 

Indiana homeowner shoots 2 suspected armed intruders, holds others at gunpoint until cops arrive

Two of the suspects in Indiana's DeKalb County are in police custody

https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-homeowner-shoots-armed-burglars-holds-two-gunpoint

 

‘Just About All of Our Land’: Report Shows Black Farmers Lost $326B Worth of Land from Dispossession and Discriminatory Policies

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/18/just-about-all-of-our-land-report-shows-black-farmers-lost-326b-worth-of-land-from-dispossession-and-discriminatory-policies/

 

LOUISIANA SENATOR BILL CASSIDY: OUR MATERNAL DEATH RATES ARE ONLY BAD IF YOU COUNT BLACK WOMEN.  “If you correct our population for race, we’re not as much of an outlier as it’d otherwise appear.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/bill-cassidy-maternal-mortality-rates

 

The Buffalo Shooter Shopped at their Gun Stores: Shopkeepers recount their interactions with Payton Gendron, and the fears of civil war that have run rampant in his community since 2020.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-buffalo-shooter-shopped-at-their-gun-stores

 

‘The Consequences of Historical Discrimination’: Report Shows Black Men Are Left Out of Economic Recovery from the Pandemic

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/22/the-consequences-of-historical-discrimination-report-shows-black-men-are-left-out-of-economic-recovery-from-the-pandemic/

 

Southern Baptist Convention Leaders Stonewalled Abuse Victims For Decades

https://katiecouric.com/news/southern-baptist-convention-leaders-stonewalled-abuse-victims-for-decades/

 

Biden Set to Issue Policing Order on Anniversary of Floyd Killing: The order would direct all federal agencies to revise their use-of-force policies and create a national registry of officers fired for misconduct.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/us/politics/police-executive-order-george-floyd.html

 

The Supreme Court Decides Death Row Prisoners Don’t Deserve Competent Lawyers: The court’s conservatives have pared back the Sixth Amendment’s protections so that it won’t impede the state’s ability to erroneously execute the innocent.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166588/death-penalty-sixth-amendment-ramirez

 

Biden signs executive order on police reform

https://thehill.com/news/administration/3501810-biden-signs-executive-order-on-policing-reform/

 

So You Want to Reduce Crime?  What kinds of investments have been proven to lower crime rates? (Hint: It’s not directing endless money to the police.)

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/crime-social-services/

 

Even in This Tragic Week, George Floyd Is Still Making a Difference: Biden’s executive order on policing may apply only to federal agents, but until legislation can be passed, it still matters.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166642/biden-police-executive-order-george-floyd-making-difference

 

Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis Makes History with Senate Confirmation

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/27/judge-stephanie-dawkins-davis-makes-history-with-senate-confirmation/

 

Nine rare cancers tied to burn pit exposure added to VA benefits list

https://lailluminator.com/2022/04/25/nine-rare-cancers-tied-to-burn-pit-exposure-added-to-va-benefits-list/

 

Perinatal Exposure of Dioxin Associated with Atypical Eye Gaze Behavior

https://safeminds.org/news/perinatal-exposure-of-dioxin-associated-with-atypical-eye-gaze-behavior/

 

Kansas City Police Shoot Unarmed Pregnant Black Woman 5 Time Who Had Her Hands Up

https://globalnewsink.com/kansas-city-police-shoot-unarmed-pregnant-black-woman-5-time-who-had-her-hands-up/

 

The Myth of “Radical” Black Politics That Stymies Progressive Politics: Black Americans largely want the same things that white people do. So why are their demands treated as extreme?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166344/myth-radical-black-politics-stymies-progressive-politics

 

What Biden's executive order on police reform means for suburban departments

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220527/what-bidens-executive-order-on-police-reform-means-for-suburban-departments

 

Sharing grief can help us heal after mass shootings: Faith leaders are bringing people together to share pain and take action after Uvalde

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/clergy-advice-uvalde-texas-shooting-20220529.html

 

27 school shootings have taken place so far this year

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1101050970/2022-school-shootings-so-far

 

What Should White People Do? - May 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOYNGQVdaSw

 

Culture Wars: Why book bans are trending in the US | DW News - May 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6S6-KsmG4I

 

The SPLC in 2021: A year of accomplishment amid unprecedented challenges

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/12/31/splc-2021-year-accomplishment-amid-unprecedented-challenges

 

Fighting the ‘Lost Cause’: Whose Heritage? report documents progress in battle to remove Confederate iconography

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2022/02/04/cost-remove-confederate-monument-south

 

One Year After Jan. 6, the Hard Right Digs In

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/12/30/one-year-after-jan-6-hard-right-digs

 

SPLC WELCOMES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERING EXTREMISM REPORT: CALLS FOR MORE ACTION TO END HATE AND EXTREMISM IN THE U.S. MILITARY

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-welcomes-department-defense-countering-extremism-report-calls-more-action-end-hate

 

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONFRONT VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND PROTECT OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/january_6_policy_letter.pdf

 

The Rise in Violence Against Minority Institutions

https://www.splcactionfund.org/news/2022/02/17/rise-violence-against-minority-institutions

 

Unmuting Black History: SPLC funds museum projects to increase equity

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2022/01/28/unmuting-black-history-splc-funds-museum-projects-increase-equity

 

Where Do We Go From Here?  A message from the director of Learning for Justice

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/where-do-we-go-from-here

 

SPLC CONDEMNS REMOVAL OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LGBTQ+ ANTI-BULLYING PORTAL; URGES ITS IMMEDIATE RETURN

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-condemns-removal-florida-department-education-lgbtq-anti-bullying-portal-urges-its

 

Juveniles With Long Prison Sentences in Mississippi

https://www.splcactionfund.org/blog/2022/01/11/juveniles-long-prison-sentences-mississippi

 

Alabama prisons lawsuit: SPLC urges prompt mental health remedies after judge’s order

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/12/29/alabama-prisons-lawsuit-splc-urges-prompt-mental-health-remedies-after-judges-order

 

SPLC FEATURES AND STORIES

https://www.splcenter.org/features-stories

 

For the 'Deliverance of Their Race': Black Civil War Sailors and the Medal of Honor

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/30/deliverance-of-their-race-black-civil-war-sailors-and-medal-of-honor.html

 

Unruly passenger opens United plane’s emergency exit, slides down wing

https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/united-plane-passenger-opens-emergency-slide-and-lands-on-wing/

 

The Police Have No Reason to Help You: Cops have been given an incredible set of legal powers immunizing them from the fatal errors of their own decisions—including their decision to do nothing in Uvalde, Texas.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166655/police-uvalde-shooting-qualified-immunity

 

How can California provide reparations? A new report suggests several ways

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102483369/how-can-california-provide-reparations-new-report-suggests-ways

 

The Year in Review: Events that shaped 2021

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/12/28/year-review-events-shaped-2021

 

The Year in Hate & Extremism Report 2021

https://www.splcenter.org/20220309/year-hate-extremism-report-2021

 

bell hooks on interlocking systems of domination - Jan 7, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUpY8PZlgV8

 

Republicans’ Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Far-Right Threats to Pride Celebrations: Their anti-LGBTQ legal crusade and “grooming” language have been adopted by extremist groups.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166673/republicans-militias-pride-lgbtq

 

An Idea for Democrats: Reboot ACORN.  As the GOP continues its multipronged offensive on free and fair elections, democracy desperately needs an army of its own in the field.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166682/democrats-reboot-acorn-voting-rights

 

“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo

https://truthout.org/articles/innocent-white-people-are-also-complicit-in-the-anti-black-murders-in-buffalo/

 

Could ‘Jeopardize Police Safety’: Alabama Judge Blocks Release of Video Showing Police K-9 Mauling a 51-Year-Old to Death After a False Burglary Call

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/06/03/could-jeopardize-police-safety-alabama-judge-blocks-release-of-video-showing-police-k-9-mauling-a-51-year-old-to-death-after-a-false-burglary-call/

 

What Is ‘Excited Delirium’?: Harvard Study Debunks Go-to Diagnosis Used to Explain Deaths of Black Men Detained By Police

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/06/03/what-is-excited-delirium-harvard-study-debunks-go-to-diagnosis-used-to-explain-deaths-of-black-men-detained-by-police/

 

The Execution of Charles I: Killing of a Treasonous King

https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-and-stories/the-execution-of-charles-i/#gs.28kwhg

 

Celebrating Kiyoshi Kuromiya

https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-kiyoshi-kuromiya

 

The Business Council for Democracy (BC4D) gives the private sector a role in building resilience and protecting democracy

https://www.isdglobal.org/the-business-council-for-democracy-bc4d/

 

The Alternative to Police That Is Proven to Reduce Violence: Why don’t more people trust it?

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/06/mental-health-san-francisco-street-crisis-response-team-cahoots-police-violence/

 

Online Antisemitism: A Toolkit for Civil Society In partnership

https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/online-antisemitism-a-toolkit-for-civil-society/

 

Interview: ‘Holding People Accountable, with Love and Respect’

https://progressive.org/magazine/holding-people-accountable-love-respect-stockwell/

 

Saying His Name, Remembering His Life

https://progressive.org/magazine/saying-his-name-remembering-his-life-gilmore/

 

GENE LYONS: As 'race porn' captures young minds, media shout encouragement

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/gene-lyons-as-race-porn-captures-young-minds-media-shout-encouragement/article_20d2faf6-d7a5-11ec-8160-dfe87a323230.html

 

Tucker Carlson's 'Great Replacement' Theory Comes from an Anti-American Nazi

https://fpif.org/tucker-carlsons-great-replacement-theory-comes-from-an-anti-american-nazi

 

In Buffalo, a Familiar Tune

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Kalet.html

 

Reflections on the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Sandronsky.html

 

The Buffalo Massacre, Book Bans and the Enduring Wounds of Racism

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/19/the_buffalo_massacre_book_bans_and

 

Opinion  Not-so-great replacement: Extremists become GOP mainstream

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/16/republicans-far-right-group-statistics/

 

D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103649177/d-c-council-passes-bill-cannabis-marijuana-testing

 

Racism Outshines Platinum Jubilee

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/racism-outshines-platinum-jubilee

 

The Buffalo Attack Is Part of a Long History of Racial Terror: How does a system that devalues Black lives expect the members of society to value them?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/buffalo-racist-mass-shooting/

 

The Stalwart: Hubert Harrison’s radical life and times.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hubert-harrison-jeffrey-perry/

 

Despite making up close to 5% of the global population, the U.S. has more than 20% of the world’s prison population. Since 1970, our incarcerated population has increased by 500% ­­–  2 million people in jail and prison today, far outpacing population growth and crime.

https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration

 

Study confirms what we've known for years about crime: Researchers found losing welfare benefits early in life increases one's likelihood of facing criminal charges down the line.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/welfare-crime-study-social-security-rcna32525

 

Bonn climate conference: World is "cooked" if we carry on with coal, US says

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61659620

 

Black Alliance for Peace stands against the growing influence and power of SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM, and the ever-increasing militarization of the regions that they operate in. We call for international “Zones of Peace” in the Americas and on the African continent.

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin/edition40

 

Philly’s mayor says he has a $184M antiviolence strategy. Some elected officials say the plan is inadequate.  Budget negotiations are entering the final stretch as the nation’s attention on gun violence has grown after a series of mass shootings, including one close to home.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-mayor-budget-gun-violence-prevention-council-20220609.html

 

The Myth of “Radical” Black Politics That Stymies Progressive Politics: Black Americans largely want the same things that white people do. So why are their demands treated as extreme?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166344/myth-radical-black-politics-stymies-progressive-politics

 

White supremacists riling up thousands on social media, talking ‘white boy summer.’  The Department of Homeland Security has warned that such skewed framing of tiopics like LGBTQ rights, guns and abortion could drive extremists to violent attacks.

https://thegrio.com/2022/06/10/white-supremacists-riling-up-thousands-on-social-media-talking-white-boy-summer/

 

Idaho sheriff releases addresses of 'Patriot Front' members accused of planning riot

https://www.rawstory.com/patriot-front-arrests/

 

The reason one teacher has kept an empty chair in his classroom for 50 years

https://news.yahoo.com/reason-one-teacher-kept-empty-164723170.html

 

This Ex-Republican Just Tweeted The Best Thread About What The GOP Is About. Ever.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/13/2103841/-This-Ex-Republican-Just-Tweeted-The-Best-Thread-About-What-The-GOP-Is-About-Ever

 

Coach D SLAMS Ohio Governor for Arming Teachers - Jun 13, 2022 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jl5zjtqpDY&t=89s

 

Why far-right groups are increasingly targeting the LGBTQ community - Jun 14, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS8yPXKDVKI

 

Black-white wealth gap getting worse, 160 years of U.S. data show

https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/black-white-wealth-gap-united-states-20220607.html

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