Criminal Justice and Racism related links 081915

HYMAN says The Confederacy was a con job on whites and still is

http://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/article_9ebc40d8-08c0-5081-8a69-c49693517f82.html

 

Prominent Activists, Including Cornel West, Arrested in St. Louis as County Declares State of Emergency

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/10/cornel_west_deray_mckesson_and_johnetta_elzie_reportedly_arrested_in_st.html?wpsrc=slatest_newsletter&sid=5388f458dd52b8e41100df74

 

California becomes the first state to ban secret jury deliberations when police use lethal force

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/12/1411401/-California-becomes-the-first-state-to-ban-secret-jury-deliberations-when-police-use-lethal-force

 

Connecticut’s Highest Court Forbids State From Carrying Out Death Penalties

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/13/connecticut_death_penalty_unconstitutional_court_says.html?sid=5388f458dd52b8e41100df74&wpsrc=slatest_newsletter

 

Angry driver plows into protesters on I-70, police file charges against protesters for SUV damage

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/12/1411374/-Angry-driver-plows-into-protesters-on-I-70-police-file-charges-against-protesters-for-SUV-damage?detail=email

 

St. Louis Bookstore's Amazing Response to Losing a Customer Over Black Lives Matter Storefront Signs

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/12/1411441/-St-Louis-Bookstore-s-Amazing-Response-to-Losing-a-Customer-Over-Black-Lives-Matter-Storefront-Signs?detail=email

 

Was the Civil War About Slavery?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcy7qV-BGF4

 

Head of Dept of History at West Point destroys argument that Civil War wasnt fought over slavery

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/11/1411087/-Head-of-Dept-of-History-at-West-Point-destroys-argument-that-Civil-War-wasn-t-fought-over-slavery?detail=email

 

Officer Brad Miller fired after it was determined he lied about murdering teenager Christian Taylor

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/12/1411277/-Officer-Brad-Miller-fired-after-it-was-determined-he-lied-about-murdering-teenager-Christian-Taylor

 

Police State: Cops Break In At 3 A.M., Assault Woman And Search House All Without A Warrant (VIDEO)

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/14/police-state-cops-break-in-at-3-a-m-assault-woman-and-search-house-all-without-a-warrant-video/

 

Justice Department Tells Cities to Stop Criminalizing Homelessness 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/14/criminalizing_homelessness_justice_department_tells_cities_to_stop.html?sid=5388f458dd52b8e41100df74&wpsrc=slatest_newsletter

 

Cops Prepared To Shoot Extremely Pregnant Woman All Because They Fcked Up (VIDEO)

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/14/cops-prepared-to-shoot-extremely-pregnant-woman-all-because-they-fcked-up-video/

 

Guess what happened when heavily armed white men decided to roam the streets of Ferguson

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/11/1410920/-Guess-what-happened-when-heavily-armed-white-men-decided-to-roam-the-streets-of-Ferguson?detail=emailclassic

 

Cops killed Zachary Hammond over marijuana, 'high-5'd his corpse'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/15/1412422/-Cops-killed-Zachary-Hammond-over-marijuana-high-5-d-his-corpse?detail=email

 

Letter from former slave to former slave master is powerful, hilarious, and moving

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/10/1410704/-etter-from-former-slave-to-former-slave-master-is-power-hilarious-and-moving?detail=email#

 

14 San Francisco Cops vs 1 OneLegged Man and Two Crutches and Multiple Phone Cameras.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/17/1412832/-14-San-Francisco-Cops-vs-1-One-Legged-Man-Two-Crutches-and-Multiple-Phone-Cameras?detail=email

 

Baltimore men march 35 miles to DC to protest inner city violence; national media hardly notices

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/17/1412803/-Baltimore-men-march-35-miles-to-DC-to-protest-inner-city-violence-national-media-hardly-notices?detail=email

 

U.S. to Fast Track $29 Million to Help Charleston Shooting Victims' Families

http://www.newsweek.com/us-fast-track-29-million-help-charleston-shooting-victims-families-345246

 

Officers Will Be Tried for Murder Over Infamous Death of Albuquerque Homeless Man

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/18/albuquerque_homeless_man_shooting_murder_trial_for_police_in_james_boyd.html?sid=5388f458dd52b8e41100df74&wpsrc=slatest_newsletter

 

There’s Video of Hillary’s Conversation With Black Lives Matter Activists in New Hampshire

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/18/hillary_black_lives_matter_video_activists_and_presidential_candidate_debate.html?sid=5388f458dd52b8e41100df74&wpsrc=slatest_newsletter

 

Former Virginia Police Officer Charged With Murder for Shooting Unarmed Man

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/18/adam_torres_murder_charge_virginia_officer_shot_unarmed_john_geer_during.html?sid=5388f458dd52b8e41100df74&wpsrc=slatest_newsletter