racial profiling
Racial profiling in law enforcement is a deep-rooted issue with far-reaching ramifications; voice your take on 'broken-windows' policing and controversies surrounding race and crime.
Justice For Tamir Elijah Rice
On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, by Timothy Loehmann, a 26-year-old white police officer. Rice was carrying a replica toy gun; Loehmann shot him almost immediately after arriving on the scene. Two officers, Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback, were responding to a police dispatch call regarding a male who had a gun.
By Organic Products 5 years ago in Criminal
Daunte Wright
On April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old biracial Black man, was fatally shot by police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop and attempted arrest for an outstanding arrest warrant in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. After a brief struggle with officers, Wright was shot at close range. He then drove off a short distance, but his vehicle collided with another and hit a concrete barrier. Officers pulled Wright out of his car and administered CPR, but were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
By Organic Products 5 years ago in Criminal
Justice For Stephon Clark
In the late evening of March 18, 2018, Stephon Clark, a 22-year old African-American man, was shot and killed in Meadowview, Sacramento, California by Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet, two officers of the Sacramento Police Department in the backyard of his grandmother's house while he had a phone in his hand. The encounter was filmed by police video cameras and by a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department helicopter which was involved in observing Clark on the ground and in directing ground officers to the point at which the shooting took place.
By Organic Products 5 years ago in Criminal
Despite Any Appearances to the Contrary, Black People Are Not Okay
Before you ask, the answer is an unequivocal “No.” The response will not necessarily be professional or polite, or even articulate, nor taken through proper channels. It will not be as per guidelines enacted by an impartially selected steering committee conducting an AGM after the quorum met and meeting minutes painstakingly recorded.
By The Dani Writer5 years ago in Criminal
Alleged serial killer in Baton Rouge tried for 'four-day streak of terror'
Three mighty thunderclaps shattered the tranquility of the Anderson house on placid Sandy Ridge Drive in the Hickory Ridge area of Baton Rouge. It was around midnight, September 11, 2017.
By Real Monsters 5 years ago in Criminal
Chauvin Trial: Act Two
OH MY Goodness! So I opened up the trial today and the Defense is examining their witness who is an expert on carbon monoxide... this argument is that Floyd died because Chauvin held his head near the tail pipe of the squad car. Like... how is his better for Chauvin?
By Duointherain5 years ago in Criminal
9 Minutes 29 Seconds
If this were a play, perhaps a grand Shakespearian style play, set in a modern and virtual Globe Theater, we’d know the cast. The hero who meets a tragic end, the lady who has lost him, the villain who admits no crime. I get to be the narrator and at the beginning, I shall stride from the wings into the center stage. I’d be small on the grand stage, just a slender little man with a long brown braid, in cargo pants and a tie-dyed hoodie, nothing much to look at, but my movements, the way I carry myself would fortend some great story. The orchestra would slowly fade away, as I lean forward, my hands making a grand gesture framing my face, now the only fully lit feature of the stage.
By Duointherain5 years ago in Criminal
The Ugly Phenomenon Of Asian Hate!
After hearing about the events of Asian hate crimes over the past year and then seeing the event in Atlanta, I got to thinking about it and discussing it with a friend. I'll grant, what he said, made sense to me on some level. He told me if everyone thought about it as simply as I did maybe it would be a better place. Granted, my thought process is simple sometimes. Especially when it comes to people. Because people are far too complex to be simplified. It's frustrating though, so I'm going to have a frank discussion on paper about hate.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Criminal
George Junius Stinney Jr.
George Junius Stinney Jr. is the youngest person in United States history to be executed, at the age of 14. I cannot remember what I was reading when I saw his picture for the first time. I know that the fact that the state of South Carolina electrocuted a 14-year-old child made the food I had eaten try to leave my body. There are certain certainties life drills into your mindset and America’s “justice system” (like many other fixtures in America) not classifying Black Americans as qualifiers for fair treatment is one of them. This was perhaps more blatant in 1944 but do not be brainwashed into believing that we have overturned that system. A system set in steel, encased in metal, grander than the Great Wall of China, and sturdier than the wall that tumbled in Berlin.
By Jada Ferguson5 years ago in Criminal
