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.
That time I was stopped and searched
We all know the current state of the world in regards to racism and perceptions of law enforcement. The conversation has brought up some past memories of my own that I have been meaning to share but I feel like now is the perfect time to tell this story.
By Byran Ferrol5 years ago in Criminal
I Was Being Groomed For Sex Trafficking
We had been best friends since junior year of high school. She was white and well, I wasn’t, but that never seemed to be a problem. Her family took me in as though I were their own. We made occasional black jokes from time to time, but nothing racist just simple things like “is it because you’re black” or “do you want some fried chicken?”
By VikingIndie6 years ago in Criminal
Unity & Love
I have kept silent throughout all the Covid 19 epidemic, and I kept silent throughout the current Black Lives Matter movement, not because I don't support, agree or disagree with it but because I felt that the opinion of a late 40s white male was probably not needed.
By Phill Ross6 years ago in Criminal
The Problem of Police Authority
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police really got me thinking again -- as it should everyone -- about what we can do about this problem of homicide not prevented by but perpetrated by police who are supposed to protect us. It's a problem that has been erupting in America for decades, and caught on video ever since Rodney King was savagely beaten in 1991, which showed it's also a problem of assault and crimes committed by police that are less than murder. And though African-Americans are all too often murdered and brutalized by cops, Caucasians are also afflicted by life-threatening violence from police, as was the 75-year old man (Martin Gugino, a peace activist) thrown to the ground by Buffalo police, which landed him in serious condition in the hospital.
By Paul Levinson6 years ago in Criminal
It's Not In Our Hands. & The Covid Crisis In Our Communities.
I want to speak on this parasite of the racial tension slowly crippling and draining us all in the us and around the world right now. I want you to realize severity of our reality is that we have absolutely no assurance of safety. There is no promise that whatever we do in that moment with our hands up behind our heads that we won't be killed. The gun is not in our hands, we don't decide if that trigger is pulled or not. That is the fear we live in. It doesn't matter who I am as a person I'd still be killed, it doesn't matter what accolades I had I'd still be killed, it doesn't matter how quiet and still I Stood I'd still be killed, it wouldn't matter how much I could breathe or not because I'd still be killed. It comes to the point where or action or reaction doesn't matter but it's the fact that my life is in the hands and at the mercy of the person with the badge. When first looked upon, I am regarded as a threat, a menace, a criminal by default. The color black as long been associated with evil even from our very childhoods. We read books and watch movies that portrays the villains wearing black masks, black suits, and black skin. We have metaphors and superstition based solely on colors and their supposed meanings. Even in literature the color black in writing stands for death, sin, fear, guilt, and evil. We have things like little white lies, and big black lies, the dark web, the black market, black cats that symbolize bad luck and evil, blackmail, and the list goes on and on. It is a subconscious state of color association which as caused us all from our childhoods to think a certain way about colors even if parents did not sit down and teach their children how to be racists. So the reality which we live in contribute to these deaths, crimes, , brutalities, and indecencies. We have to look at the heart behind the badge and not just the skill of its holder. Because In that moment, with our hands up behind our backs, or with the knees on our necks, no matter how silent we are or how loud we scream, It isn't in our hands.
By Nahrahel Louis6 years ago in Criminal
The Rosewood Massacre
If you watch the news or any social media outlet, you can easily find an article about sexual assault. For instance, comedian Bill Cosby, Larry Nassar, the former U.S. Gymnastics doctor and Harvey Weinstein, a former movie producer have sexually abused women. Nassar recently received a lengthy prison sentence.
By Marc Hoover6 years ago in Criminal
Another One for the Road
Huge crowds, crowds larger than we have ever seen, louder than we have ever heard continue to form and march through the streets of cities large and small. And more than ever before the force driving these crowds is being reported on every day, all day on social and news media. We see it. We hear it. We feel it. So we ask: do the many voices shouting and bodies protesting in the streets mean significant change?
By Barry Blake6 years ago in Criminal
All Lives Matter
All Lives Matter For centuries, people have shared home with a great many Predators. Conceiving and grooming these anomalies, our universe calls us to love and embrace all that comes from her womb. From Natural disasters that occur more and more frequently, to the numerous diseases having its fill. We have been conditioned to accept that there may be a blood lusting tandem of wolf and vampire in our homelands, bickering over whom has the higher divine right to the flock. Because we live in such close quarters with many of the would be predators, our knowledge of these oppressive forces have become more intimate. In America, the wolf drains the veins of the economy, lusting power and financial dominance. The Vampire has a much broader family tree. These ancient carnivores are both thriving and in decay, simultaneously. Every breath could be their last. These are the many cancers, the illnesses. These are the many forms of a tragic and untimely death.
By Charles K. Rayam6 years ago in Criminal
What You Need to Know About the Legal Implications of the Recent Looting In Scottsdale Fashion Square in Arizona
As everyone in the US should know by now a fair amount of peaceful protests for the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd have taken an unfortunate turn into rioting and looting. The anger from the unjust killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police department has sparked outrage in many communities and this outrage has turned into many unlawful actions such as rioting, looting, and even violence against community members and officers alike. As more protests continue across the country it is important to understand how to protest within the law and when a protest becomes unlawful as well as the legal implications of the unlawful actions, which many people have been taking during these protests.
By robert karow6 years ago in Criminal
