Ferguson police execute an unarmed 17 yr old boy (Update: Ferguson police chief to resign 3/19)

[loyola llothta]

Sept. 23

• “I’ve spent more time in jail than Darren Wilson”
• Mike Brown memorial caught on fire on the morning of Sept. 23. No witnesses know who started it. Was the fire intentional? (STORIFY) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
• One of last night’s town hall meetings was canceled. Media and non-residents banned. Ferguson residents call town halls civil. Most Common List of Misconceptions handed out at meeting by city of Ferguson.
• Reporters, non-residents banned from upcoming Ferguson town hall meetings and the DOJ supports this decision
• “Rosenthal said that was nothing racially insensitive about his flier. ‘It’s outrageous that someone would try to read between lines and make something out of nothing,’ he said.” STL Co. cops apologize for flier wording.
• What’s Happening Today: 1. Civil Engagement Training. 1pm-3pm 2. STL Co. Council Meeting. 6pm 3. Ferguson City Council Meeting 7pm-9pm 4.Beyond Ferguson: A Frank Discussion of Race, Policing and the 4th Amendment. 6:15 pm. More info. 5.Looking at Ferguson — An Online Screening and Conversation. 7pm-8:30pm. Online event.

 

[loyola llothta]

Sept. 23(Part 2)

• Leaders in Ferguson are working on creating a better, safer, stronger, and more permanent memorial for Mike Brown after one was destroyed by a fire(1) (2) (3) Meanwhile, Ferguson residents rebuild the burned down memorial (Storify with updates!!) (Video of fire)
• #TheWarOnBlackBodies (video)
• Why white moms need to care about murdered black children
• Am I Next? (video)
• Why Darren Wilson isn’t in cuffs
• Mike Brown’s family rallies for police body cameras in Atlanta
• Mike Brown and Me: Profiling, Preachers and Tasers

 

[loyola llothta]

i actually remember reading about this, and a bunch more stories like this from NC in a NC History class i took in college..

kinda off-topic, but the sit-in in Greensboro, and the general area were turning it up back then.. them folks werent having it.. also, for those who dont know- Woolworth(were the sit-ins occurred) is now the people who own Foot Locker.. I've never shopped at a Foot Locker a day after i discovered that info..

how did you found out about this (Foot Locker). i know fools who camp -out for sneaker outside footlocker in Orlando

 

[hustlemania]

how did you found out about this (Foot Locker). i know fools who camp -out for sneaker outside footlocker in Orlando

it spoke about it in a book i was reading.. might still have it..

if not, here ya go:

Foot Locker Retail, Inc. or Foot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City,[4] and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F. W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”), and many of its freestanding stores are former Woolworth's locations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_Locker

 

[loyola llothta]

Remembering African-American Victims of Murder/Police Brutality

Aiyana Stanley Jones, 7: Killed By Police While She Slept On The Couch Of Her Parent’s Home in 2010

DETROIT (AP) — A judge won’t delay the trial of a Detroit police officer who accidentally killed a 7-year-old girl during a raid, despite his attorney’s concerns that a “media frenzy” following a police shooting in Missouri could harm his client’s right to an impartial jury.

ABOVE: Officer Joseph Weekley, the person who murdered Aiyana Stanley-Jones

Defense lawyer Steven Fishman said police in general have been vilified in news coverage of the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri. He fears it could rub off on the jury in the trial of Detroit Officer Joseph Weekley, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Wayne County Judge Cynthia Hathaway said Weekley’s trial will start Monday as planned. She turned down a request last week to postpone it until 2015.

There is no dispute that Weekley killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones while she slept on a couch during a search for a murder suspect in 2010. But he says the shooting happened when the girl’s grandmother grabbed his gun in the chaotic moments following the use of a stun grenade. Mertilla Jones denies any interference.

This is Weekley’s second trial. The first ended without a verdict in June 2013.

In a court filing, Fishman said references to Aiyana’s death have popped up in local news stories about the Ferguson shooting and the use of military gear by police departments.

Fishman referred to a case from the 1990s in which a higher court said “inflammatory publicity,” among other factors, could spoil a jury pool.

In Weekley’s case, “all of those factors are present, particularly the media frenzy that has occurred since the incident in Ferguson,” Fishman wrote.

Prosecutors didn’t oppose or support a delay in the trial.

Moments before Aiyana was killed, police threw a stun grenade through a window, emitting smoke, bright light and vibrations to confuse people inside. The raid was recorded for a police reality TV show, “The First 48,” and some video was used at the first trial.

J.cole based his video on her.

 

[Momentum]

i actually remember reading about this, and a bunch more stories like this from NC in a NC History class i took in college..

kinda off-topic, but the sit-in in Greensboro, and the general area were turning it up back then.. them folks werent having it.. also, for those who dont know- Woolworth(were the sit-ins occurred) is now the people who own Foot Locker.. I've never shopped at a Foot Locker a day after i discovered that info..

NC has a lot of prejudice but generally down here the PD WILL throw the cop under the bus nowadays because of all the rioting in this state's history.

the great freedom fighters

 

[loyola llothta]

s/o ppl in LSA for the info

 

[NotaPAWG]

 

[hustlemania]

NC has a lot of prejudice but generally down here the PD WILL throw the cop under the bus nowadays because of all the rioting in this state's history.

the great freedom fighters

yea, man.. that class opened my eyes to alot of stuff.. these folks wasnt taking no sh!t, sitting down.. when it was time to ride- they organized and rode for what they believed in.. all that talking, and peace sh!t, was out the window..

i moved a few times in the last few years, and lost a bunch of stuff in between that time.. but, im gonna dig for that book, so i can share some more stories..

just recently, my Mom was telling me when she was younger(70's) the Woolworths in downtown Jax, Fl wouldnt even let them have ice cream, and hot dogs at the counter.. hell..just up until i believe 1979, theres a little league park in Jax Bch that had "colored" bathrooms..

i gotta run, but ill look around for that book later.. also, to everyone in here with the updates..

 

[loyola llothta]

it spoke about it in a book i was reading.. might still have it..

if not, here ya go:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_Locker

it's a lot places we shouldn't be doing business with but with some of us we usually forget or want to forget(hold hands and pray). We really should be teaching the youth our history. no sugar-coating shyt

 

[Yapdatfool]

I think this is indicative of older blacks in 'Merica. They no longer give a shyt. If they did, they wouldn't be used like this.

 

[loyola llothta]

I think this is indicative of older blacks in 'Merica. They no longer give a shyt. If they did, they wouldn't be used like this.

They been doing this for years watch 'Spies of Mississippi' on Netflix

 

[Yapdatfool]

They been doing this for years watch 'Spies of Mississippi' on Netflix

 

[KOohbt]

it seems like we're the only people that believe playing fair/moral or "playing the game". i don't think that shyt will work for them, too corrupted. just by "playing the game " it already means it was never equal and it will never be equal. they have all corners down there covered

if they want to kill your black kids ..they will. cover-ups. Blue Wall (no good cops) all the good stuff

Money buys protection.

 

[KOohbt]

I think this is indicative of older blacks in 'Merica. They no longer give a shyt. If they did, they wouldn't be used like this.

I was having a convo with my mother recently about how our elders failed us miserably. The conclusion we came to was that its up to us. Luckily youngins like myself know intuitively somethings off just need that leader to arise and we gone get this thing settled however it has to.