Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

'Dallas 9' arrested after protest outside Cowboys game over Botham Jean Killing Nine people were arrested Sunday after blocking traffic during protests outside of a Dallas Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium, Arlington police said. They were booked into the Arlington City Jail between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday and moved Monday to Tarrant County Jail. By late Monday, bond had not been set for any of them on the traffic obstruction charges. Those arrested include: Stephanie Briant, 29; Darryl Burnham, 31; Miracle Freeman, 29; Arminta Jeffreys, 25; Michael Lowe, 38; Melissa Perry, 33; Davante Peters, 25; Lelani Russell, 25; and Dion Williams, 29. The mock funeral procession represented the two slain men, Oshae Terry, 24, and Botham Jean, 26. The nine were charged with a Class B misdemeanor for obstructing or blocking a pathway, a charge that can carry up to six months in jail and a $2,000 fine. Attorney S. Lee Merritt, who is representing Jean's family, said in a w

BLACK MEN VS POLICE According to several different studies, black men aged 15–34 are between nine and 16 times more likely to be killed by police than other people. In 2017, police killed 19 unarmed black males, down from 36 in 2015, according to The Washington Post. This year, 47 Black Men And Boys have been Killed By Police as of Sept. 2018. Meanwhile, 46 police officers were “feloniously” (as opposed to unintentionally) killed in the line of duty in 2017, down from 66 in 2016. Twenty-seven have been feloniously killed so far this year Modern policing did not evolve into an organized institution until the 1830s and ’40s when northern cities decided they needed better control over quickly growing populations. The first American police department was established in Boston in 1838. The communities most targeted by harsh tactics were recent European immigrants. But, as African-Americans fled the horrors of the Jim Crow south, they too became the victims of brutal and punitive pol

Inmate dies in jail same day as his arrest Fulton County, GA (WGCL) — An inmate who died less than 24 hours after being placed in custody at the Fulton County Jail is now being investigated by the GBI. On September 11 Antonio May was arrested for criminal trespassing. Jail staff say a confrontation took place when the 32-year-old became combative and refused to comply with staff. As a result, the inmate was tased and pepper sprayed. Once staff gained control of May, he was decontaminated of the pepper spray. Not long after jail staff reported the inmate had become unresponsive. Medical staff performed CPR and Grady EMS were called in, however, May was pronounced dead on the scene. The GBI will conduct a separate investigation that will be turned over to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for review. Results are still pending from an autopsy which will determine the official cause of death.

Harvard Slow to Act on Police Brutality of Black Student A university committee missed its deadline to address the abusive arrest of a student caught on video. Frank Kineavy  Sep. 11, 2018 Harvard University has failed to complete an examination of school policies after members of the Cambridge Police Department beat a Black student. In April, Cambridge police were recorded brutally attacking 21-year-old Selorm Ohene. The former university President Drew G. Faust formed a committee to investigate the arrest of Ohene, with urgency. The committee was supposed to complete and deliver recommendations on school policies by the start of the fall semester last week, but that has not happened, according to The Harvard Crimson. Five months after the incident, it has yet to be properly addressed. The Harvard Black Law Students Association wrote a memo explaining what happened to Ohene on April 13: "A naked, unarmed Black man stood still on the median at the center of Ma

Video shows Dallas officer who killed neighbor being booked into jail Authorities in North Texas have released a video showing an off-duty white police officer being booked into jail after she was arrested in the slaying of a black neighbor in his apartment. The video shows Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger in handcuffs and dressed in an orange jail uniform Sunday at the Kaufman County jail. She takes a seat in front of a desk and later leans her head down, bringing her hands to her face. Guyger has been charged with manslaughter in the Sept. 6 shooting of 26-year-old Botham Jean. Guyger told investigators she mistook his apartment for her own and court documents say she believed she had encountered an intruder. She has been released on bond.

When Raimundo Atesiano was the chief of police of a small village nested between North Miami and Miami Shores, he had a strategy to create a fictitious 100 percent clearance rate for burglaries. It involved arresting innocent black people to pin crimes on them, prosecutors said. Before joining the department of the Village of Biscayne Park, Atesiano had experience in the Miami-Dade County Corrections Department, and as an officer for the Hialeah Police Department. FBI agents and Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators learned Atesiano ordered three of his subordinates at Biscayne Park to violate civil rights in three separate occasions. "Atesiano admitted that on one occasion he instructed an officer to falsely arrest and charge an individual for several vehicle burglaries based upon what Atesiano knew were false confessions," prosecutors said in a statement. As part of a plea agreement, Atesiano, 52, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to conspiring

First African American Miss Universe, former Miss Texas, Chelsi Smith dies at 45 Chelsi Smith, the first African American Miss Universe, died Saturday at her home in Redwood City, California, according to a statement from the organization. She was 45. Smith became Miss Universe in 1995 after winning Miss USA for the state of Texas. According to wikipedia, Smith was born in California but was raised in Kingwood, Texas by her grandparents. Smith attended Deer Park High School and San Jacinto College. Miss Universe released a statement that read in part: We mourn the loss of Chelsi Smith, who is gone way too soon. She was special to so many. May you Rest In Peace, Chelsi. Chelsi won Miss USA in 1995 representing the state of Texas. She was also named Miss Congeniality that year. Chelsi was the first African American woman to win the state’s title. Chelsi went on to represent the USA at Miss Universe where she won the crown. An incredibly bright woman, role model an