Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

A Chicago police officer caught on cellphone video repeatedly striking a teen with handcuffs is now being investigated by the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. According to  The Chicago Sun Times , during Thanksgiving weekend, officers tried to detain a teen boy as he peacefully waited for a train at a South Loop commuter train station, because they believed he matched the description of a robbery subject. https://thegrio.com/2018/12/03/chicago-police-abuse-allegation-teen/

Yes, Jury Selection Is as Racist as You Think. Now We Have Proof. Race, as a matter of constitutional principle, cannot factor into the selection of jurors for criminal trials. But in the American justice system, anyone with a bit of common sense and a view from the back of the courtroom knows the colorblind ideal isn’t true in practice. Racial bias largely seeps in through what’s called “peremptory” challenges: the ability of a prosecutor — and then a defense attorney — to block a certain number of potential jurors without needing to give the court any reason for the exclusion. The number of challenges allowed varies by state, but commonly 15 or more are permitted. Folk wisdom, among those familiar with the song and dance, is that prosecutors use these challenges to remove nonwhite jurors, who are statistically more likely to acquit, while defense attorneys — who can step in only after the pool has been narrowed by prosecutors — typically counteract by removing more white

Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person In April 2016, a 13-year-old boy was shot by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. The boy ran when faced with the police, so they gave chase. During the chase, the police spotted the boy holding a gun, and when he turned, they shot the teenager. The youngster wasn’t critically injured, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case of a justifiable use of force. Now people are wondering. The Baltimore Police Department is currently in court over one of the biggest scandals in the history of American law enforcement. The corruption case is replete with intrigue as police reveal secrets that sound like something out of an urban-fiction novel or a lost season of T h e W i r e . It has revealed how one of America’s largest cities just happened to be filled with crooked cops, but no one seems to be talking about it outside of Baltimore. According to the Baltimore Sun , it started when a 19-y

North Philadelphia residents protested against a store that sold realistic toy guns to children in their neighborhood—and won. Over the weekend, North Philadelphia residents protested at a local bodega that was selling realistic toy guns to children in their neighborhood—and won. Hear from community members in the above video. https://www.theroot.com/north-philly-residents-protest-realistic-toy-guns-being-1830832417