First it was “Stop and Frisk,” a controversial policy that targets minorities in New York at unprecedented levels. You know, Racial profiling. Now, Mayor Bloomberg wants to fingerprint the residents of public housing. Residents that just happen to be poor minorities. In other words, Bloomsburg’s plan is to assume that minorities are all criminals, that… Continue reading Bloomberg’s Plan for Minorities – You’re Guilty until Proven Guilty
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Today marks the 15oth Anniversary of the signing of The Emancipation Proclamation, that in theory declared 4 million slaves living in most of the South to be “forever free.” One hundred and fifty years later, and there’s still a lot of “free” to be had. There’s nothing harder than transforming an enslaved, helpless, fearful, dehumanized mind and soul… Continue reading Sunday, February 17, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Today marks the 14th anniversary of the killing of Guinea immigrant Amadou Diallo, who was fired on 41 times as he stood, unarmed, in the vestibule of his apartment building in the Bronx,NY. The four police officers responsible for the killing–Sean Carroll, 37, Edward McMellon, 27, Kenneth Boss, 28, and Richard Murphy, 27–were, incredibly, acquitted just a year… Continue reading Monday, February 4, 2013
Best Sign From Today’s Occupy Wall Street March – New York
New Bloomberg Rules For Zuccotti Park
One day after Mayor Bloomberg and his police force successfully raided the first amendment of the occupiers at Wall Street, the park today was filled with security personal, police and scattered Occupiers… …and new rules, posted at the check points on the barricades surrounding the park.