Texas’ message to blacks who attempt to vote. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crystal-mason-prison-sentence-upheld_n_5e7512c7c5b6eab77947f85e
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Texas Court Upholds Woman’s 5 Year Sentence For Trying To Vote
Sunday, March 22nd, 2020Officer Who Shot and Killed Eric Logan Will Not be Charged
Monday, March 9th, 2020Once again, the judicial system enables murder by racists with badges: https://www.theroot.com/officer-who-shot-and-killed-eric-logan-will-not-be-char-1842191749
N.J. police targeted black and Latino neighborhoods to fulfill ticket quotas, officers say
Sunday, February 16th, 2020“According to an investigation by NBC New York’s I-Team, officers targeted minority neighborhoods in order to fulfill ticket quotas, racking up more and more overtime pay with each ticket they wrote — an unofficial policy that was widely understood in the department, police say.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/n-j-police-targeted-black-latino-neighborhoods-fulfill-ticket-quotas-n1137191
How the GI Bill’s Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020Racism is institutionalized throughout U.S. society. https://www.history.com/news/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits
DNA exonerates man who spent 25 years in prison for 1985 rape he did not commit
Monday, February 10th, 2020How many other innocent persons of color are in prison based on a racist judiciary and police force? https://abc7news.com/wrongfully-convicted-man-who-served-25-years-exonerated/5888178
America’s Breeding Farms: What History Books Never Told You
Friday, February 7th, 2020African-American slaves were bred for profit by slaveowners. https://medium.com/the-aambc-journal/americas-breeding-farms-what-history-books-never-told-you-6704e8b152a4
U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel
Thursday, February 6th, 2020This conclusion was part of a study by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a body that reports to the international organization’s High Commissioner on Human Rights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/27/u-s-owes-black-people-reparations-for-a-history-of-racial-terrorism-says-u-n-panel
Mayor Pete’s Invisible Black Police
Thursday, February 6th, 2020Once again, the corporate crime syndicate that controls both the blue and red political parties is trying to hijack the nomination process and install a racist candidate as the Democratic presidential nominee. https://www.theroot.com/mayor-pete-s-invisible-black-police-1840727624
Analysis shows unarmed young black men are 13 times more likely to be victims of police shootings
Sunday, January 26th, 2020Another example of racism pervading U.S. police departments: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/25/1914028/-Analysis-shows-unarmed-young-black-men-are-13-times-more-likely-to-be-victims-of-police-shootings
More than 50% of homeless families are black, government report finds
Sunday, January 26th, 2020Capitalism is systematically racist. https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-homeless-families-black-government-report-finds/story