Tag Archives: police brutality

Thursday Open Thread: Family of Botham Jean demands answers

Posted on September 13, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

"Botham died in a way that he himself calculated he could never die in," Botham Jean's mother tells CBS News, acknowledging that the St. Lucia native was fully aware of the strained relationship between the black community in U.S. and … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | Former NFL player completely unconscious after being slammed to the ground by police

Posted on April 27, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

I despise them with everything in me. Black people aren’t safe in this country as long as these slave catching thugs are policing black communities. They’re blood thirsty savages hunting & preying on black people. If you cry out in … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Current Events, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Politics, racial terror | Tagged , , , , , , , | 79 Comments

Police wrestled a black woman to the ground, exposing her breasts in restaurant

Posted on April 23, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

It looked like a sexual assault in a public restaurant. Slave patrols pulling a black woman’s clothes off in public and dragging her to the ground over plastic wear & patrons kept eating like it was nothing. Cop also threatened … Continue reading →

Posted in Alabama, Current Events, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Racial Oppression, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Tuesday Open Thread | An officer is charged with assault after a video shows him Taser and strangle a Black man for jaywalking

Posted on March 13, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

So disturbing to watch. Poor man was tired and just walking home from work and here comes savage predators to prey. The trauma black people suffer at the hands of those sworn to serve and protect. They hunt and prey. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | The cop who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice wants his job back

Posted on January 10, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

My eyes! My eyes! This can’t be real….. The cop who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 may get his job back after nearly eight months off the force. The Cleveland Police Department fired Officer Timothy Loehmann in … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, crime, Current Events, JusticeForTamirRice, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 47 Comments

Ex-Cop Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Walter Scott

Posted on December 7, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Thank God for Feidin Santana filming the shooting of #WalterScott. If not for his video #MichaelSlager would have gotten away with murder. May God’s grace, mercy and DIVINE protection be with him. May God’s tender mercies comfort the hearts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, crime, Criminal Justice, Current Events, Justice, Justice for Walter Scott, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Racial Oppression, racial terror, Racism, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Houston Texans NFL owner on players kneeling: ‘we can’t have the inmates running the prison’

Posted on October 27, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

During a closed-door meeting among NFL team owners and executives, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair made a stunningly inappropriate analogy about allowing players to kneel during the national anthem. “We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” said McNair, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Current Events, Football, Institutional Racism, News, NFL, Open Thread, Police bruality, Protests, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments

Tuesday Open Thread | Mike Pence’s NFL game walkout stunt was planned in advance

Posted on October 10, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Mike Pence is is UNFIT FOR OFFICE. He pulled a walkout stunt to stir racial strife against BLACK NFL PLAYERS when he knows darn well the protests are about police brutality and racism.  But Pence is silent about white supremacists … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, News, NFL, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Politics, Protests, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 62 Comments

Black Women March

Posted on September 30, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

A pair of simultaneous marches addressing racial injustice swept through Washington, D.C., on Saturday, with sister marches scheduled to take place in several cities across the country. The March for Black Women, protesting “state violence” and sexual and domestic violence … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Current Events, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Protests, racial hate, Racial Oppression, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Russians bought ads on facebook targeting black people in Baltimore and Ferguson

Posted on September 27, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Ferguson and Baltimore had gained widespread attention for the large and violent protests over police shootings of black men. The decision to target the ad in those two cities offers the first look at how accounts linked to the Russian … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Elections, Baltimore, Black Lives Matter, Black Voter Suppression, Black Voters, collusion, Current Events, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Politics, Protests | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments