Tag Archives: racial profiling

Thursday Open Thread | Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to face criminal contempt charge

Posted on October 13, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

What took so long? Joe Arpaio should have BEEN in jail. He’s been racial profiling and violating the Constitutional rights of Latinos forever and a day. Throw his ass in JAIL! WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is poised to charge … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Current Events, Department of Justice, discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Human Rights, Immigration, Institutional Racism, Latinos, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Politics, Racial Oppression, Racial Profiling, Racism, US Department of Justice, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

#FreddieGray Case | Officer Caesar R Goodson Hearing

Posted on January 6, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

BALTIMORE (AP/WJZ) — A Baltimore judge will likely decide whether an officer charged in Freddie Gray’s death can be forced to testify at another officer’s trial. The judge is holding a motions hearing Wednesday ahead of the trial for Caesar … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 11

Posted on December 14, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

BALTIMORE — Closing arguments in the trial of William G. Porter are set to begin Monday morning, before the fate of the first Baltimore police officer to be tried in connection with Freddie Gray’s death is left in the hands … Continue reading →

Posted in Baltimore, Criminal Justice, Current Events, discrimination, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Justice, Justice for Freddie Gray, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, Racism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 39 Comments

Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 10

Posted on December 11, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Baltimore (CNN)—Officer William Porter acted reasonably in not seat belting Freddie Gray in a police wagon and in waiting to call for medical assistance until he could see that Gray was injured, a former Baltimore Police Department commander testified Thursday. … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 9

Posted on December 10, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

A defiant William G. Porter took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon, squaring off with a prosecutor intent on proving that he allowed Freddie Gray to die. Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Schatzow zeroed in on differences between Porter’s testimony in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, discrimination, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Justice for Freddie Gray, News, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, Racism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 6

Posted on December 7, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The mood in the courtroom Thursday during the testimony of Freddie Gray‘s best friend, Brandon Ross, 31, was heavy. The room was silent and still after those present heard the screams and pleading from Ross and bystanders on the cellphone-video … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 5

Posted on December 4, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Baltimore (CNN)—Cell phone video recordings of Freddie Gray screaming and being dragged to a transport wagon on April 12 were too much on Thursday for Gray’s mother, Gloria Darden. She was in court while the recordings were being shown to … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 4

Posted on December 3, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Baltimore (CNN)—Prosecutors offered a detailed timeline Wednesday of Freddie Gray’s long ride in a police van, telling a racially diverse jury that Officer William G. Porter Jr. was present five of the six times the van stopped en route to … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 3

Posted on December 2, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The trial of William G. Porter, one of six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, is poised to begin Wednesday after a 12-person jury of city residents is seated, according to court officials. The … Continue reading →

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The Laquan McDonald EXECUTION by the Chicago Police Department

Posted on November 25, 2015 by rikyrah

  I will not put the video in the main post. It will be in the replies. But, make no mistake, this young man was EXECUTED. I would like to thank Liza for the hat tip to this story. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal Justice, Institutional Racism, Justice, Open Thread, Police bruality, Police violence, Racial Profiling | Tagged , , , , , , , | 56 Comments