Alton Sterling (1979-2016), a Black American CD seller and father of five, was shot dead by two White police officers in Baton Rouge, the state capital of Louisiana. Sterling had a gun, but from citizen video it is clear that it was in his pocket, not his hand.
This took place at 12.35am Tuesday July 5th 2016 in front of the Triple S Food Mart at the corner of North Foster Drive and Fairfields Avenue, in the Black north side of Baton Rouge. With permission of the shop owner, Abdullah Muflahi, Sterling had been selling CDs there for years, selling all kinds of music. The Fourth of July is a big night for him. A few days before he had started carrying a gun for fear of being robbed. Louisiana law allows people to openly carry guns.
The police arrived after they received a 911 call reporting that a man in a red shirt selling CDs was threatening people with a gun.
Muflahi saw the killing. He said the police “were really aggressive with him from the start” – even though Sterling’s hands were out and he was not holding a gun. They tasered him, but when that had no effect, one of the officers tackled him and threw him to the ground. After both officers had him pinned to the ground, one said something about a gun and then four to six shots were fired. Muflahi did not see Sterling reach for a gun or even see his gun till after he was dead and police pulled it from his pocket. He caught that part on his mobile phone.
Stop the Killing was there too recording it on video. They listen to the police radio and go to incidents that might lead to police brutality.
The police had video from their police cars, from their body cameras and from the Triple S security camera. But instead of making any of it public, they and the press, according to Sterling’s aunt, “twisted” the story to make Sterling “seem like the bad guy.”
The Advocate, the main newspaper in Baton Rouge, did demonize Sterling: they quoted people who knew Sterling as saying he was “not a bad person” – and then quoted his police record back to 1996, stuff that had nothing to do with the shooting.
At 5.00pm, Stop the Killing made their video public. The protest at the Triple S, mainly just Sterling’s family, grew to 200 people, lasting till about 2.00am.
Wednesday morning the police got religion. They named the two officers and the FBI took over the investigation.
Wedneday afternoon Muflahi made his video public.
In 2015 in the US, police killed over a thousand people. In 80% of cases, the names of the killer cops were not made public. In 97% of cases, they were not charged with a crime. They are on track to killing over a thousand people this year too.
The killer cops in this case, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, think the killing was “completely justified.”
– Abagond, 2016.
See also:
- Jeremy Mardis – also Louisiana but with the races reversed.
- Eric Garner – seems very much like this case.
- John Crawford – caused by a false 911 call in an open-carry state
- The police
- Black Brute stereotype
- Black Lives Matter
- segregation academies – both police officers went to private Christian high schools that were over 85% White. Baton Rouge is only 41% White.
- Fourth of July
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It’s all so very tragic and frustrating and maddening.
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And there’s another one.
http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/falcon-heights-minnesota-police-shooting-lavish-reynolds-facebook-live-video-watch-uncensored-shooting-youtube-shot-by-police/
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The minnesota shooting is particularly bad because the police pulled the car over for a broken tail-light yet the officer gets into an altercation with the passenger? The police aren’t pulling people over to actually get them to bring their vehicles up to code they are pulling people over to check “all” the people in the card. This witch hunt automatically puts the officer and passengers in an adversarial position. As for Alston Sterling where are other eye witness accounts of him threatening. We saw this with Tamir and Crawford these calls to 911 that paint a story that’s outside the realm of reality and costs people their lives.
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This makes me so sick to the core of my being. I was in tears watching the young son crying for his father. Wednesday was very emotional for me. May Mr. Sterling rest in peace. Prayers to his family.
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Then I learn there is another killing in Minnesota. When will it all stop?
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@brothawolf
I haven’t watched any videos but the reported circumstances remind me of Levar Jones who was shot while getting his license, as asked. Luckily, he survived. These cops (like Liang and Groubert) seem to have the concept of the black superhuman bogeyman mentally ingrained and are way too coward to be trusted with guns.
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Another police killing was caught lived stream to facebook.. Same situation. A legal armed Black man shot dead by the police because any Black Man with a gun is a criminal.
It broke my heat to see Altons son ask for his father back.
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I also think maybe the focus should be the wrongful death of Black men as opposed to the killing of unarmed Black men. By focusing on the deaths of unarmed Black men and ignoring legally armed Black men who get gunned down for no reason makes it appear that they did something wrong. Like their lives are worth less somehow.
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EVIL…Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II-cowards in blue. Don’t be a police officer just go be a saleman work on the white side of town! Looks like 23# now Abagond *ugh…when is ENOUGH, ENOUGH!!!
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“By focusing on the deaths of unarmed Black men and ignoring legally armed Black men who get gunned down for no reason makes it appear that they did something wrong.”
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It doesn’t matter if we are unarmed, or armed legally. As long as they can stand up in court and tell the judge that they were in FEAR for their lives, the killing of Black people in Amerika will continue unabated.
Causing FEAR (aka, being) in the presence white people is a very big wrong. A wrong that is frequently worthy of death.
Meanwhile we must live (or die) with our fear.
Our fear of white people, armed with either firearms, or phones.
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It’s a shame. Black president. Two successive black AGs. Oh, and of course a black Supreme Court judge. And still the police lynchings continue. Who has the power to stop this? Sh-t. Who has the will to address it? Blacks in high places? We got blacks in the highest offices in the land in the vaunted Age of Obama.. And still the police lynchings continue.
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To all my black brothers: Protect yourself by understanding the country that you live in. You are not a white man. You will not be assumed innocent. You will not be given the benefit of the doubt. Do not carry guns to protect yourself, even in a state where open carry is legal. You only open yourself to potentially being shot if you interact with a cop and they find out you have a gun. Protect yourself by not interacting with cops. Keep out of the streets. Get an education, something no one can take away from you, and work hard to acquire wealth. Don’t pretend to be “hard.” Your body is threatening to white people. You think its cool to dress in urban fashion, but you open yourself up to stereotypes. Love your blackness. Your blackness isn’t hip hop music. You blackness can be geeky. Marry a black woman who will help you rase educated kids. When you have kids, teach them their history. Don’t shelter them from the past. Your son needs to know that once he gets to middle school America will see him as a “dangerous black man” even if you know he is a sweet kid. This country is build on the back of our black ancestors, white supremacy and police brutality are as American as apple pie. Don’t apologize for surrounding yourself with other black people. Finally, free your mind from the media. White isn’t always right. Understand that when you choose to marry out, they will NEVER understand your struggle. The best lesson from another black man’s death is this: we as black people need to protect ourselves by educating ourselves and building within. A black man who forgets that race plays a role in EVERYTHING in your country is a black man who will end up dead
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I love that term. Thank you for reminding us.
Any links?
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@ jefe
Unlike the Huffington Post or the Daily Beast (hint, hint), I no longer embed or link to stuff like that.
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@ Mary Burrell
It’s so infuriating that these poor children have just lost their father and yet white people blame them (black children, generally speaking) for being fatherless. It’s mind boggling the sheer idiocy. And it’s terrible how they are assassinating Alton Sterling’s character. He did not deserve to die. RIP Mr. Sterling. 😦
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I also think maybe the focus should be the wrongful death of Black men as opposed to the killing of unarmed Black men. – michaeljonbarker
What’s the difference???
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Zecharia 11:5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Deuteronomy 28:34 So that thou (you) shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 28: 49-50 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Deuteronomy 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Another sad situation, but trust me, this madness or diabolical behavior of white people (cops, individual vigilantes) is not going to stop because it is already WRITTEN that it will not cease! We as Black people are cursed. Not because of our skin color as some have ignorantly cast, but because we have turned our collective back on our true Father, the Elohim, the Most High, the Ancient One of Black Israel!
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@leigh204 I don’t believe any white person blames the child for being fatherless. My personal experience is that, white people blame the father for not being there for their children.
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An Asian American cop shoots a Black man in Minnesota within 24 hours of the death of Alton Sterling in Louisiana. Where are you Kiwi? (aka: Angry Asian man, Dumb-dumb).
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-shot-dead-minn-police-traffic-stop-article-1.2701935
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@ Brothawolf
Thanks. I will be doing a post on him too.
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Goddamn.
That’s all I can say about this. I’m fed up.
Welp, back to the grind.
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As per usually his arrest record is being brought up and part of the big point out from white people is that he is a sex offender.
To addressing him being a sex offender, he got that as a result of being 20 and dating and impregnating a 14 year old. I know people feel uneasy about this and in the past I would have too, but I am well aware that we live in a time where young females will pretend to be an age to get an older man. Not saying this is the case or that it is right, but if cops start pulling tab they would find this type relationship common.
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Another thing to note is that under Louisiana law
“Under Louisiana law, people convicted of felony crimes are barred from having guns within 10 years of the time they complete their punishment, whether prison or parole.”
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/07/louisiana_supreme_court_uphold_4.html
So it is quite possible that he was legally able to have that weapon, however a permit is required for conceal carry, but one is not needed for open carry.
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Why bother with trying to hire a contract killer these days ?
Just call the cops on someone, claiming they’ve got a gun. The police use black males for target practice. Always have. It’s just that now we have videos and social media showing it as it happens. And they will always get away and if you think this bad you ain’t seen NOTHING if the white majority put dictator Trump in office.
The video cameras were disabled. One must assume intentionally, since there were two body cameras, and both of them just happened to be out of action. The attempt to suppress evidence means that everything the officers say about what happened must initially be assumed to be a lie.
Police have been cleared of charges through footage from their cameras. These two evidently expected and were preparing to do something they knew was wrong, so they disabled their cameras.
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@ TheHipHopRecords
Yup. The technology has changed, but not the police.
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“As per usually his arrest record is being brought up and part of the big point out from white people is that he is a sex offender.”
sharinalr,
Yep. That’s how the white-owned news media conducts itself. Whenever a black person is killed by a cop or vigilante, they’ll dig up the victim’s past, anything they could find to make the public feel less sympathy for him/her.
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@TheHipHopRecords
I was thinking aloud about this just a few hours ago and I arrived at the same concept: the police are white people’s “personal hitmen”. Just call and say that a black man has a gun and you have a good chance of getting him killed. Years ago, someone actually tried to use this tactic on a relative of mine when he was only obstructing traffic with his trailer due to a mixup. He learned about it because the police, thankfullly, asked him about the gun instead of showing up trigger-happy. Apparently, someone who was backed up behind him in traffic just decided to lie about that to make sure the police would come. I think a lot of black people are naive thinking that white people are ignorant about how the system works and need to be educated. Nope. Many know it and use it to their advantage.
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Also, I’m expecting more protests and claims of “scapegoating” when the, presumably Asian, cop who killed Mr. Castile is indicted. I find both of these incidents (Gurley and Castile) to be particularly bizarre due to the extreme element of cowardice involved. Liang hears a door close and just fires into the darkness. This other cop is told, by the eventual victim, that he’s legally armed and the cop just opens fire.
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Another thing I want know is :
Who is making these “come kill a Black man/child” calls?
Somebody called police to come to a park where there was no crime being committed to kill Tamir Rice.
Somebody called police to come to a parking lot where there was no crime being committed to kill Alton Sterling.
Somebody seems to always remain nameless. Somebody calls police. They show up and kill a Black man. Who’s been calling ?
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The police will continue their policy of blood sacrifice as long as Black people put up with it.
Anger is not enough.
Tears are not enough.
Street protests are not enough.
Only by understanding the history of the police, who the police answer to and having a long term strategy to affect their masters will the blood sacrifice of Black people end.
In 1857, Frederick Douglass said, “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
That is as true today as it was 159 years ago.
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And Jesse Jackson talking about voting as the answer:
(https://youtu.be/5UYbYS6axsA?t=5m20s)
We have already voted you folks in. Black mayors. Black Congressmen. We got black AGs and black judges and a black president. We don’t need to vote more. We need to hold the people we voted in accountable. The president sets the agenda. If the president says we’ll have Social Security, we’ll have social security. If the president says we’ll have WPA, we’ll have WPA. If the president says we’ll have a war on poverty, we’ll have a war on poverty. Ifthe president says we’ll have war on drugs, we’ll have a war on drugs. If the president says we’ll have a war on terror, we’ll have a war on terror. If the president says we’ll go to the moon, WE’LL GO TO THE MOON! The president has the biggest bully pulpit in the world. And he can do anything he wants with it. Even defining police killings as modern day lynching and inaugurating a program to end it. Heck. He could call it a War on Police Lynching. Keeping in mind how they like to frame things in terms of war. Call it Police Reform. Whatever. The Obama regime is a failure of the imagination on race. Obama used to talk about the idea of teachable moments on race. Well, if ever there was a teachable moment it is this epidemic of racist police murder with impunity.
More voting is not going to help us, Jesse. Who do we vote for? Hillary Super Predator Clinton? What we need is for the people we voted into office to do their job. And it’s ‘our’ fault too as black people. Instead of worshiping Obama we should have been holding his feet to the fire.
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Wanted to post a video of blue tears. Black female cop crying over this one. Obviously its been removed. Was she threatened?
elle @spokenELLE
Never seen anything like this. And it’s no surprise that it would take a Black female cop to take this type of stand http://twitter.com/_OfficialPrissy/status/750863450083954689/video/1 …
3:24 AM – 7 Jul 2016
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@nomad
If it is the one I think it is, then I may have it on my facebook timeline to share.
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Here:
http://www.kctv5.com/story/32390343/warrensville-police-officer-speaks-out-about-deadly-police-involved-shooting
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@sharinalr
yeah that’s the one. i had run across it earlier but didn’t have time to watch it. when i went back it was gone.
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@Nomad
It was a very powerful video, though her message was missed by some blacks, some Hispanics, and most whites.
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Post on Philando Castile:
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@Fan
I was referring to Abagond’s list. Technically they wouldn’t be included because they were armed even though they were murdered and no criminal intent.
Over 500 people have been shot dead by the police so far this year which is about where it was at this time in 2015. It also seems the number of unarmed Black killed so far this year is lower then at this time last year even though the killing rate remains the same from last year to this year.
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As to why the unarmed murder rates for Blacks are lower this year maybe in what information gets released to the press. I’m speculating but the police could be holding back information.
It doesn’t make logical sense that their are fewer of these cases happening since the police’s over all kill rates remains the same.
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@Brian:
I re-read my post. And while I guess I didn’t properly explain what I meant, white people always say black children grow up with no father around. Well, when cops slaughter black males, is it any wonder some children are left fatherless?
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@ MJB
“I’m speculating but the police could be holding back information.”
Another possibility is more police are planting guns on unarmed victims.
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@leigh204: Yes all of this is crazy and it’s making me so sad.
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And the president said ‘blah blah blah’:
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/07/obama-reacts-to-fatal-shootings-of-alton-sterling-and-philando-castile/
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@Leigh
That is actually what I thought you meant.
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Solitaire
I believe that as well. Many seem to believe the cops are using new tactics, but they really are old ones. Mentioned in another forum was how cops yell “stop resisting” or “he has a gun”. These are what I call alibi tactics. If a person hears or is recording then they can be heard telling suspect to stop and painting the picture that the suspect is resisting when they are not.
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‘vicious calculated and despicable’ is what Obama said.
but not about police lynching blacks
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@ Sharina
Oh, yeah, these are all old CYA tactics the cops use. I think it may just be that more cops are now using those tactics because their main response to the increasing publicity of unjustified shootings is to cover their own asses so they can still get away with it.
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Re: Leigh
Of course some of it is due the father being killed, but probably more is due to the disproportionately high incarceration rate.
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@ Jefe:
Yes, I’m aware of the high level of black male incarceration. I’m just saying it’s maddening when white people trot out ridiculous comments why black children have no fathers present in their lives.
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I don’t have the time to be tailoring my words so that these poor white people’s feelings don’t get hurt.
People will condemn this man. Forgetting that just the other day we saw a man bleed to death in his car with his girlfriend and his baby watching him take his last breaths.
Forgetting that just the day before that another black person was shot at point blank range multiple times in his chest while he lie pinned to the ground.
These people are so evil that they don’t even need to SEE the deaths of these officers for them to sympathize. But they can see a boy with his brains splattered on pavement, see a man being choked to death, see a man shot in the back as he ran away, see a dying man’s white tee soaked red in his on blood and STILL find some excuse for why they deserved to be wiped from this earth.
Let’s not even talk about how police brutality against black WOMEN is ignored 99.9% of the time.
Hell, the NRA wasted no time commenting on Dallas, but it was nothing but crickets just days ago. CNN had the fucking NERVE to ask Philando Castille’s *grieving* mother what she thought about the shooting. Like she didn’t just lose her son yesterda.
I’m supposed to feel bad because a black person finally said “f*ck that marching shit, enough is e-f*cking-nough?”
I’m supposed to feel bad because a black person was finally pushed over the edge ?
Because a black person wanted to put that same fear into these pigs that our people have been feeling for hundreds of years ?
And I’m especially supposed to feel bad when we’ve got another 48 hours before the next “officer involved shooting” happens ?
Nah. RIP, Micah. And I really, truly do mean that
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@Abagond
Could you please do a post about the black female cop that spoke out against this. I just read she was recently “suspended”.
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TheHipHopRecords
I feel similar. I hate that the cops were innocent people, but I am not losing sleep, sad, or anything.
On top of that where is the second shooter and other people who magically do not exist?
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@ Sharina
I will, but I cannot NOT do a post on Micah Johnson first.
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I’d like to see a post on the civilian complaints against the dead and shot cops.
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@Gro jo
If they can be found.
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@THHR
So true!
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@abagond
Now that someone mentioned possible posts, I’d like to see a post dedicated to this people describing their experiences at police gun point. Coulda been me.
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@TheHipHopRecords (@TheHipHopRecord)
,These people are so evil that they don’t even need to SEE the deaths of these officers for them to sympathize. But they can see a boy with his brains splattered on pavement, see a man being choked to death, see a man shot in the back as he ran away, see a dying man’s white tee soaked red in his on blood and STILL find some excuse for why they deserved to be wiped from this earth.’
That is so well said, man. Thanks for articulating that.
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@Sharina
I can’t bring myself to mourn the police deaths either. I feel worse for Micah Johnson. I had been avoiding news for a while and had just read about both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s murders with the knowledge that justice would be unlikely. The Dallas shootings followed shortly thereafter and, TBH, the reciprocal death of several police officers had a calming effect on me. White people can dance on the grave of a 12 year old black boy and still expect everyone to cry when they die.
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My experience with the cop overseer didn’t result in him shooting. But it very well could have. I just wonder how many people have had the same experience. The ones that they shoot has got to be just the tip of the iceberg.
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I’m just right now thinking that it’s sad that a society can be so callous that you become less empathetic as part of the process of dealing with it. I guess you could say police aren’t “perfect victims” given the corruption we’ve seen on display with the tacit approval of the entire justice system. However, we won’t see the details of their lives dragged through the media for everyone to scrutinze to determine, after the fact, whether they deserved to die.
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Origin said,
“However, we won’t see the details of their lives dragged through the media for everyone to scrutinze to determine, after the fact, whether they deserved to die.”
The opposite has in fact occurred. The media portrait of these police officers boarders on religious diafication. They are super human people with lives virtuous and pure.
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Black president. Black Attorney General. Black Supreme Court Judge. Black Congressmen, Black mayors. Black faces in high high places. Who oh who can stop police lynchings? Who oh who can implement police reform?
http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2016/07/needed-police-reforms.html
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black police chiefs
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@ Nomad
As you are painfully aware, all of those “Black faces in high places” serve the same masters as the White, Yellow, Red and Brown faces in high places.
They all collect their money, wallow in their privileges and oppress the rest of us.
Only ordinary people will be able to stop police lynchings.
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@ nomad
Thanks for the link.
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https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10209771668877005&id=1489932727&refid=8
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@Afrofem
Thanks. We need the asshole in chief to get behind (or in front of [lead]) police reform. F–k his lets all get along rhetoric. (Actually what he’s saying is lets support the police.
(https://youtu.be/mD2glIGhpLU)
I don’t stand with the police department. I stand against a racist system holding a gun to my head.
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@nomad
Both literally(I saw your mention on another thread of a personal encounter of the potentially deadly kind—-terrifying) and figuratively. Glad you made it through!
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@Afrofem
Thanks. It happened 3 years ago. My anger has yet to subside.
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@nomad
Yes, I understand. Unfortunately, some of that anger may follow you to your grave.
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This is a great picture. Would look good as a header.
http://libertyviral.com/a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words/#axzz4E1umD0w2
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@Afrofem
Chuckle. A bit of hyperbole on my part. I should have said it is blazed into my memory. Not unfortunately. Forgetting would be unfortunate.
In the meantime, Man who Posted Alton Sterling Shooting Video Arrested 24 Hours Later on Fabricated Charges.
https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/07/10/man-who-posted-alton-sterling-shooting-video-arrested-24-hours-later-on-fabricated-charges/
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@ nomad
Because filming the police killing someone is worse than the police killing someone. Just ask Ramsey Orta, who filmed the police killing Eric Garner. He is the only person who was there who will be sent to prison.
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@abagond
Ain’t that some this.
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@michaeljonbarker @Afrofem
That picture is not wide enough for the masthead, but it is too cool NOT to be the masthead. Since it is going viral, most people will know what the whole picture looks like. Thanks!
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Here’s one from the 4th of July that we missed.
“If there were no video, this didn’t happen”
(https://youtu.be/g6gZ0Ip_OPA?t=9m25s)
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That’s the only reason they’re coming to light now. We got these f–kers on camera.
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@ Abagond
I saw your masthead before I saw the full photo, and even cropped it is still perfectly clear what’s happening. Very powerful image.
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@Abagond
Solitaire is right. This image cropped still retains its power.
I love her regal bearing in the face of state agents ready inflict extreme violence.
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@ Afrofem
Yes to her regal bearing, and there’s also a sense of calm determination and mindful stillness, like she’s fully centered and grounded, connected to the energy coming up through the earth and reaching down from the sky. She is radiating with more power than the armed men confronting her.
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It’s a powerful picture.
When I first saw it I was reminded of Tiananmen Square where a citizen stood and halted a line of tanks.
But she is more then just defiance. She is a person full of grace and beauty and courage set against the faceless agression of the police.
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@ Michael Jon Barker
She reminds me of some of the Vietnam Era photos of Buddhist monks. I hadn’t thought of Tank Man, but when you mentioned it, I immediately felt the resonance between the two images.
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@Solitaire
Well said! Lovely prose.
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@michaeljonbarker
Yes. She manages to look stronger and more courageous than the heavily armored men in front of her.
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Any “Free Ramsey Orta” campaign. I am much more concerned about arresting and imprisoning the whistle blowers. If that happens then our chance of fixing the system becomes hopeless.
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@Jefe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3682197/Friend-filmed-Eric-Garner-s-chokehold-death-set-jail.html
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@michaeljonbarker: Yes, that is a great photo of Iesha Evans standing against armed policemen in riot gear.
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On the Eric Garner thread I posted about the guy who shoot the video of Eric Garner and how the cops retaliated against him. Chris Leday in regards to Alton Sterling did not capture the video but he posted it online and that’s how it came to the attention of the American public. With the body cams falling off during the takedown of Alton Sterling which I feel the cops tampered with the body cam to hide their misdeeds. With cameras on our phones it should be our right as citizens if we see something say something culture and when law enforcement is captured brutalizing a citizen they will be retaliated against and threatened.
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The store owner, Abdullah Muflahi, is suing the police department for confiscating his video tapes and locking him up in their police for four house on his own property.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/11/alton-sterling-witness-cops-took-my-phone-my-surveillance-video-locked-me-up.html
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Obama standing with the police. WTF is Bush doing there? Why is he dancing?
(https://youtu.be/ghdtGMwKaYo?t=50s)
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So is Obama going to Louisiana and Minnesota or do only White lives matter?
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Probably not the kercheif head!
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@abagond
“So is Obama going to Louisiana and Minnesota or do only White lives matter?”
obviously a rhetorical question
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North Carolina law declares that police body cam footage is not public record.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/north-carolina-police-recording-law/
Ironically,
“McCrory signed the bill Monday in a news conference in Raleigh. He said the new law will promote “uniformity, clarity and transparency” “
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A painting of a pedophile on a building. Can’t get any classier than that.
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@Origin
““McCrory signed the bill Monday in a news conference in Raleigh. He said the new law will promote “uniformity, clarity and transparency” “”
Orwellian doublespeak.
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@anonymous
A painting of 50 pedophiles (rapists, murderers and thieves). Can’t get any classier than that.
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@Afrofrem
Exactly. I thought the same. Doublespeak. Sometimes reality is so ridiculous it could be fiction.
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Shackled under pretext for posting video of Sterling murder.
(https://youtu.be/qAbGvr3-w34)
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He we go again. So tired of people of color being punished for exposing police brutality.
http://newsone.com/3489098/man-who-posted-alton-sterling-shooting-fights-for-job/
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@bygodsloveandgrace: They knew when he first applied for that job and did the security clearance that he had that old warrant. This is a tactic to silence citizens who witness the malfeasance of law enforcement.
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@ Mary. Agree and it’s disheartening. In my Chris Rock voice, “I’m tired..tired, tired, tired.”
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@Mary Burrell
That is a great observation!
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@bygodsloveandgrace &Afrofem: Hey Ladies, how are you sisters doing this afternoon? Enjoy the rest of your day.
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[…] 4 – #DelrawnSmall July 5 – #AltonSterling July 6 – #PhilandoCastile July 7 – #DallasPoliceShooting Every day laid a thick […]
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[…] should have been enough to keep alive that day. Selling cigarettes is not a capital offense, bootlegging CDs is not a capital offense, a traffic violation is not a capital offense, resisting arrest is […]
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Police video has finally been released, with some repercussions to the officers, though no criminal charges:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/03/31/us/alton-sterling-police-videos-hearings/index.html
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A replacement for the image wikimedia blocked for this comment above:
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