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Racist threats posted on Berkeley High library computer

Source: Racist threats posted on Berkeley High library computer

These students have been under attack for a year, and it isn’t until something as graphic as this occurs, that the BHS administration takes action – and only after the students finally rebel to call attention to the problems? What is more painful is that Berkeley High’s Afrikan student population was saddened, but was not truly surprised that this has occurred.

What does that say about the adult administration of a school when Afrikan students are not surprised at terrorist threats of extrajudicial killing are directed against them?

If you recall, Niya Kenney just told her classmates in South Carolina to film a dangerous white racist cop the minute he stepped into her math class, because she “knew the situation was going to go downhill.” The ‘administrators’ of that school, Spring Valley High, called in a steroid hyped, dangerous, 300 lb white male cop to ‘remove’ a 16 year old Afrikan female child from class for ‘disturbing school’ by refusing to put away her cell phone and/or to leave the room for not doing so. This child – who might of weighed 100 lbs. give or take – was ‘removed’ from the room in handcuffs after being wrenched out of her desk by the neck and thrown across the room.

And in Berkeley, CA, the BHS administration obviously hasn’t   de-escalated the level  of racist threats to its Afrikan student population since the students have been under attack for a year. Racists are now able to hack into the school computer system to spread terrorist threats of degradation, and extrajudicial killing aimed at Afrikan students.

The rope in the tree didn’t get enough attention, neither did racist epithets slipped into the school year book. It took hacking into the school library’s computer system and promising a public lynching to get admin’s attention?

How dangerously unacceptable is that?

Across the country Afrikan children are being attacked, assaulted, threatened, jailed, murdered. These are not isolated incidents perpetrated by lone nut cases. This is systemic racism and genocidal history repeating itself.

It cannot be allowed to continue.

MHK

 


Obama Is NOT Banning the Box

Executive editor and founder of Black Agenda Report Glen Ford questions Obama’s latest claim to be banning the box.

Source: Obama Is NOT Banning the Box


KKK Politicians: Anonymous Exposes KKK Ties of United States Politicians | Senators & Mayors

Source: KKK Politicians: Anonymous Exposes KKK Ties of United States Politicians | Senators & Mayors



Lawyer: Student in Deputy Video Injured, is in a Cast

On Wednesday attorney Todd Rutherford told News 19 he will represent both girls who were arrested in the Spring Valley incident.

Source: Lawyer: Student in Deputy Video Injured, is in a Cast


Lawyer for Teen in SC School Assault Video Speaks on Injuries She Suffered, Whether She Is an Orphan and Fake GoFundMe Pages 

On Thursday a lawyer for the 16-year-old South Carolina teen who was assaulted by a Spring Valley High School resource officer spoke with radio host Joe Madison.

Source: Lawyer for Teen in SC School Assault Video Speaks on Injuries She Suffered, Whether She Is an Orphan and Fake GoFundMe Pages 


Fire Officer Ben Fields

Multiple videos show school Police Officer Ben Fields brutally attacking a peaceful Black female high school student. Click here to demand Officer Fields be fired & prosecuted immediately, & that all charges are dropped against students he already victimized.

Source: Fire Officer Ben Fields

Yesterday, a school police officer in South Carolina was caught on video brutally attacking a Black female high school student as she sits in her classroom. It has to be seen to be believed.

Click here to see the video and join us in demanding that the officer be fired and prosecuted.

Officer Fields has a history of attacking students, who say they’ve complained about him for years.1 This time, his violence was caught on camera, and it’s clearly unnecessary, malicious, and brutal.

Local police have asked the FBI and DOJ to investigate.2 But the videos of what happened provide more than enough evidence for local authorities to immediately fire Fields, arrest him, and prosecute him.

Join us in demanding that officer Fields be fired and prosecuted immediately, and that all charges are dropped against students already victimized by Fields.

Once you’ve signed the petition, please ask your friends and family to do the same.

Officer Fields is already facing a lawsuit from another student who says Fields targets Black students with false allegations of gang activity. Fields was also sued by a couple who say he viciously attacked and arrested them without provocation, kicking the man as he lay on the ground and emptying a bottle of pepper spray into his face.3

Students at the school say they are afraid of Fields, a bodybuilder who can lift hundreds of pounds, and who has often attacked and intimidated students. One student said on social media that she once witnessed Fields “slamming” a pregnant woman.4

Tony Robinson, the student who shot the video of this incident, says that the girl who Fields violently arrested had done nothing wrong. Robinson says she took out her cell phone for a minute during class, and a teacher asked her for it. She refused to give the teacher the phone, and the teacher called the vice principle. The vice principal asked the student to leave, and she refused, but she was very apologetic. The vice principle then called the police officer, who confronted the student and escalated the situation — and that’s when Robinson started taking video on his cell phone.5

It’s a perfect example of the school to prison pipeline that thwarts the education of Black children and criminalizes them unnecessarily. Over the last few decades, the number of police in schools has skyrocketed. Every year, thousands of students — a disproportionate number of them Black — are needlessly arrested and abused for simply being kids.

The student attacked by officer Fields has now been charged with “disturbing schools,” a crime punishable by up to 90 days in jail or a thousand dollar fine.6 Another student who shot one of the videos was also charged, and she says she was arrested just for standing up for her classmate.7 Meanwhile, officer Fields — whose violence not only victimized one student, but also disrupted and traumatized an entire classroom — still has his job and is still being paid.

It’s outrageous. If enough of us speak out, we can shine a spotlight on local authorities that will create massive pressure for them to hold officer Fields accountable. But we need to act now, before the media moves on to the next story and we’re left to wait for an “investigation” that goes nowhere.

Join us in demanding accountability for officer Fields, and justice for the students he abused. And please ask your friends and family to do the same.

Thanks and Peace,

— Rashad, Arisha, Scott, Lyla and the rest of the ColorOfChange team.

 

 

References:

1. “Deputy Ben Fields: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know,” Heavy, 10-26-2015
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5441?t=8&akid=4938.87007.giSYA3

2. “FBI investigation sought in S.C. school incident caught on video,” USA Today, 10-27-2015
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5442?t=10&akid=4938.87007.giSYA3

3. See reference 1.

4. See reference 1.

5. “Watch: Student Who Filmed Officer Dragging Girl Asks, How Did A Cop ‘Let It Get To That Point?’,” New Civil Rights Movement, 10-27-2015
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5443?t=12&akid=4938.87007.giSYA3

6. “Outrage grows after South Carolina officer throws student in classroom,” CNN, 10-27-2015
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5444?t=14&akid=4938.87007.giSYA3

7. “Student Arrested Says She Was Standing Up for Classmate,” WLTX, 10-27-2015
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5445?t=16&akid=4938.87007.giSYA3

 


Meet the Women Who Created #BlackLivesMatter

gallery-1445024236-cos110115feafearless50-025“Saying ‘black lives matter’ both literally and figuratively restores people’s dignity.”

Source: Meet the Women Who Created #BlackLivesMatter


Election 2015: The fight for voting rights and sovereignty in Haiti

On Oct. 25, Haitians are slated to go to the polls to elect a new president and Parliament, after a disastrous first round vote for Parliament on Aug. 9, marred by Martelly government-sponsored vot…

Source: Election 2015: The fight for voting rights and sovereignty in Haiti


The Vices in Vice’s Story on Mass Imprisonment with Obama and Holder

Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report says the story by the news magazine Vice on mass incarceration features massive hypocrisies in the policy decisions of Obama and Holder

Source: The Vices in Vice’s Story on Mass Imprisonment with Obama and Holder


Ben Carson: Muslim should not be elected US president

The Republican presidential candidate says Islam is not consistent with the US constitution.

Source: Ben Carson: Muslim should not be elected US president

This person is a prime example of a stone fool. Firstly, he’s a Republican, a party that has historical roots and a vested interest in enslaving and colonizing Afrikan thoughts, minds, bodies, and spirits. Next he tends to insert his foot deeply down his throat each and every time he opens his mouth. Unfortunately, this latest gaffe is about par for the course for him.


U.S. Policy in Syria is a “Failure?”

Glen Ford of BlackAgendaReport.com discusses his limited agreement with Hilary Clinton on the “failure” of U.S. policy In Syria.

Source: U.S. Policy in Syria is a “Failure?”


Art Exhibit on Black Panther Challenges Library Patrons to Face Violence of Mass Incarceration

While some public libraries upheld racist policies and segregation, others have promoted free speech and fostered dialogues.

Source: Art Exhibit on Black Panther Challenges Library Patrons to Face Violence of Mass Incarceration


Freedom fighter Safiya Bukhari and a voice for political prisoners

Two things recently brought back memories of Safiya Bukhari: the release of Stanley Nelson’s film on the Black Panther Party and the various commemorations surrounding the uprising in Attica prison in 1971.

Source: Freedom fighter Safiya Bukhari and a voice for political prisoners

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Give peace a chance in South Sudan: An interview with Dr. Horace Campbell

Source: Give peace a chance in South Sudan: An interview with Dr. Horace Campbell


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Stop the execution of Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, by medical neglect in federal prison

Source: Stop the execution of Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, by medical neglect in federal prison


Free West Papua – Human Rights

Free West Papua – Human Rights.


John Huggins — Gone But Not Forgotten

John Huggins — Gone But Not Forgotten.


Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete

Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete.


Cops Keep Firing

Cops Keep Firing.


State of emergency declared in Ferguson as cops shoot Mike Brown’s friend on anniversary of the murder that sparked the movement

State of emergency declared in Ferguson as cops shoot Mike Brown’s friend on anniversary of the murder that sparked the movement.


VIDEO: Man Shot By Ferguson Police On Anniversary Of Michael Brown’s Death

VIDEO: Man Shot By Ferguson Police On Anniversary Of Michael Brown’s Death.


Emory Douglas: The Art of The Black Panthers

Emory Douglas: The Art of The Black Panthers.

 

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