Here is some information regarding the Impotent Department of Justice' so-called INVESTIGATION into Corrupt-ass Ferguson Police Department. These stats and investigation are useful in regards to showing Our Children and OURSELVES what we're really up against, but!? After a certain point they become annoying white-noise because what it actually shows after awhile is that not only is nothing going to be done, but flashing these fucked-up FLASH-CARDS in Our Faces actually becomes psychological-torture. Because it begins to show that it's all about shitty-ass talk and not about actual action in stopping these blatant jury-rigged "justice systems".
So I'm simply posting these numbers and such just for public record and posterity. But in the long-run it is still all about the fact that these brutalities are perpetrated By Whites and Weak-Kneed Niggers, AGAINST US. Which means that ending this crap falls strictly to us, fairly or unfairly. So here is the articles and this is what I'm listening to while typing this post;
So it's a damn if We Do, Damned If We Don't. In areas where we have majority numbers WE HAVE TO AGGRESSIVELY VOTE. Our main goal however should be the creation of BLACK POLITICAL PARTIES IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE NUMBERS. We should also be pooling resources OR IF YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES YOURSELF? Look for neighboring Black Regions AND SCOUT THEM OUT AND THEN USE THE DESTITUTION OF THAT REGION TO BEGIN SEEING IF YOU AND OTHER BLACKS CAN USE THAT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
There is a reason why Whites don't like and fear Black People who have money and resources and seek to control them and it is because just like in business, when things GO DOWN. Then everything AFFECTED BY THE DROP IN WHATEVER, BECOMES CHEAP. Which means you can INVEST AND BUY-UP EVERYTHING FROM HOUSES, POLITICIANS STUCK IN DEAD-ZONES AND DEAD-CITIES, TO LOCAL POLICE, ETC! Because everyone is stuck in a dead-zone. I'm sitting here in Upper Darby, Philadelphia City Limits are literal blocks away and across the Delaware River from me is Camden, New Jersey.
Camden?
Has been UTTERLY ABANDONED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. This is a Dead-Zone City. It of course has a HIGH BLACK POPULATION and NON-WHITE POPULATION. Everything is essentially IN THE CRAPPER, however!? BECAUSE OF THAT!? Any Black Person with some solid FUNDS AND RESOURCES, CAN ACTUALLY INVEST IN THE CITY AND STEER IT WHEREVER THE FUCK THEY ACTUALLY WANT IT TO GO!
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Yeah, I typed it where anyone can see it.
But facts ARE FACTS. I don't have My Money Right, shit, I'm just now REGAINING GETTING MY LIFE RIGHT. So I'm NOT IN A POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. However!? Some of YOU OTHER BLACK PEOPLE OUT THERE MIGHT BE ABLE TO. Rest assured that Camden, Baltimore, CLEVELAND, these cities are Predominantly BLACK. They're not having HARD TIMES FOR NO REASON. A lack of Black Private Sector means a lack of EMPLOYMENT FOR BLACKS IN THESE CITIES, you can chain-together the rest of the DOWNWARD CYCLE without me typing it, BUT!?
Either a collective of Black People or Black African People CAN ACTUALLY SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY and do some scout-work to see where can they INVEST. As well as WHAT DO YOU HONESTLY WANT TO CREATE IN THESE CITIES, since things are INTENTIONALLY BEING KEPT IN THE CRAPPER. I could go into more details, but I THINK I have typed enough for all of you to understand. There is NOTHING stopping us from pooling resources and then buying up homes and then DEMOLISHING THEM AND BUILDING NEW HOMES OURSELVES. Never mind searching out any Black Construction Companies to do business with where even BUYING THE DEMOLISHED LAND AND SITTING ON KNOWING THAT AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER....?
The Whites ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS COME BACK TO THE CITIES THEY FLED FROM. These are just my ideas and suggestions and it is part of the reason why I'm late getting to post today. Because My ebooks and artwork ARE MY VEHICLE TO FINALLY CREATING CAPITAL FOR MYSELF SO I CAN START DOING THE THINGS I KNOW ARE POSSIBLE. Either way!? Here are the articles;
What were the 2014 Ferguson protests about?
The Ferguson, Missouri, protests began with the death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. Brown, who was college-bound and had no criminal record, was unarmed, although local police accused him of robbing a convenience store moments before the shooting.
Brown's killing and the subsequent events in Ferguson became a national controversy touching on much larger national issues of race, justice, and police violence.
The shooting almost immediately triggered protests in the St. Louis suburb, as demonstrators took to the streets to speak out against what many saw as yet another example of police brutality against young black men, for which Ferguson has a troubling record.
The situation subsequently escalated and drew national attention when police reacted to protesters, even those acting peacefully, with military-grade equipment, such as armored vehicles, tear gas, rubber bullets, and sound cannons.
One of major demands of protesters was to get prosecutors to put Wilson on trial for the Brown shooting. But a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson after three months of deliberations — in what many saw as a deeply flawed, biased investigation led by local officials with close ties to law enforcement.
The investigation into the shooting, inherently secretive grand jury proceedings, and subsequent reactions by local officials further worsened ties between local residents and their government, which was controlled by mostly white politicians despite Ferguson's majority black population.
The events in Ferguson captured national attention because, in many ways, they're indicative of the racial disparities many Americans, particularly minorities, see in the criminal justice system on a daily basis. While the specifics of the Brown shooting involve just one teen and one police officer in a small St. Louis suburb, the circumstances surrounding Brown's death replicate a fear commonly held by many parents — that black lives matter less, particularly in the face of increasingly heavily armed police who have tremendous legal freedom in whether they can shoot a suspect they merely perceive as dangerous.
Why did the black community in Ferguson feel the need to protest?
The immediate catalyst of the protests was the shooting and killing of Michael Brown. But the underlying cause was years of racial tensions between Ferguson's minority communities, police, and local government.
Prior to the shooting, Americans were already widely discussing the history of police violence against black men, racial disparitiesin the criminal justice system, and racism in general. This conversation particularly resonated as the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, and Eric Garner, among others, permeated through the national media.
In Ferguson in particular, the problems may have been further magnified by the lack of black representation in the local government. Ferguson was about 67 percent black in 2013, according to the US Census Bureau. But, in August 2014, Ferguson's mayor and police chief were white, just one of six city council members was black, zero school board members were black, and only three out of 53 commissioned police officers were black, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The reason for these political disparities appears to be low voter turnout during local elections in March and April. MSNBC's Zachary Roth wrote, "This year, just 12.3 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot, according to numbers provided by the county. In 2013 and 2012, those figures were even lower: 11.7 percent and 8.9 percent respectively. As a rule, the lower the turnout, the more the electorate skews white and conservative." Terry Jones, a political science professor at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, echoed the sentiment in an email, writing that the city's white residents "are on average older in age and have resided in Ferguson longer. As a result, I estimate the electorate participating in the April municipal elections remains majority Caucasian."
Whatever the cause, the lack of representation had left many in Ferguson's black community feeling like they had no voice in their local government, leaving protests as the only outlet to respond to situations like the Brown shooting.
What does race have to do with the Ferguson protests?
The shooting of Michael Brown, like so many similar incidents between police and unarmed black men, renewed conversations about racism in the American justice system and, more specifically to Ferguson, deep-rooted racial disparities in local government and law enforcement.
To the majority-black community in Ferguson, Brown's death was seen as something that could happen to them or their own sons. Darnell Hunt, an expert on race relations and civil unrest, compared the situation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012: "Not only was this something that affected people across the country, but other people realized that the fate of Trayvon was possibly the fate of their own sons."
An analysis of the available FBI data by Vox's Dara Lind shows that US police kill black people at disproportionate rates: black people accounted for 31 percent of police shooting victims in 2012, even though they made up just 13 percent of the US population. Although the data is incomplete, since it's based on voluntary reports from police agencies around the country, it highlights the vast disparities in how police use force.
Black teens were 21 times as likely as white teens to be shot and killed by police between 2010 and 2012, according to a ProPublica analysis of the FBI data. ProPublica's Ryan Gabrielson, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Eric Sagara reported: "One way of appreciating that stark disparity, ProPublica's analysis shows, is to calculate how many more whites over those three years would have had to have been killed for them to have been at equal risk. The number is jarring — 185, more than one per week."
Some researchers have suggested that subconscious racial biases are behind the disparities. Studies show officers are quicker to shoot black suspects in video game simulations. Josh Correll, a University of Colorado Boulder psychology professor who conducted the research, said it's possible the bias could lead to more skewed outcomes in the field. "In the very situation in which [officers] most need their training," he said, "we have some reason to believe that their training will be most likely to fail them."
Part of this may have been reflected by testimony from Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Brown. Intestimony to the grand jury, Wilson invoked — perhaps inadvertently — racial stereotypes by characterizing Brown as an unstoppable, violent brute who could kill him in one punch, even though Wilson's injuries weren't severe.
The racial disparities in the criminal justice system go beyond police use of force. Black people are much more likely to bearrested for drugs, even though they're not more likely to use drugs or sell them. And black inmates make up a disproportionate amount of the prison population.
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(I decided NOT TO INCLUDE THE SO-CALLED SHORT-ARTICLE OF WHY WAS MICHAEL BROWN SHOT because it had way too much obvious bullshit in it that was contradicted LIVE ON AIR BY THE FERGUSON POLICE THEMSELVES REPEATEDLY)
What did the investigations into the Michael Brown shooting conclude?
A grand jury investigated the August 9 death of Michael Brown and decided not to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting. The federal government also conducted its own investigations, ultimately deciding to not press civil rights charges against Wilson but finding systemic racial bias at the Ferguson Police Department.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, who had full control of the evidence presented to the grand jury,promised that "absolutely everything will be presented to the grand jury. Every scrap of paper that we have. Every photograph that was taken." City, county, and federal officials helped gather and submit evidence to the grand jury.
Protesters and experts criticized McCulloch's approach, which included presenting evidence he knew was false. Some experts speculated this approach was meant to flood the grand jury with too much evidence to obfuscate the case and make an indictment less likely. "The prosecutors didn't want to indict," former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin told CNN. "That's why they conducted it that way."
Grand juries can be easily manipulated by prosecutors like McCulloch to let cops escape trial. Prosecutors have full control of the evidence presented to grand jurors. But they also need to forge close ties with police officers to be successful at their everyday jobs, since law enforcement usually investigate the criminal cases they're working on. "They do work in the courts … everyday with police officers," Thomas Nolan, a criminologist at the Merrimack College of Massachusetts, said. "They forge professional relationships with them. Sometimes they have personal relationships with them."
The US Department of Justice also investigated whether the shooting violated Brown's civil rights, ultimately deciding to file no charges against Wilson. Prosecutors would have to find Wilsonwillfully violated Brown's rights — a very high legal bar — to press charges. But investigators found no credible evidence to contradict Wilson's claim that he legitimately feared for his life when he killed Brown.
The Justice Department also investigated the Ferguson Police Department as a whole, finding a pattern of racial bias and even examples of outright racism among local officials. For protesters, these findings were seen as vindicating — since they proved many of the racial disparities they claimed were prominent in local courts and police.
What did the Justice Department's investigation into the Ferguson Police Department find?
In a searing report released in March 2015, the US Department of Justice uncovered a pattern of racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department. And it argued that the disparities could only be explained, at least in part, by unlawful bias and stereotypes against African Americans.
The report noted that, although black people made up about 67 percent of Ferguson's population, 88 percent of documented uses of force by Ferguson police from 2010 to August 2014 were against African Americans. In the 14 police canine bite cases for which racial data was available, the people bitten were black.
There were similar racial disparities in traffic stops. From 2012 to 2014, 85 percent of people stopped, 90 percent of people who received a citation, and 93 percent of people arrested were black. Black drivers were more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to be searched during vehicle stops, but 26 percent less likely to have contraband.
Some people's interactions with police turned downright abusive, as the report described:
We spoke with one African-American man who, in August 2014, had an argument in his apartment to which FPD officers responded, and was immediately pulled out of the apartment by force. After telling the officer, "you don't have a reason to lock me up," he claims the officer responded: "N*****, I can find something to lock you up on." When the man responded, "good luck with that," the officer slammed his face into the wall, and after the man fell to the floor, the officer said, "don't pass out motherf****r because I'm not carrying you to my car."
The Justice Department also exposed at least seven racist jokes police and court officials exchanged over email, all of which were sent by employees and were apparently sent during work hours. One of the emails, from November 2008, said President Barack Obama won't be president for long because "what black man holds a steady job for four years." (Note; That this "joke" actually holds some weight because what Blackman wants to be up underneath THIS TYPE OF WHITE ABUSE FOR FOUR YEARS, where he will be paid LESS THAN HIS WORTH. Expected to work 4x's as hard as the worst White Employee and will never get the promotions and positions of power HE HONESTLY HAS EARNED. So there is some truth to this joke... from a certain point of view)
The Justice Department found no evidence that any of the police and court officials who engaged in these emails were ever disciplined, although the officials involved lost their jobs after the investigation's findings were released. The investigation also found no indication that any official asked the sender to stop sending such emails, or any proof that the emails were reported. "Instead, the emails were usually forwarded along to others," the report stated.
The emails show, as the Justice Department suggested, that at least some of the racial disparities in local law enforcement can be explained by outright racism.
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