Posts Tagged ‘policy’
Driving While Black in New Jersey (Documentary)
June 1, 2016
A new report from Seton Hall Law School Center for Policy & Research has found that in the majority-white municipality of Bloomfield, New Jersey, nearly 80 percent of traffic tickets are issued to African American and Latino drivers.
The report also found that most tickets were issued to non-resident minority drivers passing through town, suggesting a “de facto border patrol” policing policy is in effect.
The Bloomfield Police Department — which has begun collecting data on the race of drivers in traffic stops as of January 2016 — rejects the report’s findings.
VICE News reports on Seton Hall’s methodology and on the experience of minority drivers in Bloomfield.
Please note that in this video, Lakisha Finkelstein’s name was misspelled as Latisha Finkelstein.
READ: UNCOVERING RACIAL PROFILING IN BLOOMFIELD, NJ (SETON HALL)
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Yasiin Bey – “No Colonial Fiction”
November 20, 2015
Shout out to the family of Tamir Rice… Young blood is flowing… but school’s closing.
– Yasiin Bey
Bey speaking truth and love with guts. Sending blessings to the family, but keeping the light on the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice by police in Cleveland (Ohio, USA) last year. Let the pain move you to DO SOMETHING like the song says. Check out Yasiin’s interview and strong commentary on Tamir, misplaced Muslim hate and more after the jump.
Posted in Activism, Hip-Hop, Interview, Music, Progressive | Tags: A Country Called Earth, Abuse of authority, abuse of power, ACCE, Conflict, Government, Hate, Immigration, isis, islamophobia, NO Colonial Fiction, Police brutality, policy, Refugees, Syria, TAMIR RICE, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Yasiin Bey | No Comments »
What Does ‘Gender Parity’ Mean? Women ‘Go Topless’ and Demonstrate in NYC (Video) [NSFW]
May 21, 2013
Above: Video of the ‘2012 Go Topless Day Rally’ In New York City. Started in 2007, the celebration and protest actually pushes an agenda of equal rights for the sexes in another way. Simply put, a breast is a breast – be it male or female. In fact, for the NYPD, ‘breast exposure is not considered public lewdness, indecent exposure, or disorderly conduct.’ In fact, the New York cops have been instructed to protect topless protesters like others marching for rights.
Gotta love America. Top(less) to bottom! Watch the [Not Safe For Work] video after the jump.
READ THE ENTIRE WRITE-UP FROM POLICY MIC HERE.
– @ojones1
Posted in Human Interest, Politics, Videos | Tags: equal rights, free your breasts, Gender Parity, Go Topless, New York, nudity, NYPD, Police, policy, Protest, Rally, Topless Women in Public Not Breaking the Law | No Comments »
