Tag: police violence
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The Impact of Police Violence is Far Reaching and Long Lasting
Last week I, as many others, looked for every update that could be found about Erica Garner. Horrified at the possibility of police violence claiming yet another victim. Hopeful that she would pull through. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
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Excusing the inexcusable: the perpetual violence of law enforcement officers
It just keeps happening. It’s like watching reruns of that same awful episode on TV, except while the storyline stays the same, the central characters change. Same story, different day, different family and community destroyed. Each time it happens it’s like another piece of your heart gets ripped out, another part of your soul gets…
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Our Humanity Is Worth More Than Their Bottom Line
We all know the stat…every 28 hours a Black person is killed at the hands of police, security, or vigilantes…and apparently, no one is culpable for those deaths except the victims themselves.
Jé G. Judson, PhD, MPH 