Category Archives: Gun-violence

Two NYPD cops get killed and ‘wartime’ police blame the protesters. Have we learned nothing? | Steven W Thrasher | Comment is free | The Guardian

Six years ago, I went for a run in New York City. I’d left my watch and phone at home, so when I saw two NYPD cops on a corner, I stopped and said, “Excuse me, officers, can you tell me the time?”

One officer reached for his gun, pulled it out of his holster, and – when he saw the terror in my eyes – started laughing.

“Just kidding,” the white cop said as he put away his gun. “Gotcha!”

He didn’t kill me, obviously. But I was going to die. What little faith I had in the most powerful police force in America died in that moment, too. I felt “social death” in the humiliation and shame of being too frightened to go back and get his badge number. I felt powerless when I tried to report the cop’s threat to a civilian accountability board and was told there was nothing they could do.

via Two NYPD cops get killed and ‘wartime’ police blame the protesters. Have we learned nothing? | Steven W Thrasher | Comment is free | The Guardian.

Gun control has turned Australia into a nation of defenceless victims, says nutcase Aussiessenator | Australia news | The Guardian

How many folks would be “carrying” in a candy store? What a fool to make such a foolish cruel remark!

Australia has been turned into a “nation of victims” by gun control laws, Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm believes.

He says this week’s Sydney cafe siege would have been less likely to happen if the gunman thought his hostages might be carrying concealed weapons.

“That nutcase who held them all hostage wouldn’t have known that they were armed and bad guys don’t like to be shot back at,” Senator Leyonhjelm told ABC radio on Thursday.

via Gun control has turned Australia into a nation of defenceless victims, says senator | Australia news | The Guardian.

The Taliban’s Massacre in Peshawar Must Be Its Last – NYTimes.com

Outside the main ward of the Lady Reading Hospital, where five teenage Muslim boys lay fighting for their lives, a Christian had come bearing roses.

“Cannot go inside!” said the officer in plain clothes.

“But these roses,” pleaded the Christian man.

“You may give these flowers to me,” said the officer. “Thank you.”

The officer turned to us. “The Christians have called off Christmas, you see,” he explained — in honor of the schoolchildren murdered here this week.

via The Taliban’s Massacre in Peshawar Must Be Its Last – NYTimes.com.

Police Union Gets Nasty With De Blasio: Don’t Attend Our Funerals, Mayor: Gothamist

I, “A-Hole Denier Abusive Fellow Officers,” as a New York City police officer, request that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito refrain from attending my funeral services in the event that I am killed in the line of duty. Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito’s consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer’s memory and sacrifice.

via Police Union Gets Nasty With De Blasio: Don’t Attend Our Funerals, Mayor: Gothamist.

Israeli forces arrest 8-year-old in East Jerusalem | Maan News Agency

 Israeli special forces on Wednesday detained an eight-year-old Palestinian in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, a local information center said.

Majdi Abbasi of the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said in a statement that Obeida Ayesh, eight, was arrested in the Ein al-Lawza area of the neighborhood.

Obeida’s mother was allowed to accompany him, Abbasi said.

There were no clashes going on in the area at the time of the arrest, he added.

According to a 2013 report by the UN children’s fund, Israel is the only country in the world where children were systematically tried in military courts, practicing “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.”

Over the past decade, UNICEF noted that Israel has detained “an average of two children each day.”

via Israeli forces arrest 8-year-old in East Jerusalem | Maan News Agency.

Louisiana Police Officer Shoots, Kills 14-Year-Old Honor Roll Student | The Free Thought Project

“He said ‘I’ve been shot,’ and the police came in and kept shooting him again. He was shot and defenseless. Why do you have to keep shooting?” she said

via Louisiana Police Officer Shoots, Kills 14-Year-Old Honor Roll Student | The Free Thought Project.

JBHCABHCGAWI = Just because he can and because he thinks he can get away with it!

 

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Photos from last night’s massive Ferguson protest in NYC that shut down three bridges.

No justice. No peace. What now? #FergusonNext

“Property damage and looting have been the most effective tools of social progress for white people in America.” – Ta-Nehisi Coates

What Ferguson says about the fear of social media.

via Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet.

125 Photos From Last Night’s Massive Traffic-Blocking Ferguson Protest In NYC: Gothamist

You don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind in blowing!

Several thousand protesters dispersed across the city to shut down access to the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges, the entrances to the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, and portions of the FDR and West Side Highways, venting their rage at a grand jury’s decision not to indict Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in the slaying of 18-year-old Michael Brown. “I had hope, I still had hope in our county and in our legal system,” 18-year-old Barnard student Stephanie Rothermel said as she marched down Flatbush Avenue. “But I guess that’s a stupid thing to have.”

via 125 Photos From Last Night’s Massive Traffic-Blocking Ferguson Protest In NYC: Gothamist.

BBC News – Underwear protest: Mexican farmers take to the streets

Mexican farmers have held a demonstration in their underwear to protest against alleged abuse of power by three former state governors.

The group would like to see former Veracruz governors, Dante Delgado, Patricio Chirinos and Miguel Aleman brought to trial for what they claim to be violations of civil rights.

via BBC News – Underwear protest: Mexican farmers take to the streets.