This is a little late as I attended the Amnesty International General Assembly this weekend… lots of stuff going on – see below for our musts for this past week.
Must Watch
The policing of black bodies: Racial profiling for profit and the killing of Ferguson’s Mike Brown
The Lone Ranger was REAL & he was an African-American:
Amnesty International GA Plenary 3: Sustaining & Growing Our Movement
Amnesty International GA Plenary 2: Art for Amnesty: Gatekeepers of Truth
Must Read COPS: Collaborative Reform Initiative – An Assessment of Deadly Force in the Philadelphia Police Department from US Department of Justice Analysis of US DOJ report on Philadelphia Police Department:
- CPD stopped over 250.000 people – mostly black – without arrests last summer: ACLU
- Philadelphia Cops Shoot and Kill People at 6 Times the Rate of NYPD
- 10 Takeaways From the Department of Justice Report on Philly Police
- U.S. Justice Dept. finds Philly police don’t get enough training on use of deadly force
Responses to Deadline Article: Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Castings – About Time or Too Much of a Good Thing:
- Shonda Rhimes (And Everyone Else) Slams Deadline Piece on TV Diversity
- Dear Nellie Andreeva and Deadline, About Your Piece on Too Much “Ethnic Casting” on TV
Must See Hashtags
#HowToBringHumanRightsHome Tweets
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