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Tag Archives: #Beatbackthebullies
MICH. CITIZENS SUPPORT 2ND CHANCES FOR JUVENILE LIFERS; STATE, COUNTY PROSECUTORS INDUCE FEAR
The U.S. is the ONLY country in the world that sentences children to die in prison Michigan has the second highest number of juvenile lifers per capita among states in U.S. Michigan one of only 4 states to oppose retroactivity of … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #Blackkidslivesmatter, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #Breakdownthewalls, #FREECHARLESLEWISNOW, #FreeMichiganJuvenileLifersNOW, #MassIncarceration, #Michissippigoddam, #PrisonNation, #saveourchildren, #SchooltoPrisonPipeline
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AGAIN AND AGAIN: COLUMBUS, OHIO POLICE SHOOT, KILL BLACK 13-YR.OLD TYREE KING
Killer cop Brian Mason killed another individual in 2012 911 call specifies someone holding a gun on a “white dude” By German Lopez on September 15, 2016, 10:38 a.m. ET @germanrlopez http://www.vox.com/2016/9/15/12927168/tyree-king-columbus-police-shooting #TyreeKing, #TamirRice, #AiyanaJones, #JailRacistKillerCops, #CopsoutofBlackandpoorcommunities, #Beatbackthebullies, #BlackLivesMatter, #SaveOurChildren, #StandUpNow September … Continue reading
REMEMBER ATTICA! MICHIGAN’S KINROSS PRISONERS JOIN NATIONWIDE STRIKES, PROTESTS
VOD is publishing excerpts here detailing prisoner uprisings in Michigan’s own Kinross Correctional Facility, as well as Alabama, Texas, and Florida. The uprisings are a response to a call for a national prisoners’ strike on the 45th anniversary of the … Continue reading
FREE CHARLES LEWIS, WAYNE CO. JUVENILE LIFERS DYING IN PRISON; RALLY AT HEARING TUES. SEPT 6
“Free Charles Lewis Campaign” begins at hearing Sept. 6, 2016; hearing set for 10:30 AM, rally requested by Lewis set for 9 AM outside Frank Murphy County Pros. Kym Worthy says parole for ‘White Boy Rick” possible, but wants 41% of … Continue reading
WHAT IS ‘DPS COMMUNITY DISTRICT’ DOING FOR DETROIT’S SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
By Aurora Harris August 25, 2016 Posted By Aurora Harris to Detroit Parents With Special Ed Students at 8/25/2016 01:44:00 PM VOD editor’s note: The Detroit News reported Sept. 1 that the State School Reform Office released a report listing … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #BlackEducationMatters, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #DefendPublicEducation, #MoneyforEducationnotforBanks, #MoneyforEducationnotforwar, #SaveDPS, #saveourchildren, #SaveOurKids, #SpecialNeedsStudentsMatter, #StandUpNow, #StopSchoolClosings, #StoptheWaronBlackAmerica
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‘WE THE PEOPLE’ CRY GENOCIDE — DETROIT WATER SHUT-OFFS, FORECLOSURES ERASING BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS
Above: Performance by the “Flowtown Revue” at “Mapping the Water Crisis” book launch forum Aug. 14 Detroit residential water shut-offs skyrocket, 13,750 households from May to July–Detroit News “The destruction of our neighborhoods is not haphazard or arbitrary but deliberate … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #DAREA, #Detroit2Flint, #DETROITWATER, #Flintlivesmatter, #FlintWater, #kindawesome, #KWA, #mappingthewatercrisis, #monicalewispatrick, #OurWaterOurVote, #Right2Water, #SaveDetroit, #SaveFlint, #saveourchildren, #StandUpNow, #StopWaterShutoffsNOW, #WATERISLIFE
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GENOCIDE! STATE, S.A.D.O SUBJECT MICHIGAN JUVENILE LIFERS TO MORE ‘CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT’
U.S. Judge O’Meara dismisses motion challenging constitutionality of JLWOP state statutes; motion for reconsideration still pending Deadline of Aug. 24 looms for prosecutors’ motions on re-sentencing; they have re-recommended JLWOP for 80%; SADO cooperating as defense No transparency: Wayne Co. … Continue reading
MICHIGAN FREEDOM RIDERS PACK 6TH CIRCUIT IN CINCI TO OVERTURN ‘JIM CROW’ EM LAW PA 436
“Fifty-two percent of African-Americans in the state are under EM rule. The spirit of the Three/Fifths Compromise lives on in Michigan.”–Atty. Sanders Opponents of “Dictator Act” 436 came from Flint, Detroit, Pontiac, Cincinnati, among other locations Attorneys: justice will happen not in … Continue reading
TELFORD FIGHTS ATTACK; DETROIT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS RUNNING ‘SPEED’ SLATE ON NOV. BALLOT
11-member SPEED slate runs in Nov. Detroit Board of Ed elections Detroit News slams slate and Superintendent candidate Telford By Dr. John Telford Aug. 8, 2016 (VOD ed. note: Former DPS Superintendent Dr. David Snead endorsed this article wholeheartedly, sending it in … Continue reading
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Tagged #Beatbackthebullies, #BlackEducationMatters, #blacklivesmatter, #blacklivesmatterDetroit, #DefendPublicEducation, #MoneyforEducationnotforBanks, #MoneyforEducationnotforwar, #SaveDPS, #saveourchildren, #SaveOurKids, #StandUpNow, #StopSchoolClosings, #StoptheWaronBlackAmerica
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MICHIGAN FILES FOR JLWOP FOR 80% OF JUVENILE LIFERS; FED. COURT WANTS ALL PAROLE ELIGIBLE
Atty. Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative, whose own grandfather was killed by a group of teens, appears at the beginning of this video. He won U.S. Supreme Court rulings banning death sentences for juveniles, life without parole for … Continue reading
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