What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
A police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is charged with manslaughter, a district attorney says.
Tulsa shooting police officer charged – BBC News
She should be charged with the crime she committed: murder.
In fact these kind of crimes by officers should be treated as hate crimes.
There is no equivalence between the two candidates.
Robert Reich Has an Urgent Message About the Real Danger in this Election | Alternet
hmmm
“If one of your tellers took a handful of $20 bills out of the cash drawer, they’d probably be looking at criminal charges,” Warren tells the bank’s CEO.
hmmm
Internal documents obtained by STAT show the lengths to which Abbott Laboratories went to hook in doctors and make OxyContin a billion-dollar blockbuster.
Secret trove reveals Abbott’s bold ‘crusade’ to sell OxyContin
This! Gawdayumit! This!
No one should ever speak of addressing the opioid crisis without focusing on THIS!!!
A federal statute from the Carter era favors negotiation, but that can take a long time.
When an Old Law Makes It Hard to Fix a Troubled Jail | The Marshall Project
Sigh….
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is deciding whether details of a young woman’s sexual history should remain private after her rape and murder in a case that advocates say could mark the first time a state strips away key protections for victims.
New Hampshire Court Ponders Murder Victim’s Privacy – ABC News
Sigh…
“I do a lot of community service. I go out there and try to help kids and try to encourage them to be better and to aspire to more. And when you tell a kid, ‘When you’re dealing with police, just put your hands up and comply with everything.’ And there’s still a chance of them getting shot and no repercussions for anyone, that’s an unfortunate time to be living. It’s an unfortunate place to be in. There’s not a lot you can tell a kid. …And something needs to be done. And so when a guy takes a knee, you can ignore it. You can say, ‘He’s not being patriotic, he’s not honoring the flag.’ I’m doing none of those things. I’m saying — straight up — this is wrong, and we need to do something. So thank you guys, have a blessed day.”
Well, alright… Good on ya, Sherman!
Drew Magary wants a word with anyone who’s about to be on the wrong side of history.
If You Vote For Trump, Then Screw You | GQ
Sigh….
A state law enacted in July made police videos off limits to the public means details in Scott’s shooting could remain under wraps for a while.
Keith Lamont Scott Shooting: Why Viewing Bodycam Video Isn’t Easy Under New N.C. Law – NBC News
sigh…
Protesters gather at the scene of an officer-involved shooting after a family member in a viral video disputes police statement that the man was armed.
Oy!
The boat, said to be carrying 600 people, was carrying migrants from several African countries, the Egyptian authorities said.
Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Egypt, Killing at Least 29 – The New York Times
Sigh….
The group wrote to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Tuesday requesting an independent review, saying the fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines by an officer raises questions about policies…
hmmm
“In Tulsa, an unarmed man with his hands in the air. This is just unbearable. And it needs to be intolerable”
mmmhmmm
In throwing out the gun conviction of a man in Boston, the state SJC declared that black men who try to avoid an encounter with police by fleeing shouldn’t be deemed suspicious.
Mass. High Court Says Black Men May Have Legitimate Reason To Flee Police | WBUR News
Gawd-dayum right.
When solving math problems, blind people rely on the same brain areas as sighted people. But blind people also pull in parts of the brain that others use only for vision, scientists reported September 16 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
….However, the blind participants also tapped other “visual” brain areas that the sighted participants did not activate while performing calculations. This ability to repurpose brain areas that otherwise would be used for vision suggests that these regions are shaped by experience.
Blind People Use ‘Visual’ Brain Regions For Math | Popular Science
wild!
A fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man by a white officer has reopened fresh wounds in this city with a fraught history among African Americans, white residents and police officers.
Motherfucker.
Wrigley, the company that owns Skittles, stepped in to the furore by responding: “Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don’t feel it is an appropriate analogy”.
Donald Trump Jr tweet: ‘I’m a refugee’ says Skittles photographer – BBC News
sigh…..
A school cafeteria worker has quit over what she considers a “lunch shaming” policy in a Pennsylvania school district.
Penn. Public School Cafeteria Worker Quits in ‘Lunch Shaming’ « CBS Baltimore
Absolutely horrid
Source: Imgur
In two separate incidents, men looking to steal bags helped thwart a would-be terror bomber.
Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say – Chelsea – DNAinfo New York
Heh, wild!
“Unless you have a woman’s body, I don’t want to hear your opinion.”
Woman Tells Men To STFU About Abortion In 3 Glorious Sentences | Huffington Post
Heh
Researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer found that students remember more via taking notes longhand rather than on a laptop. It has to do with what happens when you’re forced to slow down.
Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say : NPR
Um, no shit Sherlock?
He did what police officers are supposed to do — put himself at risk to save a life.
West Virginia cop fired for not killing a man with an unloaded gun – The Washington Post
Backwards, it’s all just backwards. Our tax dollars facilitate fascist injustice and no one gives a shit enough to do anything about it so it is only going to get worse.
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