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BrownTown again invites Hannah Linsky (she/her), vintage stylist, seller, educator, and liver and breather of all things fashion to unpack the politics of dress. In part 2, the friends go macro and discuss fashion within current and historical social movements and its impact on policy and popular culture. From Scottish Resistance to the Black Panthers to Iran's Hijab Protest Movement and everything in between, we understand that dress communicates strong cultural messages. Though often created out of specific contexts, these stylings last generations, travel across cultures, and make us investigate our notions of respectability, autonomy, and mobilization. “If fashion resists power, it is also a compelling form of it,” (Tansy Hoskins). Listen to Episode 85, Part 1! GUEST: Hannah Linsky is a vintage stylist, seller, occasional model and avid collector. She lives and breathes fashion and loves playing dress up almost as much as she loves talking fashion. She is a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her Master's in Art Education. Her work Revolutionary Dress (site, Instagram) centers around examining historical movements through the lens of dress."Past social and political movements provide a basis for conversations about race, class, gender, sexuality, ability and culture, while dress acts as a vehicle to move the conversations from past events to the personal, present and future. Learning about the power of dress in historical movements allows for a wide range of new material to supplement common subjects already covered in educational spaces. It opens up space for discussions about social structures, culture and self-reflection."  -RevDress Mentioned in episode:Hoda Katebi's Work -- Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Websiteon WGN-TV,  "You don't sound American"on France's hijab ban and the Iran hijab protests (1, 2)2016: Beyoncé at 2016 Super Bowl and #RememberRekia Action in ChicagoNWA, Los Angeles Raiders, and the Straight Outta LA documentary (1, 2, 3)SoapBox's What's Beef? documentary on neoliberalism, gangsta rap, and NWAMexican RebozoPunk Attitude documentary and Pistol TV Miniseries CREDITS: Intro soundbite from Hoda Katebi on WGN-TV. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Hannah Linsky. --Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support

Diamond Sharp's Super Sad Black Girl is a love letter to her hometown of Chicago, where the speaker finds solace and community with her literary idols in hopes of answering the question: What does it look like when Black women are free?Lorraine Hansberry and Gwendolyn Brooks appear throughout these poems, counseling the speaker as she navigates her own depression and exploratory questions about the “Other Side,” as do Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, and other Black women who have been murdered by police. Sharp's poetry is self-assured, playful, and imaginative, reminiscent of Langston Hughes with its precision and brevity. The book explores purgatorial, in-between spaces that the speaker occupies as she struggles to find a place and time where she can live safely and freely. With her skillful use of repetition, particularly in her series of concrete poems, lines and voices echo across the book so the reader, too, feels suspended within Sharp's lyric moments. Super Sad Black Girl is a compassionate and ethereal depiction of mental illness from a promising and powerful poet.Join us for this livestream of the in-person book launch event for Super Sad Black Girl with Diamond Sharp, Eve Ewing, Raych Jackson and Jamila Woods. -------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Diamond Sharp is a poet and essayist from Chicago. Super Sad Black Girl is her debut collection of poems. Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: the poetry collections Electric Arches and 1919, the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, and most recently a novel for young readers, Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. Rachel “Raych” Jackson is a writer, educator and performer. Her poems have gained over 2 million views on YouTube. She is the 2017 NUPIC Champion and a 2017 Pink Door fellow. Jackson recently voiced 'DJ Raych' in the Jackbox game, Mad Verse City. She voices Tiffany in Battu, an upcoming animation recently picked up by Cartoon Network. Her latest play, “Emotions & Bots”, premiered at the Woerdz Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. Jamila Woods is a Chicago-bred singer/songwriter and award-winning poet whose inspirations include Gwendolyn Brooks and Toni Morrison. Following the 2016 release of her debut album HEAVN, Woods received critical acclaim for her singular sound that is both rooted in soul and wholly modern. Her 2019 sophomore release LEGACY! LEGACY! featured 12 tracks named after writers, thinkers, and visual artists who have influenced her life and work. She is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet and co-editor of BreakBeat Poets: Black Girl Magic (2018). Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/W_yl0SZR050 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

On the final episode of Season 1, the 1ME crew talks with two of the leaders of the remarkable Chicago Torture Justice Center, an experiment born from the first police torture reparations victory in the history of the United States. Survivors and their families fought for decades for access to the trauma-informed resources and politicized healing support that the Center now offers. CTJC Community Organizer Mark Clements and Co-Executive Director Aislinn Pulley discuss the birth of the center, expanding definitions of repair and reparation, and what healing looks like for survivors of torture by the Chicago Police Department. SHOW NOTES Support the Survivor Repair Fund - https://www.chicagotorturejustice.org/repairfund Listen to CTJC Event Series from May 2021 - https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/chicago-torture-justice-center Learn more about CTJC - https://www.chicagotorturejustice.org/ We Charge Genocide - http://wechargegenocide.org/ Damo Day - http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2015/05/20/we-do-this-for-damo/ Rekia Boyd - https://exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames/feature/rekia-boyd Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. - https://twitter.com/chairmanfredjr1?lang=en People's Law Office - https://peopleslawoffice.com/ Jane Elliot - https://janeelliott.com/ Prentis Hemphill - https://prentishemphill.com/ Generative Somatics - https://generativesomatics.org/about-us/ Subscribe to 1ME - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-million-experiments/id1589966282

On the final episode of Season 1, the 1ME crew talks with two of the leaders of the remarkable Chicago Torture Justice Center, an experiment born from the first police torture reparations victory in the history of the United States. Survivors and their families fought for decades for access to the trauma-informed resources and politicized healing support that the Center now offers. CTJC Community Organizer Mark Clements and Co-Executive Director Aislinn Pulley discuss the birth of the center, expanding definitions of repair and reparation, and what healing looks like for survivors of torture by the Chicago Police Department. SHOW NOTES Support the Survivor Repair Fund - https://www.chicagotorturejustice.org/repairfund Listen to CTJC Event Series from May 2021 - https://soundcloud.com/airgoradio/sets/chicago-torture-justice-center Learn more about CTJC - https://www.chicagotorturejustice.org/ We Charge Genocide - http://wechargegenocide.org/ Damo Day - http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2015/05/20/we-do-this-for-damo/ Rekia Boyd - https://exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames/feature/rekia-boyd Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. - https://twitter.com/chairmanfredjr1?lang=en People's Law Office - https://peopleslawoffice.com/ Jane Elliot - https://janeelliott.com/ Prentis Hemphill - https://prentishemphill.com/ Generative Somatics - https://generativesomatics.org/about-us/ Subscribe to 1ME - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-million-experiments/id1589966282

https://www.dcpofficial.com/rekiaboyd Rekia Boyd was shot and killed by un-uniformed officer Dante Servin, while she was with a group of young people in an alleyway across from Douglass Park on the West Side of Chicago. Though Rekia's family pressed charges they ran into some consequential challenges when the judge discovered a technicality in the case. CALL TO ACTION Check out Women's All Point's Bulletin http://www.thewapb.org/ Move to have more states push for Qualified Immunity Names of the Fallen mentioned in this episode LaTanya Haggerty Trayvon Martin Breonna Taylor George Floyd Rekia Boyd CREDITS Special thanks to Host: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert Executive Producers: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert Edited & Sound Design: Byron Hunt Producers: Heather Johnson, Ryan Woodhall and Mike DuBose Associate Producers: Quinton Hill Content Distribution: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://www.dcpofficial.com/rekiaboyd On March 21st, 2012 Rekia Boyd affectionately known as Strawberry or Kia, encountered un-uniformed officer Dante Servin, while she was with a group of young people in an alleyway across from Douglass Park on the West Side of Chicago. The officer was known for being hostile to those living in the community. The officer pulled up to the group, words were exchanged and the officer opened fire, shooting Antonio Cross in the hand and shooting Rekia in the back of her head. We learn about Rekia's goals and aspirations, what she loved to do and how much big brother Martinez advocated for her in life and in her tragic death. CALL TO ACTION Check out Women's All Point's Bulletin http://www.thewapb.org/ Move to have more states push for Qualified Immunity WARNING Chime #1 :36:59 (skip ahead 30 seconds) Martinez -I came in from a bike ride at about 6:30 in the morning, um, on March 21st. So coming from this bike ride I was like forget it, you know, I felt good, I'm gonna do some sit ups, do some push ups, I felt like Rocky, you know, I'm going at it. And it's the story on TV, this doctor just talking, they just got this just playing on TV. 21, I mean, 22 year old woman shot in the head, 39 year old man shot in the hand. So I kept seeing it, every channel. And I'm like Rikia 22. Chime #2 00:40:45 (skip ahead 2 min) Martinez . the officer pulls up, you know, and they exchange words and like man I ain't got no drugs for your crack head ass, get the hell on out of here and that's when the officer starts shooting, you know. :... he shot Antonio in the hand and shot Rekia in the back of the head as she was running. Uh, then like, um, seen a little video, of course all the cameras all of a sudden don't work around there but the police they end up coming like 30 seconds after. And as they coming down the street you see Antonio, you just see a white shirt with blood on it, Antonio. So he come up to the car, he point down the way, police, they ride down to what officer was that. You see him about to get in the car, he turn around, look at the police car, grabbed his phone, act like he calling it in. They n- never detained him, they let him tamper with evidence because he shot inside the car. , Antonio, like man, I have the phone up to my ear, so when he let the shot go, you know, he was shooting for my face 'cause it, the shot hit him in his hand, you know, so, uh, he was gunning for the head. Rekia I don't, I don't think she was next to him but she started running across the alley. [inaudible 01:17:13] say me and her started running. She said whenever we in danger we always check for each other [inaudible 01:17:18] you good, Rekia you good, whatever. She say, you know, I ran across the alley here behind the tree and I turned around looking for Rekia and like, and I called her name and then I looked down and she's laying in the alley. , supposedly he shot five times, Um, and, a bullet may have ricocheted off of a pole and hit his car. Right? His own bullet may have ricocheted off the pole and hit his car. t and the bullet ricocheted in her head. Right? So it didn't go in and come out. It went in and just ricocheted through her head. Yeah. Awful. Awful. CREDITS Special thanks to Host: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert Executive Producers: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert Edited & Sound Design: Byron Hunt Producers: Heather Johnson, Ryan Woodhall and Mike DuBose Associate Producers: Quinton Hill Content Distribution: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Wong continues his conversation with Raven about the Chicago police and how they weaponize tensions between ethnic and immigrant groups to maintain their hold on power. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Christopher Wong sits down with Raven, a Chicago journalist, to discuss the cops' murder of Rekia Boyd and how the cop who murdered her trained death squads. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

After two police killings, Black millennial organizers challenge a Chicago administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents. Told through the lens of Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionist leaders, UNAPOLOGETIC is a deep and insightful look into the Movement for Black Lives, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The release of UNAPOLOGETIC serves as a nod to Black August, an annual commemoration to remember Black freedom fights and political prisoners, highlighting Black resistance against racial oppression. Notable historical moments include the March on Washington (1963), the Haitian Revolution (1791), and Nat Turner's Rebellion (1831). The film captures tensions between a police board led by Lori Lightfoot (now Chicago Mayor) and abolitionist organizers at Chicago Police Department Headquarters. Director Ashley O'Shay joins us for a conversation on why she chose to follow Janae and Bella, her abiding commitment to a historically crucial moment in the American experiment and why the voice of Black women are uniquely qualified to play a critical role in our collective future. For news, screenings and updates go to: unapologeticfilm.com

Say Their Name returns with season 2 on January 3rd!This Season we have more stories and unique perspectives from families, as we focus in on the families of women who have been impacted by police violence.We honor the lives and families of Miriam Carey, Korryn Gaines, John Horton, Stephon Clark, Bettie Jones, Rekia Boyd, Pamela Turner, Sean Bell & William Green Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filmmaker Ashley O'Shay spent more than four years following Janae Bonsu and Bella BAHHS as they led protests and organized demonstrations following the police killings of Rekia Boyd and Laquan McDonald. Her new documentary “Unapologetic” explores these two women's activism and the movement for Black lives they helped organize here in Chicago. But it wasn't just moments behind the megaphone that O'Shay was able to document. She also captured birthday parties, family visits, recording sessions, and academic seminars — Intimate moments that helped shape these women and their activism.  Guest: Ashley O'Shay; filmmaker @ashley_oshay Where to watch "Unapologetic" Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm

When Bella BAHHS speaks, host Jacoby Cochran listens. The multi-disciplinary artist and activist is one of the main subjects in the new documentary “Unapologetic,” which follows young Black organizers in Chicago following the police killing of Rekia Boyd. She also recently released “Acres of Ancestry,” a deeply personal virtual performance. Guest: Bella BAHHS (@bellabahhs) Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm

Laquan McDonald. Rekia Boyd. Emmett Till. Reset talks with their families to get thoughts on the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

This episode is a call to action to remember and create change. The anniversary date of Breonna Taylor's death, March 13, 2020 is tomorrow. Let's not forget that justice still has not been served for so many.   Say Their Names: Breonna Taylor George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Ahmaud Arbery, Aiyana Jones, Trayvon Martin, Rekia Boyd, Nina Pop, Oscar Grant, Philando Castile, Michael Brown, Alton Sterling, Botham Jean, Laquan McDonald, Tarika Wilson, Walter Scott, Amadou Diallo, Tanisha Anderson, Tony McDade

The next few episodes follow a theme. Here at Unlearn Relearn we have noticed that no matter the topic discussed, we keep coming back to a common underlying root of the problem. That root stems from the pervasive and destructive nature of an unregulated disastrous form of capitalism. In this episode, we take a look at how the dangerous effects of climate change are further exacerbated by local, state, and federal government inaction at best and willful neglect at worst. Climate Change makes storms, hurricanes, fires, and flooding worse. Add that to government policy that doesn't begin to address the need and solve the problem and what you get is a national emergency that quickly turns into a national tragedy. From flooding in Gulf states due to hurricanes to fires in California made worse by government neglect to snow storms in Texas that leave millions without power and some to literally freeze to death, We see in case after case that the most vulnerable, poor and working class, bear the brunt of the effects of both the weather event and the aftermath of government inaction and corporate greed. These are conversations that we need to have so that we may begin the process of re-imagining what our world can and should look like and then working to elect politicians that will enact this change. We also say the names of our fallen this week, Rekia Boyd, Joshua Cole Cooper, and Anderson Retic AND We highlight two organizations doing great work in their communities, Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union Local 338 and Joycelyn Longdon with Climate In Color. Happy Black History Month. Let's make it a Black History Year. Don't stop learning or doing the work. Welcome to March 2021. Please take care of yourself. Tell someone you care about that you care about them. Offer a smile, you never know what others are going through. And be kind and easy on yourself. Support our efforts and help us grow so we can bring you even better content Cash App: $UnlearnRelearnPod. Like, Follow, Share and Subscribe. And as always thanks so much for hanging out with us as we unlearn the BS and relearn the good stuff. 1. Retail Wholesale Department Store Union - Attempting to unionize Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama. @local338 https://www.rwdsu.info/in_alabama_workers_at_amazon_warehouse_are_poised_for_union_vote 2. Joycelyn Longdon--Founder of Climate in Color, 22yo, a platform at the intersection of climate and social justice with the aim of making climate conversation more diverse, accessible, and informative @climateincolour GoFundMe for the families of Anderson Retic and Jaylin Rice https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-the-families-of-anderson-retic-and-jaylin-rice?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet Music Credit: 'Low Frequency Music' Track Name: 'Good Day' Music By: Low Frequency Music @ https://soundcloud.com/user-551516820 Official "Low Frequency Music" YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wilson-megan/message

Two young lives gone, and two groups of people that witnessed their friend's last moments.  Listen to find out how Rekia Boyd and Randolph Evans came face to face with the police officers that ended their lives.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hudspod)

We know you missed us but the wait is over. Keith and Victoria are joined this week by Aliya, a millennial marketing professional and owner of Light. Event Space (@lighteventspace) in Atlanta. Catching up on the weekend happenings, Victoria further solidifies her auntie status and Keith shares his most recent protest experience. They discuss the current state of corona and the fact that a lot of y’all still don’t care (see y’all in 2021...maybe). Kanye apparently has a deal with GAP and it really doesn’t make sense. They run through a bunch of cases of white people doing everything except what Black people are asking for. NoName came for Beyoncé, did she go too far? A discussion brews over Victoria’s recent contemplation of justice - what it is, what it ain’t and what it could be. A few other topics sprinkled in here and there because you know how it goes. Go ahead and hit play, it’s the right thing to do. Thank you again to Aliya for joining this week. Please don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe. We love y’all. OPENING SONG: CAN'T DENY IT - FABOLOUS FEAT. NATE DOGG CLOSING SONG: I'M ON THE WAY - PRODUCEDBYLON      

We know you missed us but the wait is over. Keith and Victoria are joined this week by Aliya, a millennial marketing professional and owner of Light. Event Space (@lighteventspace) in Atlanta. Catching up on the weekend happenings, Victoria further solidifies her auntie status and Keith shares his most recent protest experience. They discuss the current state of corona and the fact that a lot of y’all still don’t care (see y’all in 2021...maybe). Kanye apparently has a deal with GAP and it really doesn’t make sense. They run through a bunch of cases of white people doing everything except what Black people are asking for. NoName came for Beyoncé, did she go too far? A discussion brews over Victoria’s recent contemplation of justice - what it is, what it ain’t and what it could be. A few other topics sprinkled in here and there because you know how it goes. Go ahead and hit play, it’s the right thing to do. Thank you again to Aliya for joining this week. Please don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe. We love y’all. OPENING SONG: CAN'T DENY IT - FABOLOUS FEAT. NATE DOGG CLOSING SONG: I'M ON THE WAY - PRODUCEDBYLON      

We know you missed us but the wait is over. Keith and Victoria are joined this week by Aliya, a millennial marketing professional and owner of Light. Event Space (@lighteventspace) in Atlanta. Catching up on the weekend happenings, Victoria further solidifies her auntie status and Keith shares his most recent protest experience. They discuss the current state of corona and the fact that a lot of y'all still don't care (see y'all in 2021...maybe). Kanye apparently has a deal with GAP and it really doesn't make sense. They run through a bunch of cases of white people doing everything except what Black people are asking for. NoName came for Beyoncé, did she go too far? A discussion brews over Victoria's recent contemplation of justice - what it is, what it ain't and what it could be. A few other topics sprinkled in here and there because you know how it goes. Go ahead and hit play, it's the right thing to do. Thank you again to Aliya for joining this week. Please don't forget to like, comment, share and subscribe. We love y'all. OPENING SONG: CAN'T DENY IT - FABOLOUS FEAT. NATE DOGG CLOSING SONG: I'M ON THE WAY - PRODUCEDBYLON      

Ep. 13 - All You Need To Do Is StandUp & #SayHerName :: BREONNA TAYLOR. AIYANA STANLEY-JONES. SANDRA BLAND. REKIA BOYD. ATATIANA "TAY" JEFFERSON. KORRYN GAINES. JANISHA FONVILLE. KATHRYN JOHNSTON. MEAGAN HOCKADAY. CHARLEENA LYLES. ALEXIA CHRISTIAN. TANISHA ANDERSON. PEARLIE GOLDEN. MICHELLE CUSSEAUX. ELEANOR BUMPUS. INDIA KOGER. ALESIA THOMAS. SONJI TAYLOR. MIRIAM CAREY. MYA HALL. NATASHA MCKENNA. KYAM LIVINGSTON. ALTERIA WOODY. GERALDINE TOWNSEND. KAYLA MOORE. SHELLY FREY. #SAYHERNAME --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gegcrew/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gegcrew/support

We know you missed us but the wait is over. Keith and Victoria are joined this week by Aliya, a millennial marketing professional and owner of Light. Event Space (@lighteventspace) in Atlanta. Catching up on the weekend happenings, Victoria further solidifies her auntie status and Keith shares his most recent protest experience. They discuss the current state of corona and the fact that a lot of y’all still don’t care (see y’all in 2021...maybe). Kanye apparently has a deal with GAP and it really doesn’t make sense. They run through a bunch of cases of white people doing everything except what Black people are asking for. NoName came for Beyoncé, did she go too far? A discussion brews over Victoria’s recent contemplation of justice - what it is, what it ain’t and what it could be. A few other topics sprinkled in here and there because you know how it goes. Go ahead and hit play, it’s the right thing to do. Thank you again to Aliya for joining this week. Please don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe. We love y’all. OPENING SONG: CAN'T DENY IT - FABOLOUS FEAT. NATE DOGG CLOSING SONG: I'M ON THE WAY - PRODUCEDBYLON --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thankgodforthegroupchat/message

While we stand for justice, dignity and honor of the black life all too often the names of black women senselessly murdered by law enforcement are glazed over. We have a duty and responsibility  as Black women and hosts of a podcast that advocate and amplify the voices of black women to bring awareness and shed light  on the sisters who are no longer with us. We will always and forever SAY HER NAME.  Rekia Boyd Boyd was born on November 5, 1989, in Chicago, Illinois. She moved with her family from Chicago’s Southside to Dolton, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. On March 21, 2012, Boyd was hanging out with friends at Douglas Park on Chicago’s West Side at a party listening to music while having a few drinks.  Around 1:00 am,  22 year old Boyd and some of her friends walk to a nearby cornerstore. Around that same time, Servin who was just finishing his shift on his second job was off duty, heading to a fast food restaurant for a hamburger. Servin drove to Douglas Park after a citizen called police about a noise complaint. Servin saw Boyd and her friends and later claimed they were arguing in an alley.  Whether Servin calmly approached Boyd and her friends or was rude and aggressive is still debated. One of Boyd’s friends, Antonio Cross, claimed that Servin attempted to buy drugs from the group. When Cross told Servin to “get his Crackhead ass out of here,” Servin pulled a gun, stuck it out of the window of his car and fired into the group, hitting Boyd in the head.  She was instantly killed and Cross was wounded in the hand. After the shooting, the Chicago Police Department defended Servin’s actions and arrested Cross. The Police Department claimed that Servin had discharged his weapon after Cross had approached him with a gun.  Upon investigation it was discovered that Cross was holding a cellphone. In November 2013, Servin was charged with involuntary manslaughter but was cleared of all charges two years later on April 20, 2015, by Judge Dennis J. Porter following a non-jury trial. On November 24, 2015, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy called for Dante Servin to be fired by the Chicago Police Board.  On May 17, 2016, Servin resigned from the police force. The city of Chicago also paid $4.5 million to the Boyd family. Boyd’s death at the hands of Chicago Police Officer Dante Servin would help inspire the Black Lives Matter movement. "They don’t talk about women that much when they get killed by the police. They barely talk about women. Why is that? It’s crazy, because you see that even in death, women play the second role."                                                               - Martinez Sutton, Rekia Boyd’s brother  Yvette Smith On the 16th of January 2014, mother of 3 Yvette Smith was shot in her friend’s home by Daniel Willis, the officer coming to settle a disturbance.. She was seemingly trying to act as a peacemaker during a dispute between a father and a son that involved a gun. She called 911 about half an hour after midnight. When Bastrop County police arrived at the house, at least one of the men was in the front yard and the worst of the disturbance had seemed to be over. The disagreement was settled before the officers arrived. The owner of the home Mr. Willie Thomas was outside when police arrived The officers issued verbal commands for the other occupants to exit the property. Yvette Smith was shot three seconds after the door was opened as shown by body camera footage. She was shot twice by the deputy sheriff’s with his personal AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle. The officers claimed she threatened them with a gun despite no weapons being found within the home. The dispatcher claimed the opposite and Thomas said it was false information. In April 2016 Daniel Willis, a former Texas police deputy, was found not guilty of murder. The family filed for wrongful death suit and settled with 1.22 million in compensation. However, Daniel Willis still walks a free man who killed an innocent unarmed black woman. The case raised broad issues about police accountability and questions about police recruiting standards and the general conduct of the sheriff’s department.    Shantel Davis On June 14, 2012, Shantel Davis, a 23-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot by New York City,  New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Phil Atkins. She was unarmed, and her death occurred while the national discussion of police brutality was gaining publicity in the wake of similar killings. That debate led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter Movement  the following year. Two plainclothes police officers saw Davis driving erratically and pursued her vehicle. Once her car came to a stop after colliding with a minivan, the officers got out of their car and approached on foot. Davis opened her passenger side door, knocking one officer to the ground. She then got back into the driver’s seat. Believing that Davis was trying to drive away, and with the car moving backwards, Detective Phil Atkins reached into her car and tried to shift it into park. While they struggled for control, Atkins shot her once in the chest. When the officers asked her to exit the car, she stumbled out while bleeding profusely onto the pavement in front of a large crowd. One witness, George Ricketts, said that Davis cried out that she didn’t want to die, and a woman attempted to comfort her. Despite paramedics’ attempts to revive her, Davis was later pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital. According to East Flatbush residents, the officer who killed Davis had a history of brutality.  At the time of her death, her friends and family said that Shantel was trying to get her GED and turn her life around. While police alleged that Davis had been trying to escape when she was shot, several witnesses stated that she was trapped behind an airbag and was not attempting to get away.  In 2017, Shantel’s family reports that there have been no investigations into her death or the officer who killed her, despite multiple attempts to follow up with the Brooklyn District Attorney office.     Atatiana Jefferson Atatiana Jefferson, had been up late playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew, in her final moments leading up to her fatal shot by an officer, Aaron Y. Dean, who was standing in her backyard with a flashlight and a gun. He would go on to resign two days later, hours before the police chief had planned to fire him. Jefferson who was 28 at the time of her death, graduated from Louisiana's Xavier University in 2014 with a degree in biology and worked in the field of pharmaceutical equipment sales. She was planning and saving for medical school. Atatiana was a loving aunt who would play basketball and video games with her nephews, and recently moved in with her mother to care for her as she had health problems. Her (mother) learned about her daughter’s shooting while in a hospital. In the moments leading up to the shooting, one of Ms. Jefferson’s neighbors, called a nonemergency line at 2:23 a.m. on Saturday to check on the safety of the residents after spotting the door open. Two officers responding to the call parked a block away from Ms. Jefferson’s house before unlatching a fence door and entering the backyard. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Jefferson told her nephew she heard someone outside moments before the shooting, so she got her handgun from her purse and pointed it out a window. Dean, who never identified himself as a police officer despite yelling for Jefferson to put her hands up, according to the affidavit, fired through the window, killing Jefferson. As previously stated, Aaron Dean resigned before he could be fired. He was arrested and in December 2019 he was indicted by the Texas grand jury for murder, however the trial has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. "My God, I was so happy to know that the man that shot and killed my daughter is going to be indicted for murder," said Yolanda Carr, Jefferson's mother. She went on to say that "Justice was served on that part, but I know we got a long way to go," "I'm so glad that they finally indicted that man on murder because he murdered my baby."  

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Police Brutality needs to end, white supremacy needs to end, anti blackness needs to end ...Justice must be served... we are done. something needs to change George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Amadou Diallo, Rodney King and the countless others....

Just what you need, another white man giving his opinion on society, sadly, not in a pickup truck.   I do try to give a unique perspective,  TLDR: This was an insanely fucked up situation, our policing system is broken, the reactions we have seen are understandable, but maybe not productive, and police is something people of all races should fear.   Post Script:  I fell into a trap that I did not want to, and I wish I had mentioned other names of police brutality, not just the super famous ones, Breonna Taylor should be alive today, so should Rekia Boyd, and Brendon Glenn.  I would write some others but I already googled the last one and I think that is cheating.  I don't even know most of these names, there are to damn many.   Email: Lou.Uhler@gmail.com Tweet: twitter.com/cf97louis Facebook: Facebook.com/Lou.Uhler

Police Brutality needs to end, white supremacy needs to end, anti blackness needs to end ...Justice must be served... we are done. something needs to change George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Amadou Diallo, Rodney King and the countless others....

10.15.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: VA Lt Gov Fairfax speaks out after filing a 400 million dollar lawsuit against CBS; Cop who killed Atatiana Jefferson posts bail; The cop who murdered Rekia Boyd wants his criminal record erased; Word Network owner Kevin Adell responds to calls for a boycott; Black and Latino people make up 86% of juveniles charged as adults over the past 10 years; Trump has yet to condemn the doctored video showing him killing journalists and his political rivals. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the experience of a lifetime, delivering top-notch music in an upscale destination. The weekend-long event is held at the Omnia Dayclub Los Cabos, which is nestled on the Sea of Cortez in the celebrity playground of Los Cabos, Mexico. For more information visit the website at lifeluxejazz.com. Can't make it to Los Cabos for the Life Luxe Jazz Fest? Get your live stream pass at https://gfntv.com/ - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: 420 Real Estate, LLC To invest in 420 Real Estate’s legal Hemp-CBD Crowdfunding Campaign go to http://marijuanastock.org - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Ebony Foundation | Home by the Holiday Home by the Holiday aims to reunite Black and Latino families separated by bail, while challenging racial injustice and mass incarceration. For more info visit https://www.homebytheholiday.com/

Show Notes Episode #161: “What Kind of White Nonsense Is This?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe is accused of virtue signaling until people discovered he lacks any. On the show we talk about why White Folks are so quick to call 911 on Black People. (Hint: They are Black.) Along the way we discuss why White People are so quick to call the police for EVERYTHING! (Their dog looked at me funny officer!) We examine the long history caucasian passive aggression (Witch Hunt!) and Cookout do's and don'ts. (Do: Bring a bottle of brown liquor, don't go back for seconds before everyone else has a chance to eat.) Then we get down in the weeds and explain why Black people are uncomfortable around the police in a way White people can identify with. (You could say we Whitesplain it.) Our Sponsor this week is 9-1-2, it's like 911 for petty shit you call 911 about,. We open the show with KevOnStage explaining cookout etiquette and close Z-Flo signing about White People. Show Music: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/david-bledsoe-4 www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Citations Needed Slow Golfing While Black https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/28/golf-club-twice-called-police-after-black-women-told-they-were-playing-too-slow/561206002/ Starbuck While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Air BnBing While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/airbnb-black-women-police.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article House Inspecting While Black https://www.theroot.com/white-woman-called-the-cops-on-black-real-estate-agent-1826044836 Yaling While Black https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/yale-black-student-nap.html?action=click&module=Intentional&pgtype=Article Harvarding While Black http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063001356.html Why White People Call the Police and Black People Don't https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/when-calling-the-police-is-a-privilege/558608/ Same Cops, Different Worlds https://www.propublica.org/article/yes-black-america-fears-the-police-heres-why The Names John Crawford, Rekia Boyd, Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sean Bell, Abner Louima, Tamir Rice, Philandro Castile, or Stefon Clark. Double Standard Much https://www.propublica.org/article/deadly-force-in-black-and-white Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

​Page and Monica sit with their dear friend, researcher, writer, advocate, activist, and organizer, Andrea Ritchie, to talk about her brand new book, Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Placing stories of individual women—such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall—in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, this book documents the evolution of movements centering women's experiences of policing, and demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

The San Francisco PD is in the spotlight this week. Jessica Nelson, 27, unarmed and reportedly pregnant, was gunned down by the SFPD, prompting the Mayor to ask Police Chief Greg Suhr to resign. Facts are still emerging about Nelson's shooting but this does nothing to improve the police department's recent image problems. Tensions run high as allegations of accusations of racism rock the department and new details of police misconduct are uncovered. One of the Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray (whose voice box was crushed and spine nearly severed) was acquitted. The Supreme Court overturned the death penalty of a black man, Timothy Tyrone Foster, who was sentenced by an all-white jury. The 7-1 ruling marks a landmark case, with Justice Thomas being the only dissenter. Louisiana is poised to pass a bill which would would classify attacks on police as hate crimes. An Oklahoma appeals court unamimously ruled last month that oral sex is not rape if the victim is unconscious from drinking. Last week, the US House of Representatives passed a massive National Defense Authorization bill which will allow federal contractors to fire employees for being lesbian, bisexual, gay, or transgender. New York Gov. Cuomo announced his intention to introduce legislation that will extend the legal time frame for an adult who was abused as a child to bring a civil lawsuit. And an update on Rekia Boyd's killer. He's in the news again. Tuesday, May 24, 6pm Pacific  

Please join us Sunday as we discuss a myriad of news stories. 5 Black Lives Matters (Minneapolis) activists who were shot. Laquan McDonald video & Chicago protests Syrian Refugees & American hypocrisy Immigrants (Aren't we a nation of immigrants?) All Lives Matter – Ha! Abortion clinic fires – Media BlackOut Planned Parenthood attacks – GOP rhetoric and more... Please feel free to dial in and speak with the hosts: 310-982-4273 and press 1 to participate.

Pam (http://RacismWS.com/) returns to The Context of White Supremacy. She manages the Racism Is White Supremacy blog and established Trojan Horse Press. She's co-authored a range of constructive counter-racist literature to help black people grasp the total war Whites are conducting against us: The Beauty Con Game, The Interracial Con Game, Black Love Is A Revolutionary Act. Since Pam is a Chicago, Illinois native, we thought she could boost our comprehension of the legacy strategic terrorism against black Chicagoans. The recent attention on the police slayings of Rekia Boyd and Laquan McDonald, the Homan Square torture facility and Spike Lee's documentary Chiraq, often fail to put these incidents within a historical context of 100 years of White Terror Domination in the Windy City. We'll review the work of Isabel Wilkerson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Beryl Satter, Leanita McClain and President Barack Obama. After being assaulted with rocks and bricks while peacefully protesting in 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. confessed, "I have been in many demonstrations all across the South, but I can say that I have never seen even in Mississippi and Alabama mobs as hostile and as hate filled as I've seen here in Chicago." #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE: 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

https://www.patreon.com/WineCellarPodcast?ty=h  That is our patreon link^^^^ And this is our direct paypal link https://www.paypal.me/PhoenixandWilliam  So of course, we'll have to see what's going on with the victim of a vicious #GoodCop Attack because #GoodCops We also have another #GoodCop who will walk away from a rape charge.  We have a white woman who beat up a meter maid and walked away alive and unbrutalized herself.  We have Rekia Boyd's brother expressing himself.  And... New Ideas for the Wine Cellar. 

Remembering Rekia Boyd #SayHerName & #PurpleTie2015

Black Men would rather march for Rachel than Rekia.  We also have our news and comment.  Umar Johnson is very afraid.  Father walked in on 5 year old getting raped in a day care.  California has Class and water wars.  3 year old dead after shooting self with responsible parent's gun. 

Let's talk about the recent events surrounding Baltimore. 

In this episode, I talk about Rekia Boyd, Freddie Gray, the 300 women rescued from Boko Haram, a jackass police chief and Mortal Men. Please share this with friends. Thank you to Michael, Rob aka Brotha Smith, Nic, Haley, Molly and Matthew for sharing their thoughts about Baltimore on voicemails. Twitter: @SingleSimulcast, @Rashanii, @TheDr3amTeam, @SinandSolace Voicemail: 916-572-9016 Email: SingleSimulcast@Gmail.com Music: Mortal Man - Kendrick Lamar Effigy - Brotha Smith Souljah's Revenge - 2pac

The UC Berkeley Black Student Union visits The Context of White Supremacy. These Bay Area black scholars drafted a list of 10 demands "to improve conditions of black students on campus." Chancellor Nicholas Dirks ultimately responded to their stipulations by "[removing] his office from the responsibility to implement solutions." The undeterred students directed a large protest on Saturday, April 18th. They shutdown Sather Gate to illustrate the Racist academic environment black students are subjected to. Relatives of Oscar Grant were present. These rebellious scholars linked the White Power that governs their prestigious university to the White Power that extinguishes the lives of Rekia Boyd, Miriam Carey, Kenneth Harding, Jr. and many more. They've asked that a building on campus be renamed for former Black Panther and "wanted terrorist" Assata Shakur. Generally, Whites aren't much for forgiving or commemorating black females with natural hair or "cop killers." INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 760.569.7676 CODE 564943# SKYPE: FREECONFERENCECALLHD.7676 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

APRIL 23, 2015 MARCHING 250 MILES FOR JUSTICE As the DMV becomes the focus for the latest death in police custody, 100 marchers in the March2Justice descend on the nation's capital to stop police violence and murder. Guest: Linda Sarsour of the New York Justice League. Other voices: Jasiri X, Charles Rangel (D-New York), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), family members of those slain by the police, including Martinez Sutton, brother of Rekia Boyd, shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/OTG-APRIL23-2015.mp3

Heard on video: Tulsa, Oklahoma cops tell dying Eric Harris "F**k your breath." 25 year old Freddie Gray dies in Baltimore police custody of a severed spine and a crushed voice box. A car chase ends in a hail of bullets for Frank Ernest Shepherd III. Rekia Boyd's killer exonerated of all charges. Wisconsin lawmakers want separate grocery stores for food stamp recipients. School teachers get 7 years in prison for cheating.

Wjy are so man black men skipping over Rekia Boyd?  tariq nasheed tommy sotomayor jason black umar johnson diallo kenyatta boyce watkins son of bladwin anti intellect blog Gazi Why are these fools skipping over the

Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola co-host this 40-minute episode, where they talk about Rahm Emanuel's re-election, the Saudi-led US-backed coalition bombing Yemen, Yemeni Americans stranded in a war zone, the Clintons getting Colombian oil money and various police abuse or brutality stories, such as the case of Walter Scott and the trial of Chicago police officer Dante Servin, who killed Rekia Boyd in 2012.  

The Middle Men will be disuccesing the injustice of being black in America. Over our past history and in recent news, we have seen several incidents where either african americans were sentenced to prison, murdered, or beaten. Racism continues to be an issue in our justice but authority figures continue to state that it does not.  We have witnessed the Rodney King beating, the murder of Emmett Till, murder of Oscar Grant, and countless others.  We have seen Michael Vick sentenced to 26 months in prison for dogfighting but have seen George Zimmerman still free to live in his home after the murder of Travon Martin.  Is our justice system flawed? Of course!!  Punishments do not fit the crimes, and punishments of crimes are swfit enough for the victims.     With being black in America, has society shaped us with the injustice of being black ?  Compared to the days of the Jim Crow laws, has any thing changed within our society being black in America? Should we as black people starting joining organizations such as the Black Panther Party? Should we hold our gangs more responsible for their neighborhoods and convince them to turn their image around to go back to their original purpose?  Why is it that we view white on black crime as unacceptable, but view black on black crime as entertainment via sites like worldstar hiphop?  We also discuss the murders of Trayvon Martin, Rekia Boyd, and James Craig Anderson.