24th May 2013

Photoset reblogged from DedicAEAted to Harmony with 2,973 notes

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Kerry Washington photographed by Cameron Krone

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24th May 2013

Photo reblogged from Oasis with 3,421 notes

listenlevelow: anarcho-queer: NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/Latino During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New Yorkers during stops than on minorities, according to the Public Advocate’s analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 statistics. White New Yorkers make up a small minority of stop-and-frisks, which were 84 percent black and Latino residents. Despite this much higher number of minorities deemed suspicious by police, the likelihood that stopping an African American would find a weapon was half the likelihood of finding one on a white person. • The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon. • The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband. It’s unlikely that the appropriate lesson to take from these findings is that stops of white people should increase because they are more likely to carry weapons and drugs. Rather, they suggest that police are excessively targeting minorities. Officers may be netting more successful stops of white New Yorkers because they are only likely to stop a white person when they actually suspect that person of committing a crime. Considering one officer’s testimony that superiors explicitly directed him to target young black men, minorities are judged by a much more flexible definition of “reasonable suspicion.” In general, stop-and-frisk has proven to be remarkably ineffective; nearly 89 percent of all stops result in no charges. The city has also had to settle a surging number of civil rights lawsuits against police to the tune of $22 million in one year. !!!!!

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anarcho-queer:

NYPD Data Proves White People Are More Likely To Possess Drugs Or A Weapon Than Racial Minorities When Stopped, Yet 84% of Stop & Frisk Victims Are Black/Latino

During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New Yorkers during stops than on minorities, according to the Public Advocate’s analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 statistics.

White New Yorkers make up a small minority of stop-and-frisks, which were 84 percent black and Latino residents. Despite this much higher number of minorities deemed suspicious by police, the likelihood that stopping an African American would find a weapon was half the likelihood of finding one on a white person.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon.

• The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband.

It’s unlikely that the appropriate lesson to take from these findings is that stops of white people should increase because they are more likely to carry weapons and drugs. Rather, they suggest that police are excessively targeting minorities. Officers may be netting more successful stops of white New Yorkers because they are only likely to stop a white person when they actually suspect that person of committing a crime. Considering one officer’s testimony that superiors explicitly directed him to target young black men, minorities are judged by a much more flexible definition of “reasonable suspicion.”

In general, stop-and-frisk has proven to be remarkably ineffective; nearly 89 percent of all stops result in no charges. The city has also had to settle a surging number of civil rights lawsuits against police to the tune of $22 million in one year.

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24th May 2013

Photo reblogged from Oasis with 3,488 notes

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23rd May 2013

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haustenstreet: Kendrick Lamar Speaks Out Against Molly (Video)If you watched Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” video until the very end, you should…View Post

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Kendrick Lamar Speaks Out Against Molly (Video)

If you watched Kendrick Lamar’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” video until the very end, you should…

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23rd May 2013

Photo reblogged from Random Scheiße with 14,998 notes

notesonascandal: madriche: wordsaretimeless: therealchet: [All Innocent. All Killed. All Black. All Unarmed.] - Aiyana Stanley - Amadou Diallo - Corey Brown - DeAunta Terrel Farrow - Derrick Jones - Emmett Till - Guy Jarreau Jr. - Jimmell Cannon - Kenneth Harding - Kiwane Carrington - Orlando Barlow - Oscar Grant - Ousmane Zongo - Patrick Dorismond - Ramarley Graham - Reginald Doucet - Rekia Boyd - Ronald Madison - Sean Bell - Steven Eugene Washington - Tarika Wilson - Travares McGill - Trayvon Martin - Victor Steen - Wendell Allen // // ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]> // ]]]]]]]]]]]]> // ]]]]]]]]]]> // ]]]]]]]]> // ]]]]]]> // ]]]]> // ]]> never forget them. remember these names like you do Anne Frank. Never Forget.

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madriche:

wordsaretimeless:

therealchet:

[All Innocent. All Killed. All Black. All Unarmed.]

- Aiyana Stanley

- Amadou Diallo

- Corey Brown

- DeAunta Terrel Farrow

- Derrick Jones

- Emmett Till

- Guy Jarreau Jr.

- Jimmell Cannon

- Kenneth Harding

- Kiwane Carrington

- Orlando Barlow

- Oscar Grant

- Ousmane Zongo

- Patrick Dorismond

- Ramarley Graham

- Reginald Doucet

- Rekia Boyd

- Ronald Madison

- Sean Bell

- Steven Eugene Washington

- Tarika Wilson

- Travares McGill

- Trayvon Martin

- Victor Steen

- Wendell Allen

never forget them. remember these names like you do Anne Frank.

Never Forget.

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23rd May 2013

Photo reblogged from Random Scheiße with 653 notes

balenkiaga: Tyra Iman Alek Kimora

balenkiaga:

Tyra Iman Alek Kimora

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23rd May 2013

Photo reblogged from Sala Est. with 62,472 notes

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23rd May 2013

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humansofnewyork: “I’m either going to be a construction worker, a scientist, or one of those people who help animals.”

humansofnewyork:

“I’m either going to be a construction worker, a scientist, or one of those people who help animals.”

23rd May 2013

Photo reblogged from a poet's prose. with 316,809 notes

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23rd May 2013

Photo reblogged from a poet's prose. with 1,769 notes

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