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Showing posts with label racial profiling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racial profiling. Show all posts

Sunday, February 24, 2013

MC Hammer arrested

Rapper MC Hammer launched a string of tweets Saturday with his side of the story two days after he was arrested in northern California for allegedly obstructing an officer.
Among his tweets, Hammer said, apparently referring to the arresting officer, that he was asked whether he was on parole or probation before the man tried to pull him out of his vehicle Thursday night.

Friday, March 16, 2012

George Zimmerman, an animal in human skin

George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old Florida man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in the Sanford gated community, repeatedly called 911 over the past 14 months, and in several instances warned of "suspicious persons" who, like Trayvon Martin, happened to be black.

The Seminole County Sherrif's Department released several such calls Monday, amid intensifying calls for Zimmerman's arrest for the killing of Martin, who was walking to his father's house from a local store February 26th when he was followed, and then fatally shot by, Zimmerman.
The six newly released 911 calls, none of which relate to the Martin shooting, show Zimmerman worried more than once about unknown persons walking through the neighborhood.

From the Orlando Sentinel:

In four of the recordings Zimmerman called police to report "suspicious" persons -- all of whom were black -- in or near the Retreat at Twin Lakes neighborhood.
He called once to report his neighbor's open garage door. And in the sixth call, Zimmerman reports children are "habitually" playing in the street at dusk and running in front of cars. He asked dispatchers to take his complaint anonymously, but provided his name and phone number.
Sanford police have declined to arrest Zimmerman, saying witness accounts support his claim of self defense. But that claim is disputed by at least three witnesses, and by Martin's family.
He needs to be arrested ASAP and the Police Chief who let him go needs to answer some questions!!

Protests are planned for Thursday, continuing the calls for Zimmerman's arrest.