Ferguson, Missouri Community Furious After Teen Shot Dead By Police

Canada will be lucky to have you :smt003

 

I've never heard of Africville and I'm from Canada. The racism in Canada is not as bad as in the US. When I lived in Louisiana, I could feel it. There's nothing like that in Canada and I've been coast to coast. IR is considered normal in Canada.

 

Spoken like somebody who has never left the United States

 

Agree 100%, of course there is racism everywhere, but I too have been all over Canada, and have never felt the slightest bit uncomfortable there. Quite the contrary, I usually feel a lot more relaxed and at ease, even in the bigger cities.

 

Agree 100%
Been to Windsor and Toronto and been well received at both. And barely any stigma when it comes to bm who date ww. Like Jaisee says my stock is way higher there. Abd most importantly the government actually gives a fuck about the people

 

and you spoken like a person truly believe theres no racism there. smh

 

Right! I grew up in the Detroit Metro area. Canada was like second a home to us. We hung out everywhere between Windsor and Toronto. It's no where near as racially charged as the US. Don't think I've ever had as much as a seconded glance while dating a white ( or whatever the hell race she was cause in Canada that shit could be anything) woman. From the time we were old enough to drive over there unaccompanied, Windsor was the hot spot. Never got harassed by the cops. White girls parents were always cool. And when I got grown, Toronto was the weekend get away (Carabanaaaaa!!!). Now, they might eff with you at the bridge or tunnel but once you're there it's cool.

I had the same experiences in Germany back in the 90's. Both in eastern and western Germany. Treated with nothing but respect. Damn near forgot I was black. ...Till, I got back to the USA. ...lol

 

Now here's a dude who knows what he's talking about a.k.a. the anti-goodlove

 

should have been in ansbach germany.....they would have reminded you.

 

Sweet!


On a side note, damn I'd love to have fun at Caribana! (I've lived in the Caribean but would LOOOOOOVE to play at Caribana in Toronto.)

 

Preach brother preach
Some of these less traveled dudes just don't know

 

Punk ass pig-dog gets more respect than a human?

About to look into this Duwon Gore story

 

Has anyone heard of anything occurring today since the cameras went into use?

 

Police Arrest Young Black Politician For Distributing Voting Rights Leaflets

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...oung-black-politician-at-moral-mondays-rally/



CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA—The stars of North Carolina’s Moral Mondays movement took the stage on Labor Day at Charlotte’s Marshall Park to condemn the state’s record on voter suppression and racial profiling, and urge the community to organize and turn out at the polls this November. Just a few hundred feet away, police cuffed and arrested local LGBT activist and former State Senate candidate Ty Turner as he was putting voting rights information on parked cars.
“They said they would charge me for distributing literature,” Turner told ThinkProgress when he was released a few hours later. “I asked [the policeman] for the ordinance number [being violated], because they can’t put handcuffs on you if they cannot tell you why they’re detaining you. I said, ‘Show me where it’s illegal to do this.’ But he would not do it. The officer got mad and grabbed me. Then he told me that I was resisting arrest!”

Watch it:

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There is a local ordinance prohibiting leafleting on cars. But according to local activist Casey Throneburg, who also filmed the arrest, it is almost never enforced, and “certainly not with handcuffs.”
Instead of transporting Turner directly to the Mecklenburg County jail, which sits just a few blocks from Marshall Park, he said they took him first to an empty parking lot behind the highway. “They took me to three different spots other than the jail,” he said. “They knew they were in the wrong.”
This happened as the Moral Mondays leaders lead a small but enthusiastic crowd in prayer, song and chants of “Forward together, not one step back!” and “Fired up, ready to vote!” When they learned what had happened to Turner, they urged the rally attendees to join them on a march to the jailhouse to demand his release. About 30 people did so, walking silently behind the clergy and friends of Turner.



On arrival, Deputy Brown at the front desk said Turner had not yet arrived, but when he did he would be fingerprinted and photographed before being released.
As the crowd waited, Reverend Dr. William Barber—the founder of Moral Mondays and President of the North Carolina NAACP—said the incident illustrated the urgent need to get out the vote in the African American community.
“Police are hired by police chiefs, who are hired by people that are elected,” he said. He then turned to Turner’s friends, who were crying. “I want you to be angry. Rosa Parks got angry and she changed the world. Take this incident and turn it into power. Anyone who says they’re upset about this profiling of black men, ask them if they’re registered to vote. That’s how we change this system.”
Dr. Barber added that Turner’s arrest reminded him of earlier, darker times in the American South. “The arrogance to come into our rally and think they can snatch up one of our boys and we’re going to be quiet about it! That day is so old we can’t even remember it.”
Other rally participants said they were reminded of more recent dark times, including the killing of Jonathan Ferrell by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police last year. Ferrell, a 24 year old former college football player, was unarmed when police shot him 10 times.
As the crowd waited for Turner’s release Monday night, local Reverend Kojo Nantambu put in a phone call to the President of the National NAACP, who in turn called the police department demanding Turner’s release. Shortly after, the police told the crowd they would be releasing Turner with a citation, but he would not be processed at the jail. A squad car then pulled up outside the jail, and Turner emerged, limping slightly and sweating profusely. The crowd cheered when they saw him and ran to comfort him.



Turner’s friend Cece, who did not wish to reveal her last name, said the arrest shone light on “a cause we need to fight for.”
“Ty is not the only person this has happened to and he will not be the last one,” she said. “A lot of people get arrested and detained without reason, unjustly, and we need to be there for them.”
Reverend Nantambu told ThinkProgress the incident shows the need for strengthening the citizen review board that oversees the police in Charlotte, so that they have the power to investigate and subpoena officers accused of wrongdoing.
As for Turner, who this spring ran an unsuccessful campaign to be the youngest member from his District in the State Senate, he said the incident has not shaken his dedication to activism and public service.
“I always tell people, ‘Know the law. Know what your rights are. You’ve got power,” he said. “The law works for you only if you know it.”
A request for comment directed towards the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was not returned by press time.