[4 photos of a naked person of color tying their boots with visible piercings and tattoos. they are a total hottie.]
I <3 my boots
-Black Lace Photography
really need some boots
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Howard Morgan, A Black Cop Who Was Shot 28 Times By Several White Cops, Faces Attempted Murder Charges
As much of the country follows the Trayvon Martin case, activists in Chicago are hoping to bring some of that attention to Howard Morgan, a former Chicago police officer who was shot 28 times by white officers — and lived to tell his side of the story.
Morgan was off-duty as a detective for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad when he was pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street on Feb 21, 2005, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. While both police and Morgan agree on that much, what happened next is a mystery.
According to police, Morgan opened fire with his service weapon when officers tried to arrest him, which caused them to shoot him 28 times. His family, however, very much doubts those claims.
“Four white officers and one black Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad police man with his weapon on him — around the corner from our home — and he just decided to go crazy? No. That’s ludicrous,” Morgan’s wife, Rosalind Morgan, told the Sun-Times.
She was not the only person to doubt CPD’s side of the story. A Change.org petition signed by more than 2,600 people called for all charges against Morgan to be dropped, and now Occupy Chicago is getting involved.
“After being left for dead, he survived and was then charged with attempted murder of the four white officers who brutalized him,” Occupy wrote on their website, adding that Morgan was found not guilty on three counts, including discharging his weapon. The same jury that cleared him of opening fire on the officers, however, deadlocked on a charge of attempted murder — and another jury found him guilty in January.
That jury was not allowed to hear that Morgan had been acquitted of the other charges.
Protesters and Morgan’s family say the second trial amounted to double jeopardy, and claim officers have gone to great lengths to obstruct justice in the case:
“Howard Morgan’s van was crushed and destroyed without notice or cause before any forensic investigation could be done.Howard Morgan was never tested for gun residue to confirm if he even fired a weapon on the morning in question.
The State never produced the actual bullet proof vest worn by one of the officers who claimed to have allegedly taken a shot directly into the vest on the morning in question. The State only produced a replica.”
“If they can do this and eliminate double jeopardy and your constitutional rights, then my God, I fear for every Afro-American — whether they be male or female — in this corrupt unjust system,” Morgan’s wife told the Sun-Times.
Howard Morgan will be sentenced Thursday. He faces 80 years in prison.
He was sentenced on April 5th to 40 years in prison.
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My Paper Corset.
Made from two sheets of paper, one for the front, one for the back :)
Check my website out: www.charlidesigns.co.uk
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Best anti-fascism stunt I’ve seen in a while.
Rightwing rock fans at a nationalist music festival in eastern Germany were taken by surprise when souvenir T-shirts they were given were emblazoned with a secret anti-extremist message.
The slogan on the shirts first read “hardcore rebels” along with a skull and nationalist flags. But once the T-shirts were washed, the tagline turned into a message from a group offering to help far-right extremists break away from the neo-Nazi scene.
“If your T-shirt can do it, you can do it too – we’ll help you get away from right-wing extremism,” reads the slogan on the shirts after their first washing.#
So fucking cool.
Summary of story from The Telegraph, August 4, 2011
Air France was so used to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief, harassing its female cabin crew that only men were allowed to serve him, it has been claimed.
The allegations came as Strauss-Kahn awaits trial for attempting to rape a hotel maid in New York.
His alleged victim, Nafissatou Diallo, 32, has received witness statements from aircrew who claim they were also propositioned by Strauss-Kahn.
A letter, obtained by Le Parisien newspaper, states that “Air France has hundreds of complaints from customers, employees, and crew members against the man suspected of abusing Ms Diallo.”
So many Air France crew complained about Strauss-Kahn that the company issued a directive saying that only men should work in the first class sections of its planes when he was travelling.
Diallo’s American Lawyers, Kenneth Tompson and Douglas Wigdor, have stepped up their search for witnesses, instructing private investigators to find any Air France staff who say they have been harassed.
Strauss-Kahn next appears in court on 23rd August and has been banned from leaving America until this date. He denies all the charges against him, contending that any sex with Diallo was consensual.
A spokesperson for Air France said that the company “formally denies” changing the composition of its crews in response to having Strauss-Kahn as a passenger.
Oh no oh no EDL stay the FUCK at home.
Last thing we need right now.
I very rarely get involved in Facebook debates. They’re exhausting and I’d rather read other people’s than hurl myself into the flames, but Jesus Christ, these riots are producing some disgusting views that aren’t being challenged.
I am so upset about this whole situation.
On amazon.co.uk - sales of retractable batons up 7,029%, aluminium baseball bats 5,690%…
Live, reliable updates on the disturbances in Manchester and Salford right now.
I was so hopeful we’d hold out.
Stay safe.
Aaand Manchester’s burning…
“And to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end“
Today, more than ever, this tattoo means everything to me.
Done at Windy City Tattoo, Chicago, Il.
I am in love with all the Harry Potter tattoos flooding tumblr right now.
