Senate "Race" Relations (was "U.S. Society and Black Men")

Exactly. The cops have flashlights. Clark just had a phone, and for all we know he got it out to try to turn on a flashlight to see what scary people were chasing him.

Honestly, this is probably the worst example of "the cops are just another gang" I've seen out of any of the killings in recent years. How can they not even identify themselves? That is the most basic thing they have to do, always.

 

Just one more reason to find those kids so amazing and inspiring!

 

Linda Brown, the central figure of Brown vs Board of Education has died at age 76

 

We need to continue to honor her legacy.

 

Just saw that. The fact that this isn't surprising is one of the most depressing things ever.

 

maybe of interest:

"People are constantly telling Amara La Negra that she doesn't fit anywhere. Sometimes, she's "too black to be Latina." Other times, she's "too Latina to be black." But Amara says afro-Latinas aren't rare and they're no cause for confusion — they're just in dire need of more representation."

 

I think afro latino men are at least known because of DR's incredible contributions to MLB. But I would agree, I don't think I've hardly ever seen afro latinas on TV or in film.

 

We must do more to realize his dream, particularly as he articulated it during 1967 and 1968.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43673331

What a spiffy country America is.

 

Is that one of the Sinclair stations?

 

It goes to show how anti-intellectual Fox is.

 

I came here to post that. And to point out that this guy is a child. A child.

There may be times when felony murder does make sense. If you cause someone a heart attack while robbing them and they die, you can make a decent argument that you directly caused their death (though I'd argue that this is manslaughter, not murder).

Accomplice death during a felony should not be one of these cases. Especially when the robber in question was a literal child.

 

No, there is no point where it's defensible solojones. Well, no - if you want to keep childraping the concepts of law and governance as America has proudly done since the late 18th century, sure you can throw out the common law fundamental of mens rea when trying to label things murder. In fact, you might as well because the more things you can **** up into the murder category, the more options you have for indulging yet another of your third world passions as a nation and getting a death penalty conviction, right?

We could play a fun game, where we take the most outlandishly capricious statutes from the developing world, and the USA, and play a guessing game as to which ungovernable hellhole this pernicious law stems from. "Felony murder" - Oh that would have to be Yemen, right? No? Zimbabwe under Mugabe? No? The US? Bull****! No way!"

 

They must prefer the corpse of Jerry Falwell.

 

Ender, if you read my post, I said the cases where felony murder is usually applied should be manslaughter, not murder. So I'm not sure what you're shouting at me about.

 

There was a famous case in the UK where someone was convicted on the basis of "joint enterprise" and was hanged .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Bentley_case

obviously we no longer have the death penalty but I think the basis of "joint enterprise" is still in law .