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POPSTaser death ignites racial tensions A cover up ensues after white cop, Nugent, tasers a black man 9 times in 14 minutes AFTER he was handcuffed. The man is now dead. Racial tensions? How about Racial OUTRAGE! Discuss it here: http://teddri.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/19/1678877-taser-death-ignites-racial-tensions
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POPSTaser Death of Ryan Michael Wilson Please read this, po it, pass it on. Sign the petition if you can. I don't have any causes except this one as far as activism goes but it's because I have done the research and it makes sense. Too many people are dying or being abused due to police authority and haphazard taserings. It has to stop.
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POPSWhy The Hostility Towards Differences? "What to make of the girl who wears basketball shorts and baggy T's and enjoys shooting baskets with the boys; the black kid who hangs out with a white punk rock crowd; the artsy boy who "glams it up" at school in high heels and jewelry? His skin, his smile, his heart . . . it's the same as anyone else," Shakina pointed out. "It's blue eye shadow, that's all it is. What about that is so threatening?" As someone who felt they were made to "fit in" with the rest of societies "ideas" of how one is supposed to feel, I can totally relate to this article. I've asked myself so many times why there is so much hostility towards differences and I can never come up with a good answer. So growing up, I tried to fit in outwardly while secretly living quite a different lifestyle. The ironic part is that I found some of the most homophobic people to actually harbor gay tendencies themselves.
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POPSOfficer Rivieri strikes Again! Remember the cop who man-handled the 14 yr old kid? Well. It wasn't his first time on video. Go to the site to see the video since I do not know how to embed vids into clipmarks. :)