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Truth and Justice Report Reveals Extensive Racial Profiling and Police Brutality in CO
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Mon, 2013-02-18 13:44Image:
Rights Working Group Member, Colorado Progressive Coalition, (CPC) has just released its Truth and Justice Report, which tells the collective narrative of racial profiling and police violence in Colorado.
Much of the report was gathered through stories of racial profiling and police misconduct that were obtained through the relaunching of CPC's Racial Justice Hotline.
The findings include: 65 percent of community members reported being racially profiled; 39 percent reported being injured by police and 30 percent reported being unjustifiably stopped.
DC Council Stands Up against Secure Communities
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Wed, 2012-06-06 17:17Image:
Photo: With community members and Mayor Vincent Gray behind him, Councilmember Mendelson, who introduced the Immigration Detainter Compliance Amendment Act, denounces the Secure Communities program at a press conference on June 4th.
Youth March Against Racial Profiling in Rhode Island
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Fri, 2012-05-25 10:47Image:
Over 100 people marched in a youth-organized march in Providence, RI urging state legislators to pass the Comprehensive Racial Profiling Prevention Act. The organizers of the May 23rd march feel that everyday people of color in their communities continue to be targeted, searched, and harassed by police--the very people who are supposed to protect them. As Charlie Chhum, a youth organizer from PrYSM notes, “We cannot wait any longer.
Civil Rights, Human Rights Groups Call for Smart Police Strategies and Passage of Bill to End Racial Profiling
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2011-11-04 17:01Image:
The Rights Working Group joined civil liberties and civil rights advocates in calling today for passage of a bill that would end racial profiling by law enforcement at the local, state and federal level.
Alabama's HB56 Shows Racism Still Part of State Culture
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2011-10-07 13:18This blog was crossposted in the Huffington Post
By Keith Rushing
Illinois County Ceases Holding Inmates for ICE
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2011-09-23 16:38Image:
Cook County, the country’s second most populous county after Los Angeles, decided earlier this month that it will no longer hold people it arrests on Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers because it costs the county $15 million each year—more than they're willing to spend.
Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia introduced the ordinance.
A Decade of Detention: The Post-9/11 Immigrant Dragnet
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Tue, 2011-09-13 09:17Image:
"Today, more immigrants are being detained and deported than ever before, and it’s just getting worse."
By Silky Shah. This piece was originally published in the South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection (SAMAR), and can be seen here.
Is CBP using racial profiling to harass brown people?
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Mon, 2011-08-01 13:30Image:
Is Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using racial profiling to harass brown people? Stories from Washington, Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina, among others, suggest that the answer is: Yes. Under the guise of doing their federal immigration duties, CBP agents are roaming around border states questioning Latinos about their immigration statuses, according to a number of news stories and reports from RWG members around the country:
I Rise Up From The Shadows
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Fri, 2011-07-29 10:14Image:
No degree, no number
Can define my right as a human being.
No apologies,
No theories of a better tomorrow,
Can change the sorrow being spilled today.
No border can cage my identity.
No law can hide my pride.
No voice can beat as fast as mine.
I speak my own story,
I fight my own battle.
I rise up from the shadows.
I stand up against injustice.
I’ll sit in for my humanity.
By Santiago V. Garcia
Oregon's Safe Communities Project Protests "Secure Communities" in Solidarity with GA
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Fri, 2011-07-08 10:37Image:
Oregon's Safe Communities Project, a coalition of faith, labor, and immigrant rights groups, spoke out against HB87 in Georgia and connected anti-immigrant legislation with the racial profiling resulting from "Secure Communities."
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