Phily's Stop & Frisk and Demmented Cops

Dear friends,

About Stop & Frisk policies: If in fact the issue/excuse is citizens' safety as the reason for local police departments doing it, then how does violating both the human and civil rights of, especially, African American and Latino men and boys make the aforementioned males feel more safe?

I mean, are they deserving of such a violation of their dignity, along with being humiliated, by being condemned to the abuse of insecure, and often demented, police officers/other citizens (e.g., George Zimmerman)?

This all reminds me of the idea by our government that it is okay to murder people in the Middle East and Africa, because they may bring some harm to Americans somewhere. Yet, Is there a single human being on this planet who has an inkling about what anyone else’s intentions are?

Finally, to violate that person totally based upon the color of his or her skin is criminal!

G. Djata Bumpus
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NYPD All-Star never stopped a white person...Huh?

"Since most white collar crime is done by European Americans, everyday, then why not start randomly checking the books of companies, corporations, and banks?" 


Dear friends,

The argument regarding the "Stop and Frisk" tactics of urban police is concentrated on, especially, young African American and Latino males existing in an aura of suspicion that surrounds them. But do the aforementioned tactics violate "racial profiling" statutes? And do the authorities care, anyway?

Moreover, as far as suspicion goes, perhaps, the relevant question is, "Since most white collar crime is done by European Americans, everyday, then why not start randomly checking the books of companies, corporations, and banks?" In other words, why is there greater concern for people stealing $20 from a person walking down the street, than for those who constantly steal millions from tens of thousands of retirement funds and the like?

Nevertheless, some complain of police bullying, while others are rightly concerned about the psychological affects on the victims of unnecessary Stop & Frisk  practices. And, does being a "white" cop make one feel like a superior being to those who do not claim that moniker? What about a non-European American cop who doesn't even have any history in this country?

Such is the case with an honorary "white" NYPD officer named Kha Dang. It reminds me of the Black overseers on enslavers' plantations. Please check out the link below.

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/10/judge-questions-efforts-of-nypds-stop-and-frisk-all-star-kha-dang-who-was-wrong-wrong-95-percent-of-the-time/ Read full post

Short video of former Black Panther chair Elaine Brown on Cointelpro, the Crips and Bloods, and more...(first posted on 8/9/10)

"Nevertheless, after listening to Elaine speak on this video, I can tell you, confidently, that she is the exact same honest, knowledgeable, energetic, and no-nonsense but warm person now that she was 40 years ago when I first met her."

Dear friends,

This video features one of my old Panther comrades. Her name is Elaine Brown. While she was a West Coast Panther, she came through New Haven, CT., during Bobby Seale’s trial, a couple of times, when I was stationed there.

Nevertheless, after listening to Elaine speak on this video, I can tell you, confidently, that she is the exact same honest, knowledgeable, energetic, and no-nonsense but warm person now that she was 40 years ago when I first met her.

Additionally, while I remember her as a very slightly-built woman back then, she had a beautiful and incredibly powerful voice, and was a heck of a piano player – and songwriter.

In any case, on the link below, Elaine talks about, not just some Black Panther Party history, but she also gets into how gangs like the Crips and Bloods evolved and why they have taken different courses than the ones that they had initially professed to be taking. Of course, as Elaine points out, the “market” is responsible for this turn of events.

Moreover, that’s why it’s so important that we, as parents and other elders, take the reins of our present culture and provide our youth with both an historical and social conscience, and set the example for young people, by informing identity through recognition of the connection between generations and defining human life in a meaningful way (as opposed to basing who they are upon silly claims regarding with whom they are allegedly having sex, or what "gang colors" they're wearing). That way, our society will benefit from the "leadership" of our youth. As well, the "market" will then be a function of the values of the society and not vice versa, as it now stands.

All power to the People!!!
G. Djata Bumpus
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Philly cop lies about being shot by "Black man"

"The latest scar caused by the black-man-did-it excuse was left to fester..."



Dear friends,

While this latest insult to the African American community by the Philadelphia Police Department seems “par for the course”, hopefully the protest held in response to it will finally make folks start moving towards community control of the force.

On the link below, award-winning journalist Jenice Armstrong was at the small rally. Historically, protests have usually begun with only a handful of people. Consequently, there’s no surprise that not a lot of people turned out. Still, those who attended were proud and determined to display their dignity for themselves and all of us.

All power to the people!

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20100519_Jenice_Armstrong__Cop_s_lies_draw_few_protesters.html#axzz0oOMvAGCw
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"Racial Profiling" is still "over-the-top" - in New York City alone

"The NYPD is on pace to stop and question a record half a million citizens this year - about 80% of them black or Latino, a new report says…In 2007, for instance, the last complete year of data, cops arrested only 5.8% of the 472,096 people they stopped (27,632)..."

Dear friends,

With an African American governor of New York state, and, now, an African American president of the United States, hopefully, the figures that were just released four days before President Obama's inauguration, on the link below, will be a thing of the past - very soon.

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/01/15/2009-01-15_blacks_and_latinos_make_up_about_80_stop.html
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