Police Shooting of Mother and Infant
Police in Lima, Ohio shot and killed a 26 year old woman and wounded her 14 month old infant. (hat tip to AAPP)
Some facts are known. A SWAT team arrived at Ms. Wilson’s rented house in the Southside neighborhood early in the evening of Jan. 4 to arrest her companion, Anthony Terry, on suspicion of drug dealing, said Greg Garlock, Lima’s police chief. Officers bashed in the front door and entered with guns drawn, said neighbors who saw the raid.
Moments later, the police opened fire, killing Ms. Wilson, 26, and wounding her 14-month-old son, Sincere, Chief Garlock said. One officer involved in the raid, Sgt. Joseph Chavalia, a 31-year veteran, has been placed on paid administrative leave.
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Black people in Lima, from the poorest citizens to religious and business leaders, complain that rogue police officers regularly stop them without cause, point guns in their faces, curse them and physically abuse them. They say the shooting of Ms. Wilson is only the latest example of a long-running pattern of a few white police officers treating African-Americans as people to be feared.
‘The Root’ on Mayor Kilpatrick
This story is kind of like looking at a train wreck scene. The mayor is facing up to 15 years in prison
“America’s Mayor” Loses Big in Florida
Fox News’ candidate (and Neo-Con favorite) Rudy Guiliani – that they dubbed “America’s Mayor” – is dropping out of the Presidential race. In case anyone had any doubt about who Fox News was with, here is a demonstration
Speaking of which, Media Matters is saying that it may not be a good year for the Republican Hack Network
The Majlis Islamic Salon Invites You to Attend
The Next Meeting of the Majlis Islamic Salon!
I have been receiving so many emails and calls from people who want to attend the Majlis, however due to space and privacy concerns we have had to limit the number of participants. But Alhumdulillah we have secured a wonderful open location that we can now open to all the brothers and sisters who want to participate. More below the fold (more…)
The Root
The Washington Post is planning to start a site with a focus on African-American issues
The Washington Post Co. plans to launch a Web magazine today called The Root that aims to be a “Slate for black readers,” according to one of its founders, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Gates has some deplorable opinions about Arabs and slavery, but this looks like an interesting site
Clash with “Islamic Culture”?
While browsing the internet, I ran into this debate about the so-called “Clash of Civilizations” by Reza Aslan and Rod Dreher. I don’t know either men, but Mr. Aslan dismantles the concept of the monolithic “Islamic Culture” that forms the thesis of this thinking. Whether from Muslims or non-Muslims, I don’t like this thinking. I am a Muslim who was born and raised in the United States and my culture is firmly rooted here. There are a variety of different cultures and there is no such thing as “Islamic Culture”.
Islamic Worship and Belief? Yes
“Islamic Culture”? No
They address an array of subjects around this. Watch the entire debate here
Muslim Exposes NOI
Video of a Muslim – Abdur-Raheem Green – heckling a nut from the NOI speaking in Hyde Park in London…
Another Kind of ‘Gentrification”
Mexican gangs in Los Angeles, like Florencia 13, are waging a bloody campaign to drive blacks from neighborhoods.
An article about the Ethnic Cleansing going on in Southern California and the black “leadership’s” silence. Excerpts from the article are below the fold (more…)
