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BigAngBlack, 6 months ago to blackmastodon

It's a police culture problem, not just a few bad apples. But you knew that already

Black Met officers urged by colleagues to donate to fund for sacked PCs | Metropolitan police | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/30/black-metropolitan-police-colleagues-donate-fund-sacked-officers

> Exclusive: #Black officers complain of collection for men who lied about the stop and search of black athletes

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BigAngBlack, 9 months ago to random

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/texas-construction-worker-death-lawsuit-greg-abbott

> Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

BigAngBlack, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to blackfriday

#BlackHistoryMonth
Drop some facts!

#BlackFriday Feb 2, 2024

1839
Inventor Edmond Berger patented the spark plug.

1862
District of Columbia abolishes slavery

1898
Alfred L Cralle invented Ice Cream scooper| patent #576,395

1915 Ernest Just wins 1st Spingarn Medal

1935
Anne Raven Wilkinson 1st African American to receive full time contract with major ballet company

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BigAngBlack, 9 months ago to random

😐

I'm shocked

Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/police-are-not-primarily-crime-fighters-according-data-2022-11-02/

> A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

In Riverside, about 83% of deputies’ time spent on officer-initiated stops went toward traffic violations, and just 7% on stops based on reasonable suspicion. Moreover, most of the stops are pointless, other than inconveniencing citizens, or worse – “a routine practice of pretextual stops,” researchers wrote. Roughly three out of every four hours that Sacramento sheriff’s officers spent investigating traffic violations were for stops that ended in warnings, or no action, for example.
Researchers calculated that more of the departments’ budgets go toward fruitless traffic stops than responses to service calls -- essentially wasting millions of public dollars. Chauncee Smith, a senior manager at Catalyst California, told me they wanted to test the dominant media and political narrative that police agencies use public funds to keep communities safe. “We found there is a significant inconsistency between their practices” and what the public might think police do, Smith said. “It begs the question of why we keep doubling down on public safety strategies that have been proven time and time again to fail.”

BigAngBlack, 9 months ago to BlackMastodon

#BlackFriday Aug 11, 2023

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BigAngBlack, 8 months ago to random

How old you gotta be to enjoy walnuts?
I still ain't there yet

BigAngBlack, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Mm. Totally not a plan to isolate themselves from the poors when the water wars and climate apocalypse gets into full swing. Definitely not that

Silicon Valley elites revealed as buyers of $800m of land to build utopian city

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/silicon-valley-elites-buy-800m-land-new-city

> Group Flannery Associates, backed by prominent investors, quietly buy 55,000 acres of farmland in northern California

BigAngBlack, 9 months ago to random

This is why we can't have nice things. Like a livable planet

The "economy"

Three-quarters of Republicans think economy is priority over climate – poll

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/03/republicans-economy-climate-crisis-poll

> Survey finds 53% of Americans think addressing climate crisis should be given priority but 72% of Republicans say otherwise

BigAngBlack, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to blackmastodon

I ain't forgot about Dre

André 3000 announces debut solo album, 'New Blue Sun'

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/andre-3000-new-blue-sun-album-debut-solo/story?id=104877142

> #OutKast's #André3000 is making his triumphant return to music with the upcoming release of his debut solo album, "New Blue Sun."

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BigAngBlack, 4 months ago to random

I implore you to find the definition of 'immaculate', it is not a synonym for 'miraculous'

BigAngBlack, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to fediverse

If the #fediverse had a #mascot, what would it be?

BigAngBlack, 8 months ago to random

MORE OF THIS!!!

‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/29/billboards-oil-climate-crisis-phoenix-austin

> Fossil Free Media, a non-profit media organization, installed the ads in cities rocked by heatwaves including Phoenix and Austin

BigAngBlack, 9 months ago to random

😯Yo...

Texas woman mowing lawn attacked by snake and hawk – at the same time

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/08/texas-woman-snake-hawk-attack-silsbee

> Snake dropped from the grasp of a hawk in the sky and wrapped itself around the woman’s arm, then the bird tried to retrieve it

BigAngBlack, 7 months ago to internet

US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter #abortion pills

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska-mother-daughter

> Jessica Burgess pleaded guilty in July to providing an abortion after 20 weeks and tampering with human remains

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BigAngBlack, 4 months ago to blackmastodon

Undeterred by racist incident, a Black Santa brings cheer to Arkansas | Christmas | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/25/black-santa-arkansas-chris-kennedy

> Chris Kennedy got a note in 2020 criticizing his #BlackSanta display and decided to embody the spirit of #Christmas in return

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Chris Kennedy as Black Santa with wife as Mrs Claus and daughter as elf

BigAngBlack, 6 months ago to Toyota

It's a digital gearshift but honestly sounds like a headache waiting to happen😑

#Toyota EVs make a massive U-turn to bring back gearboxes and stalling | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/toyota-evs-make-a-massive-u-turn-to-bring-back-gearboxes-and-stalling

> Manual transmission could make a return in upcoming EVs

BigAngBlack, 7 months ago to 80s

#BlackFriday Oct 20, 2023

#80s dance music goes real well with Halloween. Especially those heavy synths, deep baselines. Drummin'.
I'mma do the easy ones first

#Thriller

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Cameo - Candy

Cherrelle - I didn't mean to turn you on (cause sexy costumes)

Whodini - Freaks Come out at night

What else y'all got

BTW, Anybody remember Chick-O-Sticks? I just looked and you can still buy em. And they're vegan

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BigAngBlack, 5 months ago to blackmastodon

#LennyKravitz Believes Black Media Has Ignored His Contributions To Music

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/740134-lenny-kravitz-bet-media-ignored-black-music

> Do you agree with the rock star that Black media hasn't given him his due flowers, or is this a blown-out proportion on his behalf?

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For example, many pointed out that Prince did not have this issue despite falling into the rock realm that Lenny Kravitz inhabits. In addition, folks debated whether rock music is considered a Black art form in the 21st century, with many rightfully pointing out that the genre owes its existence to African Americans. Furthermore, they posited this as a reason as to why maybe these outlets haven't given him his due recognition, even with his recent work that can fall on the shoulders of his legacy. Others called into question the 59-year-old's quality of output over the years, and the theory that he never really presented himself as an artist for Black media to celebrate in the first place.
Lenny Kravitz

BigAngBlack, 2 months ago to blackmastodon

Trump supporters target black voters with faked "AI" images

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporters-target-black-voters-054735585.html

> Faked images of black voters with #Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.

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Generated image of Trump with black men, captioned "fake"

BigAngBlack, 3 months ago to mentalhealth

Washington County (Oregon) sued for sending law enforcement to respond to mental health emergencies instead of mental-health providers

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-county/lawsuit-washington-county-mental-illness-emergency-response-services/283-a8a8df0c-51e1-4966-88e7-629cb926ddd7

> The lawsuit details cases in the county where law enforcement was sent to #MentalHealth emergencies, resulting in trauma or arrests for people in crisis

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"He was having a psychiatric crisis. He asked that they not send law enforcement, and that's not what happened. They sent the law enforcement response," said Dave Boyer, managing attorney for Disability Rights Oregon. "You know, he's very agitated. They took him to the emergency room and in the emergency room, he made a decision that he wanted to end his life; the quickest way possible for that to happen was to grab at the deputy's firearm and the deputy stabbed him with a knife." Wesley is now named as the plaintiff in the lawsuit, which details other cases in the county where deputies or officers responded to mental health emergencies, which ended in trauma, arrests, or criminal charges for the people in crisis

BigAngBlack, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to BlackMastodon

#BlackFriday July 21, 2023

Yall got going to family reunions this summer?

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BigAngBlack, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

What's a dope song nobody knows about that should've been a single but wasn't?

I shouldn't have to clarify this but damn:

ONE SONG, pick 1
Its not popular, most people wouldn't know it
It was not a released as a single, you have to listen to the album to find it

BigAngBlack, 8 months ago to blackmastodon

Black Farmer in Chicago Grows Organic Food Inside His 18-Wheeler Semi-Trailer Truck

https://www.blackbusiness.com/2023/07/derek-drake-black-farmer-chicago-grows-organic-food-inside-semi-trailer-truck.html?m=1

> Meet Derek Drake, the founder and CEO of Ditto Foods, a Black-owned hydroponic farming company located in south suburban Chicago.

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BigAngBlack, 9 months ago to BlackMastodon

Anybody listen to the most recent #NPR #CodeSwitch?

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BigAngBlack, 1 month ago to random

Thanks for the honesty, TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/02/world-gains-141-new-billionaires-in-amazing-year-for-rich-people