Category Archives: #NickelRide

.@GovernorVA: Don’t transfer activist inmate Kevin #Rashid Johnson again

Rashid Threatened with Transfer — Hearing on Sept 10th — BLOCK THE PHONES! We have learned that the Virginia Department of Corrections is planning to hold a hearing Monday September 10th, to have Rashid transferred out of state yet again. … Continue reading

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@FLGovScott @FL_Corrections: Bring #Ghosted whistleblower/inmate Harold Hempstead back to FL

From: Windy Hempstead Date: March 17, 2017 10:21:17 PM EDT To: Howard Simon <hsimon@aclufl.org>, Steven Wetstein <swetstein2@aol.com>, Randy Berg <rberg@floridajusticeinstitute.org>, James Cook <cookjv@gmail.com>, Amy McClellan <amyjmcclellan@gmail.com>, [Susan Chandler], Julie Jones <jones.julie@mail.dc.state.fl.us>, [Jeremy Schanche], “hard.shannon@flsenate.gov” <hard.shannon@flsenate.gov>, “gregevers@me.com” <gregevers@me.com> Subject: urgent My … Continue reading

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Louisiana to Become First State Where Police Superiority is Codified into Law

Originally posted on United States Hypocrisy:
In the wake of yesterday’s acquittal of one of the police officers in Baltimore, Maryland involved in the slaying of Freddie Gray and the non-indictment of another officer in Austin, Texas who shot and…

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What really happened … #FreddieGray

A Defining Moment for The Real News Published on Dec 11, 2015 Paul Jay stresses the importance of the Real News coverage of the protests against the murder of Freddie Gray and the police and National Guard violation of people’s … Continue reading

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Governors: Get your Ghosts out of @FL_Corrections before they really are ghosts | #goodtrouble

Grand Jury report rips Florida prison over deadly beatdown The autopsy said that the cartilage surrounding his windpipe was broken, all three sides of his larynx were injured and he suffered blunt-force trauma to his head, neck and torso. The … Continue reading

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