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According to body-camera video that is certain to play a key role in the trial, Grayson & Massey joked about how the deputy backed away as she moved the pan before Massey said, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” Grayson later told sheriff’s investigators he thought Massey’s statement meant she intended to kill him, yelled at her to drop the pot & in the subsequent commotion, fired 3 shots, striking her just below the eye.
#SonyaMassey #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #racism #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago

The incident has prompted continued questions about #US #LawEnforcement #shootings of #Black people in their homes & generated a change in #Illinois #law requiring fuller transparency on the background of candidates for law enforcement jobs.

A jury of 10 women & 5 men, including 3 alternates, will hear testimony that’s predicted to end next week.

#SonyaMassey #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #racism #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 5 days ago

Opening statements Wednesday in trial of ex-Illinois officer who killed #SonyaMassey

15 months after Sonya Massey, a #Black woman who had called 911 for help, was killed in her home, the former #police officer who fired the fatal shot is set to go on trial.

Sean Grayson, 31, a fmr deputy for the Sangamon County #Sheriff’s Dept in central #Illinois, has pleaded not guilty to 3 counts of first-degree #murder.

#law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #racism #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/sonya-massey-shooting-trial-sean-grayson-police-ef91c35e7d6823a06639cdb243792a53

AP News

Opening statements Wednesday in trial of ex-Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey

Opening statements in the trial of a former sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the shooting death of a Black woman, in her Springfield, Illinois, home are scheduled for Wednesday.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · last week

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure, & in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career.

…Since early Sept, #US Special Ops forces have struck at least 5 boats off the coast of #Venezuela that the #Trump admin claims were transporting drugs, killing 27 people. US officials have privately made it clear that the main goal is to drive Nicolás #Maduro, #Venezuela’s #authoritarian leader, from #power.

#military #USSouthCom #law #murder

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

…Admiral Holsey, who is #Black, becomes only the latest in a line of more than a dozen #military leaders, many of them people of color &/or #women, who have left their jobs this year. Most have been fired by #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth or pushed out.

#Trump #US #Venezuela #Caribbean #USSouthCom #Pentagon #law #murder #war #Venezuela #NonInternationalArmedConflict

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@RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp · 2 weeks ago

I thought it would be easier to find a non-white #transgender #translator of #Japanese to English on here, but when I asked a few weeks back I got nothing but crickets. Surely there is someone on here who fits that description? The pay is pretty good by contemporary standards of #manga #translation! Drop me a line! Connect me with your friend/acquaintance/colleague who fits this description! Anyway, please boost! #BIPOC #Black #Brown #Indigenous

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@RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp · 2 weeks ago

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 weeks ago

Arguments underway in #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct case

#JohnRoberts first called on Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to present her argument. Nelson is representing Press Robinson & other #Black #Louisiana voters.

Nelson argues her opponents “seek stagging reversal of precedent that would throw maps across the country into chaos.”

#law #VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 weeks ago

When it comes to redrawing districts in #Louisiana, the argument by plaintiffs is that #Republicans are seeking to condense the #Black vote then dilute it by dividing them among districts.

Justice Jackson brings up a 2023 case from #Alabama where #SCOTUS upheld the #VotingRightsAct.

Nelson’s argument seems to suggest, “We not revisit the determination that we made just 2 years ago,” Jackson said.

“That is absolutely correct,” Nelson responded.

#law #CivilRights #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 weeks ago

Arguments underway in #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct case

#JohnRoberts first called on Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to present her argument. Nelson is representing Press Robinson & other #Black #Louisiana voters.

Nelson argues her opponents “seek stagging reversal of precedent that would throw maps across the country into chaos.”

#law #VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 weeks ago

The other lawyers are the #Trump administration’s deputy solicitor general, Hashim Mooppan, #Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga & Edward Greim, the lawyer for the #white voters who sued over the map with 2 majority #Black districts.

Louisiana switched sides after the court ordered new arguments.

#SCOTUS #law #VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 2 weeks ago

Roberts & #Kavanaugh are the ones to watch

Along with the three liberal justices, #JohnRoberts & Brett Kavanaugh were part of a surprising decision two years ago that required #Alabama to redraw its congressional districts to benefit Black voters and led to the new map in #Louisiana as well.

The outcome likely will be different if either justice votes differently this time around.

#SCOTUS #law #VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 2 weeks ago

4 lawyers will present arguments to the court

But only one is defending the #Louisiana congressional map with 2 majority #Black districts.

That will be #CivilRights lawyer Janai Nelson, representing the Black voters who sued when the state initially produced a map with just one majority Black district.

#SCOTUS #law #VotingRights #VRA #ActivistCourt #WhiteSupremacy

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@benroyce@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

@bitsnpieces @mastodonmigration

i remember reading @mekkaokereke 's delineation of the #harassment of #black folk around a year ago

essentially using nonpublic #replyguy bullshit. other methods

you can say "well just block and move on"

but the reality is it is a degradation of your experience and enjoyment of #mastodon and drives you from the #fediverse

targeted harassment is not unique to mastodon

but it is a real, here. and we should care

it needs to be addressed with a beefier toolset

Mustardon

@bitsnpieces@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

@mastodonmigration @benroyce
This is something I have not been able to understand. HOW are people of color being targeted here in such a way that I don't see it? What is the method being used? If I don't see what is happening I can't help in any way. It's maddening to know that people are being harassed in such a targeted way. If I see it, I can respond/report and support as best I can. However this is being done, it's on purpose to keep non-targeted people from seeing it

Ben Royce 🇺🇦

@benroyce@mastodon.social replied · 3 weeks ago

@bitsnpieces @mastodonmigration

i remember reading @mekkaokereke 's delineation of the #harassment of #black folk around a year ago

essentially using nonpublic #replyguy bullshit. other methods

you can say "well just block and move on"

but the reality is it is a degradation of your experience and enjoyment of #mastodon and drives you from the #fediverse

targeted harassment is not unique to mastodon

but it is a real, here. and we should care

it needs to be addressed with a beefier toolset

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 weeks ago

#Trump & #Hegseth #military address🤬🧵

#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth addressed the gathering of military leaders earlier.

He assailed what he called "decades of #decay" caused by policies promoting #diversity & #inclusion in the #USmilitary.

"Foolish & reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading & we lost our way. We became the 'Woke Department,'" Hegseth said as he kicked off the event in Quantico, Virginia.

"But not anymore," he said.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 4 weeks ago

Addressing the room full of the #US’ top #generals & #admirals, summoned from around the world w/o explanation last week, #Hegseth defended his #firings of #FlagOfficers, which include the top US general, a #Black man, & the #Navy's top admiral, a #woman.

He said the officers he relieved were part of a “broken culture”.

#Trump & #PeteHegseth #military address🤬🧵

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skariko

@skariko@www.lealternative.net · 5 years ago

Alternative ad Amazon

Iniziative come il Prime Day e il Black Friday speculano sui lavoratori e sul pianeta. È secondo noi importante usare alternative ad Amazon

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Steve Dustcircle 🌹

@dustcircle@mastodon.social · last month

#MacKenzieScott Donates $70M to Strengthen Historically #Black #Colleges

https://observer.com/2025/09/philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-70m-hbcus/

Observer

MacKenzie Scott Donates $70M to Strengthen Historically Black Colleges

MacKenzie Scott’s latest gift gives UNCF’s $1 billion campaign a powerful lift toward long-term stability for HBCUs.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · last month

In a sharp break with precedent, #Trump has aggressively contested sources of government #data that he thinks casts his policies in a negative light. Last month, after a weak #jobs report, he fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor #Statistics, claiming with no evidence that the data was “rigged.”

#PublicHealth #Health #hunger #FoodInsecurity #law #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #USpol

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last month

The #Agriculture Dept report, Household #FoodSecurity in the #UnitedStates, quantifies the share of households considered “#FoodInsecure” & “very low food secure,” a subset with a more severe designation of need that applied to 5.1% of households in 2023. It analyzes those categories by #state, #race & #ethnicity. Rates are much higher among #Black & #Latino households than among #white households.

#PublicHealth #Health #hunger #law #Trump #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy

Pax Ahimsa Gethen

@funcrunch@me.dm · last month

"Democracy dies in darkness" indeed. Shame on the #WashingtonPost for firing #KarenAttiah, their last remaining #Black full-time opinion columnist.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/15/karen-attiah-fired-washington-post-charlie-kirk

#BlackMastodon #CharlieKirk

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@alice@lgbtqia.space · last month

Went to the Frye Art Museum to see the new installations, and of all the awesome pieces there, this one was just fucking chilling.

"Start 'Em Young", by Hugh Hayden, from the American Vernacular collection.

#Disturbing #Black #IncarcerationPipeline #Art

"Start 'Em Young", by Hugh Hayden.

A baby crib made from chain link fence and barbed wire, standing on a start white platform. — "Start 'Em Young", by Hugh Hayden. A baby crib made from chain link fence and barbed wire, standing on a start white platform.