Funeral services for Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland
Family and friends gathered Monday for the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose death in custody triggered a fresh wave of protests over US police tactics.
Thousands of people arrived at the New Shiloh Baptist church to pay final respects to Gray, who died on April 19 of severe spinal injuries, a week after his arrest in Baltimore. (AFP)
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Please be safe babies.. The state of MD is pretty much issuing marshal law 10pm- 5am. We don’t need to lose anymore black lives. I need you all to keep each other safe 🙏 #blacklivesmatter #baltimore #freddiegray
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Police abuse their wives, girlfriends, and family members four times more than the national average.
Research suggests that family violence is two to four times higher in the law-enforcement community than in the general population.
This is a higher rate than the NFL has.
Two studies have found that at least 40 percent of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to the 10 percent of families in the general population. A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24 percent, indicating that domestic violence is two to four times more common among police families than American families in general.
What makes this even worse is that officers who are found guilty of domestic violence are unlikely to be fired, arrested, or referred for prosecution.
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- 12 year olds in 1955: I need some cash, I'll get a paper route!
- 12 year olds in 2015: I'm still 12 years old. I'm not ageing. Just let me die! Is God listening? Let me die!
“If you’ve been hearing about the “riots” or the #purge or the “Warzone” in Baltimore today, this is important context. h/t Jon Berger Sergio España
“I want to make this as clear as possible:
Step 1: the police created a “credible threat” about some high school students gathering at Mondawmin to start trouble.“
Step 2: the police showed up in force and riot gear before the students got out of school at Mondawmin, which is a major public transit hub, and SHUT DOWN THE TRANSIT, guaranteeing the kids couldn’t leave.
Step 3: the police started macing people and brandishing tasers.
Step 4: the kids understandably responded to being stranded and maced by throwing rocks.
Step 5: the media starts reporting it as “a riot” and “violent protesters.”
This is 100% bought and paid for by the police department. This is absolutely vile.“
- Seth
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Baltimore
This is in the state that I live. That I raise my kids in. This is horrifying.
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I literally forgot I owned a textbook for this class
Isaac Roberts - Photograph of ‘Praesepe’ the beehive star cluster (M44), 1891
I thought this was a fucking bath bomb Thanks Tumblr
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I’m such a dumb asshole I was going thru my sensation & perception notes and couldn’t stop giggling at the phrase “rod sensitivity”
a lot of people have a lot of different opinions as to what the worst post on tumblr is but this is objectively it