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Allegedly inmates have taken over due to staffing shortages at Rikers Island, one of the most dangerous prisons in the US.
In the video below, inmates can be seen dancing with bottles of liquor & money allegedly filmed from smuggled cell phones.
RIKERS ISLAND PRISON
According to NY Post, the staffing shortages have also spawned significant increases in violent beatdowns & drug overdoses.
The head of the city’s jails acknowledged “serious problems” at Rikers Island, just hours after The Post exclusively revealed video clips of three inmates attacking another and a group of inmates partying inside a cell.
The level of disorder here is deeply, deeply troubling. I’m not going to deny that there are serious problems here.
I just returned from Rikers Island where a group of elected officials exercised our legal right to inspect correctional facilities. What I witnessed was a humanitarian crisis. A horror house of abuse and neglect. I'll share more soon but for now my message is simple: decarcerate.
I just came across a very interesting article on civilbeat.org that suggests that police officers should be held financially liable for their misconduct.
In the recent 4 years, under the leadership and direct orders of Trump, police brutality exposition has skyrocketed. Time and time again we watch in horror as simple encounters with law enforcement end in tragedy, even when suspects are 100% compliant with police orders. Unfortunately Black and brown people are usually the victims.
Protests and rioting have rang out — for sometimes weeks at a time — in several US cities with civilians and law enforcement clashing in the streets — just like the civil rights movement days.
To circumvent this widespread issue of corruption and misconduct, the article suggests that “all officers should be required to carry a supplemental professional liability insurance policy.”
While I do believe that financial liability for misconduct would significantly reduce corruption & misconduct, the trick is proving it. On the other hand, I do not believe that all officers are bad. I have personally encountered very professional & pleasant law enforcement officers but we cannot deny that as with any organization, there are some rotten apples in the bunch. It’s human nature.
I also believe that our police system needs to be heavily reformed, rather than defunded. Proper training & preparation would be a great start.
Sometimes it seems like Black and brown people and the police see each other as the enemy. If that’s the case, it’s definitely time to put the guns down & have meaningful conversation. A truce, per say.
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Business Insider — According to a former real-estate executive who worked for Donald Trump before he took office, Trump once complained to her about seeing a Black construction laborer working on one of his buildings.
I don’t want people thinking Trump Towers are being built by Black people.
Barbara Res also stated that Trump, known for his racist rhetoric also expressed that he didn’t want Black people in his building lobbies.
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