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Monday, 24 February 2014
Oscar's legacy is alive
's two sons were on an Oakland BART platform with Oscar Grant III in the early morning hours of New Year's Day in 2009 when BART officer Johannes Mehserle pulled out his weapon and fired a bullet into the unarmed and handcuffed Grant. Despite shooting an unarmed man in the back, Mehserle served less than a year in jail before being released.
Bryson became a leading voice of the campaign to win justice for Oscar and his family, and to confront the ongoing epidemic of police brutality. In this slightly edited version of a comment written on Facebook following a recent visit to an Oakland, Calif., junior high school, he explains the importance of the ongoing struggle for justice.
Protesters demand justice outside the courtroom where Grant's murderer went on trial (Thandisizwe Chimurenga)
THIS EVENING, I was invited to a junior high school in Oakland, Calif., to hear students do poetry. When I got there and looked around, I saw pictures of Harriet Tubman, Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. I saw pictures of freedom fighters around the classroom.
When I got there, the students were getting ready to speak. It was an art and poetry program. As I was looking at the artwork, I was impressed, because the students drew what they felt. I noticed a lot of guns, and when a student was explaining it, he was talking about the violence in his community.
There was also a lot of art with hands that have chains on them. They explained that the chains represent them feeling oppressed by the police and the system. These were eighth graders. The amazing thing is that this is how they felt. When I saw the chains on the hands, I thought about Steve Biko and the movie Cry Freedom. When I looked on the wall, I saw a picture of Nelson Mandela.
I was impressed, because when I was in the eighth grade, I wasn't conscious at all. I was focused on smoking weed, playing basketball and football, and chasing young ladies. When I was in this classroom, I was thinking to myself that I wish I had been a little more conscious when I was younger.
When I looked around the classroom, I noticed that there was a memorial on the floor, with candles. The first picture that I saw in the memorial was a picture of Oscar Grant. Next to Oscar Grant was a picture of Tupac Shakur. I was amazed by the legacy of Oscar and Tupac, for these kids to have a memorial including them. Most of these kids weren't born when Tupac was murdered, and they were only 7 years old when Oscar was murdered.
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THEY WERE reading their poetry and spoke about the oppression of the system, as if there is no future for them. As I was standing against the wall, I noticed that one student kept staring at me. When his time came to speak, he sat in the chair, and he looked at me. He read one of the nicest poems I've heard about Oscar Grant. When he was reading his poem about what happened to Oscar Grant, I got emotional to hear this young kid say these things about Oscar. It opened up what I've been trying to close out, in a good way.
I thought about Wanda, Oscar's mother. I thought about [Oscar's partner] Sophina and [his daughter] Tatiana. I also thought about Oscar's friends who were on the platform with him that night, as the kid read his poem. When he was finished, the kid was smiling, and he looked at me. When he walked by me, I shook his hand and gave him a hug.
Then another kid got up there, and he did the same thing--he spoke about Oscar Grant in his poem. I got a little emotional because it took me back. So I went out in the hallway. I looked on the wall and noticed that most of the writings on the wall were about Oscar Grant. I was just amazed. Here it is five years later, and the legacy of Oscar Grant continues.
The part that blows my mind is the pictures of Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X were there along with Oscar Grant's picture. I guess what I am trying to say is that Oscar's mother always told me from the beginning, when he was murdered, that "You're not fighting for nothing, Jack." Back then, I didn't understand it.
She would say, "You may not see it now, but you'll see it later." I guess I saw it today in this classroom. Even though I didn't see it then, through these kids today, I saw it. As I was walking out of the classroom, I saw written on the wall, "There is no victory without pain."
As I was reading that, I thought about Oscar's mother, Wanda, and all of the things that she used to tell me, and the things she prepared me for. I called Wanda and told her that she was right, saying that Oscar's legacy is alive. I was happy to tell her that--that these young students are keeping Oscar's legacy alive. It meant a lot to her.
Teen: My father killed a serial killer
Jean Casarez meets the 19-year-old son of the man who killed notorious serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer.
Friday, 21 February 2014
Terrance Bowman-Taylor February 16, 2014 update
After being sent for x-rays the medical staff at Central Prison continues to ignore the proven fact that Terrance back continues to get worse due to ignoring such. Medical staff still refuse to give Terrance a therapeutic mattrew, cancel physical therapy after order was approved, rather give him injection shots in his spine that only builds up calcium and makes the situation worse. One minute the nurse will inform Terrance that he's schedule to see the doctor then call him to the nurses station and say he's not able to see the doctor and charge him $5. Terrance was told by the nurse that his current X-Ray showed that he has a mild curve of his thoracic spine.
Potential Risks of Epidural Steroid Injections
As with all invasive medical procedures, there are potential risks associated with lumbar epidural steroid injections. In addition to temporary numbness of the bowels and bladder, the most common potential risks and complications include:
- Infection. Severe infections are rare, occurring in 0.1% to 0.01% of injections.
- Dural puncture ("wet tap"). A dural puncture occurs in 0.5% of injections. It may cause a post-dural puncture headache (also called a spinal headache) that usually improves within a few days. Although infrequent, a blood patch may be necessary to alleviate the headache. A blood patch is a simple, quick procedure that involves obtaining a small amount of blood from a patient from an arm vein and immediately injecting it into the epidural space to allow it to clot around the spinal sac and stop the leak.
- Bleeding. Bleeding is a rare complication and is more common for patients with underlying bleeding disorders.
- Nerve damage. While extremely rare, nerve damage can occur from direct trauma from the needle, or from infection or bleeding.
Terrance has been diagnosis with nerve damage.
Flood complaints to:
George Solomon, Director of PrisonsGwen Norville, Deputy Director of PrisonsHeadquarters 831 West Morgan Street 4260 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-4260Phone: (919) 838-4000Fax: (919) 733-8272Courier # 53-71-00
People For Schapelle Corby
Kim here. Obviously the facts surrounding Schapelle's case are now seriously worrying those in the corridors of power, because they've stopped ignoring the irrefutable evidence of cover-up and corruption and started attacking it. That's a clear sign we have them on the run.
To-day, Rupert Murdoch's rag "The Australian" published a series of lies about The Expendable Project (which is excellent advertising for it, thanks Murdoch, you and your squalid mates are now wearing your desperation on your sleaves). The first one I'm tackling in this post is "The Lie" quoted in this graphic. But before I continue, let's re-hash Murdoch's well-documented, slimy past of lies and cover-up, seen here . . .
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=496966660384800&set=a.119032021511601.28637.117859211628882&type=1&relevant_count=1
. . . so he's not a reliable or trustworthy source (something of an understatement that).
Now without question, Schapelle's boogie board bag was (quite illegally), NOT scanned on its way to Indonesia - and here's the evidence: http://www.expendable.tv/2011/09/transit-report-24-missing-records.html
And here's the direct evidence ALL bags going to Indonesia at that time (from Australia), legally required scanning (scroll down to page 21 & check out the 6th dot point):http://www.airsafety.com.au/avpol04lcp/avpol04lcp.pdf
The Murdoch article also claims (amongst many other lies & distortions), that former senior Australian Customs officer Allan Kessing does not support The Expendable Project. So (for the record), here's the extended interview he gave to the Project's researchers:http://www.expendable.tv/2011/09/allan-kessing-interview.html
So quite clearly, Allan Kessing DOES support The Expendable Project.
I'm also sure a much more detailed dissection of Murdoch's chronic crap is on the way.
https://www.facebook.com/PeopleForSchapelleCorby
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