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Largely Whitewashed Out Of History – The Brutal Trade In Enslaved People Within The US

A trade card with printed black type for the domestic slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Joshua D. Rothman, University of Alabama For my recently published book, “The Ledger and the Chain,” I visited more than 30 archives in over a dozen states, from Louisiana to Connecticut. Along the way, I uncovered mountains of material that exposed the depravity of the men who ran the largest domestic slave trading operation in American history and revealed the fortitude of the enslaved people they trafficked as merchandise. But I also learned that many Americans do not realize that a domestic slave trade existed in the U.S. at all. Mentioning my research to others repeatedly provoked questions about Africa, not...

Police officers accused of brutal violence often have a history of complaints by citizens

As protests against police violence and racism continue in cities throughout the U.S., the public is learning that several of the officers involved in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville share a history of complaints by citizens of brutality or misconduct. Decades of research on police shootings and brutality reveal that officers with a history of shooting civilians, for example, are much more likely to do so in the future compared to other officers. A similar pattern holds for misconduct complaints. Officers who are the subject of previous civilian complaints – regardless of whether those complaints are for excessive force, verbal abuse or unlawful searches – pose a higher risk of engaging in serious misconduct in the future. A study published in...

Gene Simmons Says Brutal Hip-Hop Comments Weren’t ‘Mean-Spirited’

In addition to calling Prince’s death “pathetic” in a recent Newsweek interview (comments for which he’s since apologized) Gene Simmons has clarified another controversial statement about how he eagerly awaits the death of hip-hop music.“I am looking forward to the death of rap,” he told Rolling Stone in March, echoing statements he made to Radio.com two years ago. “I’m looking forward to music coming back to lyrics and melody, instead of just talking.” Source: Gene Simmons Says Brutal Hip-Hop Comments Weren’t ‘Mean-Spirited’ « Radio.com