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Challenge #01585-D124: What if--?

:Upon being told the superhero they're looking at is at some point going to go on a rampage and destroy the world:

"Well, what's your reasoning then? Because I'm having a hard time reconciling the guy currently pulling a kitten out of a tree with the Death Star." -- RecklessPrudence

He'd just extinguished the fire in a burning high-rise, prevented a multi-car pile-up, and was now making cootchie-coo noises at a small kitten that was stuck up a tree. He could have been everyone's hero, except for one small detail.

"Someone needs to lock that thug up before he goes nuclear on us," said someone in the crowd of gawkers. It did not help that they pronounced it 'new-cue-lur'.

What was even more worrying was that there was a lot of subdued murmuring of agreement.

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unite4humanity:salon:1. Getting fired because we don't fit into white cultural norms. Rhonda Lee, an African American meteorologist who...

unite4humanity:

salon:

1. Getting fired because we don’t fit into white cultural norms. 

Rhonda Lee, an African American meteorologist who worked at a Louisiana TV station wore her hair in a natural hairstyle one viewer found offensive. “The black lady that does the news is a very nice lady. The only thing is she needs to wear a wig or grow some more hair. I’m not sure if she is a cancer patient. But still it’s not something myself

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4mysquad: Ralkina Jones tells police at station: 'I don't want to die in your cell' - video In video released by Cleveland Heights...

4mysquad:

Ralkina Jones tells police at station: ‘I don’t want to die in your cell’ – video

In video released by Cleveland Heights police, Ralkina Jones tells an officer 

‘I don’t want to die in your cell’ 

about 15 hours before she is found dead at the station. Jones is seen in the bodycam footage, shot on 25 July, a day after her arrest, asking about her cell and telling police she needs to take medicine for various medical conditions. Jones

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actjustly: Unarmed black teen William Chapman, killed by police officer who just came off suspension for killing.On April 22, the...

actjustly:

Unarmed black teen William Chapman, killed by police officer who just came off suspension for killing.

On April 22, the Portsmouth, Virginia, Police Department claimed that 18-year-old William Chapman was suspected of shoplifting from a local Walmart. Completely unarmed, he was shot in the face and killed by an officer with a record so heinous that it is criminal he was ever allowed on the force in the first place.

In a powerful report written by Jon Swaine of The Guardian

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thekirstenlynn: Please don't spread the name and face of the Charleston shooter, call him a white terrorist because that's all he is, don't...

thekirstenlynn:

Please don’t spread the name and face of the Charleston shooter, call him a white terrorist because that’s all he is, don’t give him the respect of learning his name or recognizing his face. All he wants is to be famous, now he will be infamous. He only deserves to be known as a white homegrown terrorist and imagined as a monster because that’s what he is. Instead learn the names and faces of the victims, they

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commiekinkshamer:america-wakiewakie:Yvette Henderson, a young black woman between the age of 25-30, was summarily executed by Emeryville...

commiekinkshamer:

america-wakiewakie:

Yvette Henderson, a young black woman between the age of 25-30, was summarily executed by Emeryville Police in West Oakland yesterday February 2nd. Learn more via Twitter. It was the second police killing in the East Bay Area in 24 hours. 

Anti black racism, police violence, murder

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Baltimore Police Just Arrested Man Who Filmed The Freddie Gray Arrest

tamtams:

April 30, 2015 9:19 pm

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Kevin Moore filmed the police brutally arresting Freddie Gray. That footage went viral and began all of the protests that have been flooding the streets of Baltimore and sweeping the nation ever since. Now, after claiming the police had been harassing and intimidating him after he went public with the footage, Kevin Moore and two members of Cop Watch, have been arrested tonight.

Moore said on Saturday that he is the man who filmed the

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bussitwideopenuniversity: "If you've been hearing about the "riots" or the #purge or the "Warzone" in Baltimore today, this is important...

bussitwideopenuniversity:

“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

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revolutionarykoolaid:#BlackWomenMatter (4/2/15): Far too often, I see responses to my post asking why our Black men only seem to be under...

revolutionarykoolaid:

#BlackWomenMatter (4/2/15): Far too often, I see responses to my post asking why our Black men only seem to be under attack by the police. The sad truth is that both our women and children face harassment and death from those sworn to “protect and serve.” This past weekend, Meagan Hockaday, a mother of three, was killed with in 20 seconds of the police arriving to her house on a domestic dispute call. Her children witnessed her death. Like

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The people of Ferguson have the absolute power to remove the ENTIRE city council and the mayor, and to do so within six months. They can...

The people of Ferguson have the absolute power to remove the ENTIRE city council and the mayor, and to do so within six months. They can then put into place a city council that will appoint a city manager who will fire the Chief of Police and replace that Chief with a Chief of Police who will replace the ENTIRE FORCE.

And they have more than enough numbers to make it all happen.

They just have to organize, register, and sign the

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hipsterlibertarian:New Yorker Tyeesha Mobley was at a gas station near her Bronx apartment with her two sons when she caught the older boy,...

hipsterlibertarian:

New Yorker Tyeesha Mobley was at a gas station near her Bronx apartment with her two sons when she caught the older boy, aged nine, stealing $10 out of her purse. Thinking this was a good opportunity to teach him a lesson about honesty and consequences, she called the police, asking them to help her communicate the seriousness of stealing.

When the police arrived, however, Mobley’s Arrested Development-style lesson quickly escalated into a terrifying situation. Three of the four officers

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revolutionarykoolaid:Save Our Kids (3/14/15): UPDATE on the Jesse Hernandez's tragic story. The autopsy report shows that the police were...

revolutionarykoolaid:

Save Our Kids (3/14/15): UPDATE on the Jesse Hernandez’s tragic story. The autopsy report shows that the police were lying through their teeth about the circumstances surrounding why they killed Jesse. Her death has been ruled a homicide. Like Mike Brown before her, many tried to blame Jesse for her own death, that she instigated it by going on a joy ride with her friends. Worse, many were eager to believe some trumped up GTA story of Jesse

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