Sorry. Got caught up helping with the conference. Couldn’t take extensive notes for the blog. Hopefully Sam I Am will be post some notes.
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My #torture statement at ACLU blog
Find it here.
Racial Profiling Doesn’t Work
[T]he study shows that out of those stopped only 0.15 per cent resulted in firearms charges. This number stands to directly contradict Commissioner Kelly’s statements that the stops are responsible for the fall in gun crime. Also of note is the fact that out of all ethnicities stopped, white people had the highest chance of having committed a crime, despite being proportionally the least searched. via andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com
istanbul – Ashura procession
istanbul Originally uploaded by سامراء. A procession marking the martyrdom of Imam Husayn in Turkey, a predominately Sunni nation.