The officers involved in this shooting were all white males. It's now been documented that William Mark Henderson; a 58 year old black man, was shot 17 times by these 5 officers.
The case went under Grand Jury this week, and the offiicers were not: indicted, fined or fired; they are allowed to return to duty, at their earliest convenience. Even at the time of questioning, they were suspended--WITH PAY! The jurors were 8 blacks and 4 whites. They took only 25 minutes to decide that the officers were not liable, and not be indicted. Other officers and witnesses were questioned over four days. "Now how in the hell can they go through all that information--in 25 minutes?" You tell me.
The officers in question were: John Drew, Micheal Todd Willis, Christopher C. Moore, Joey C. Hawkins, and Thomas Morgan Cannon, a reserve officer. NONE OF THESE OFFICERS WAS CALLED TO STAND BEFORE THE GRAND JURY! Many of the older people of the community feel that there will be retaliations from the young people. Not going to give police a chance to do them in, one of the officers, who was not named, resigned. I guess he knew in his heart, they were wrong.
The Henderson Family is continuing on, unwilling to roll over. They have a Civil Suit in the works and are still wanting justice for the murder of Mr. Henderson.
Saving the Tigers from extinction It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.
The EIP factor - what you should learn from it When we grow older, or get older for the sake of the argument, we tend to start seeing the world only from one side. We tend to believe, no, not believe but know, how things are done. If you are smart, you understand that it shouldn't be that way, you understand this is wrong.
Whether we want to admit it or not, even now, in year 2012, there are still big gender biases in some fields of life. While it's generally understandable that men should do more heavy lifting than women and knitting fits a bit better for the women (even though I am aware even here there are many people who want to disagree), art is one of those things where our gender really should not play any significant role at all. And within the past decade things have started to change even on this front and even on the more conservative arenas such as Bukowskis - the top Nordic auction house.
