Ivan Bush Joins Police Use of Force Commission

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Robert Lloyd

The membership of the City of Spokane’s Use of Force Commission is now complete. Ivan Bush, equal opportunity officer for Spokane School District 81, and Susan Hammond, director of outpatient and psychiatric services for Spokane Mental Health are two of the members.

Former mayor Mary Vernor established the commission and chose Earl Martin, former dean of the Gonzaga Law School, as the chair.

The purpose of the commission was originally to investigate the use of force by police in the Otto Zehm case. Chair Martin says the the commission will now also review police procedures and training and civilian police oversight.

Other members of the commission include retired Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander and Bill Hyslop, former states attorney for Eastern Washington.

See the Spokesman Review article of January 25, 2012 for additional details:

Ex-chief justice joins police use of force panel

SPOKANE OCCUPY JAN 20, 2012

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Robert Lloyd

The Spokane African American Voice supports the Occupy movement join us.

OCCUPY THE COURT! OCCUPY CITY HALL!
MARCH FOR OUR RIGHTS-Jan 20th at 11:30 AM Riverfront Park Carousel, and on to meet participants at the Rally at the Federal Bldg.
RALLY FOR OUR RIGHTS-Jan 20th at 11:30 AM Federal Courthouse 920 W. Riverside
RECEPTION AND FORUM-Jan.20th 2pm Reception in City Council Chambers and 3pm Forum With City Leaders and Occupy Spokane.
Co-Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane

FEATURING:
MARY VERNER Former Mayor of Spokane
JOHN WAITE-Political activist and small business owner
LIZ MOORE-Director of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane
BREEAN BEGGS Local attorney and activist
WALTER KLOEFKORN Spokane Moves to Amend
KIRK SMITH-Political consultant
BART MIHAILOVICH Spokane Riverkeeper at Center For Justice
AUSTIN DEPAOLO-Organizing Director of UFCW 1439
BRAD REED-Envision Spokane

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Return of the King : The Boondocks

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Robert Lloyd

The Boondocks : Return of the King

Is this Entertainment, Education or Empowerment?

In “Return of the King,” McGruder offers a “what if?” episode which theorizes that Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t die but, rather, has been in a coma all this time; when he awakens, he ends up going from being a hero to all those seeking equality of the races to being accused of a terrorist sympathizer. When he attempts to hold a rally to inspire his brethren, it’s so overtaken by attempts to make it into a party . . . . . . . . Will Harris wharris@bullz-eye.com https://www.bullz-eye.com/television_reviews/2005/the_boondocks_1.htm

Black Heritage Day January 2

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Robert Lloyd

How to Start a Revolution

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Robert Lloyd

Watch this inspiring profile of “From Dictatorship to Democracy” author Gene Sharp, whose nonviolent tactics for toppling despots have been employed by protesters in Egypt and Eastern Europe.

CURRENT TV Comcast channel 125

Tuesday Dec 13 1-2 am, 7-8 am, 6-7 pm

Wednesday Dec 14 2-3 am, 5-6 am, 1-2 pm

The full length movie will be on CURRENT on January 1, 2012

Gene Sharp’s book is free online as a PDF download from the Albert Einstein Institute at

http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations98ce.html

Wealth Gaps Between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Robert Lloyd

By Paul Taylor, Richard Fry, and Rakesh Kochhar

The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009.

These lopsided wealth ratios are the largest since the government began publishing such data a quarter century ago and roughly twice the size of the ratios that had prevailed between these three groups for the two decades prior to the Great Recession that ended in 2009.

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“VICTORY: Justice in Cook County

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Robert Lloyd

Thanks to the activism of 65,000 ColorOfChange.org members and the tireless legal work of our friends at the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth and the Innocence Project, the Englewood 5 are free–bringing justice for some who’ve waited nearly 20 years.1

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Hate is alive

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Robert Lloyd

A post found on a Facebook wall. If you saw this what would you do? If your kids knock on this neighbor’s door on Halloween will they get a treat?

Robert Lloyd Artist & Advocate

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Ivan Bush Joins Police Use of Force Commission

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