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Leon Ford wheeled himself in front of a group of high school students on Friday and told them his story. “I was pulled over by the police. I was shot multiple times. I’m paralyzed. I was 19.” A Pittsburgh police officer shot Ford during a 2012 traffic stop in Highland
"What I did was — out of respect for her — I removed it.”
Butler billboards divide community
“That symbol may be part of what happened to 6 million people, but that symbol means more than that,” Placek said,
A 2018 rutgers university study showed that negative media portrayals, which foster fear of black men, were a significant factor in a five times higher rate of unarmed black men being shot by police than unarmed white men. that fear has justified not only excessive force, but also claims of self-defense. >> i think a lot of it has to do with, when you see us on mainstream media, we're dehumanized. and so, when antoine gets killed, it's like, oh, that's a young black dude. >> you know how it goes. a black 17-year-old named antoine rose is shot and killed by a police officer, michael rosfeld. bl...