Quote of the Day "Equivalence" by Merle Rutledge

I want to see a better life for all people, and equivalence should not be measured by tainted evidence in support of conviction; but by our characters that we address with clean fruit that bears justice.

by Merle T. Rutledge Jr

From:  Merle Rutledge, Civil Rights Activist, and Norfolk State University Student

To:  Texas Tech President, and its agents of Texas Tech University, and Texas Tech football coach Tommy Tuberville

    The article on Texas Tech coach embraces birtherism.  I feel Texas Tech should accept his immediate resignation, as his judgement has seriously lapse into a spiral of racist rhetoric; that the campus should no longer condone or tolerate.  I will do all…

And by that I mean worst lineup ever. Is it any wonder that people get wrongfully convicted because of police tactics like this?

can you spot the perp? hint: he's the one who's not smiling

Yes, that is the defendant in a headlock in a police lineup…

Shamefully, the U.S. today has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world, with over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars. This marks the highest rate of imprisonment in U.S. history.

But our criminal justice system has failed on every count: public safety, fairness and cost-effectiveness. A broad and bipartisan coalition, including prominent conservatives like Newt Gingrich, is coalescing around the idea that our criminal justice system is…

We didn’t know what to expect entering the Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center to meet the eight girls, ages 14-17, who had signed up for a weekly Miksang Photography class. Four volunteers from the Austin Shambhala Center, background checked and fingerprinted, deemed acceptable by the state of Texas to work with juvenile offenders – what had we…

Cyntoia Brown could be a gifted litigator, professor Preston Shipp thought, as he discussed the moving parts of the criminal justice system with his 30 students. Inquisitive, engaged, able to parse a legal principle and trace its lineage, the 21-year-old Brown was unlike anyone he'd ever taught.

It wasn't just that she wrung every nugget of knowledge she could from her professor. It was her active, searching mind. Whenever Shipp played devil's advocate supporting the…

On behalf of A. Scott Grabel & Associates posted in Juvenile Crimes on Thursday, April 28, 2011

Do you live in Wisconsin? would you be interested in assisting the reform of Juvenile Sentencing?

A.A.A. Is currectly seeking an Advocate for an inmate in the New Lisbon Corr Institute. If you can spare some time, offer support contact us for details or join us on the Advocate…

I have come across several Social Media sites that are owned by White European Supremacists that give the impression

that they are owned by Black Afrikans but are not !  These sites encourage Black Afrikans to discuss issues that cause

disunity amongst Black Afrikan Men/Women.  Black Afrikans beware of these sites & do not contribute to their hate

speech against Black Afrikan people.  Some sites even use Black Afrikan speakers that make…

In an interview with Christianity Today, a magazine and online communications outlet set up by his father, Franklin Graham claimed that he does not care where the President was born. “I don't care. I'm not the person raising these issues.”; “I really don't care where he was born. That's not an issue. I've never made this an issue, never have.” The North Carolina based…

Franklin Graham, son of Charlotte based Evangelist Billy Graham sided with Donald Trump in trying to distract the country with non-issues like the birthplace and citizenship of President Obama on a recent ABC news program.

VIDEO:

When pressed days after the interview, Graham, a Christian minister,…

Thursday investigators in Colorado asked for help in identifying a suspect seen on security camera footage in an area of a shopping mall minutes after a fire was started which they believe was part of an attempt to detonate explosives. The failed bombing attempt occurred Wednesday on the 20th anniversary of the Columbine high school massacre, one of the most horrific acts of domestic terrorism in Colorado history just miles from the school in Jefferson County. The suspect is described as a…

"They will step all over you; but those that step on you, will never ever think about crossing my path." by Merle Rutledge

"This quote is very important to any and everyone from all walks of life.  You have to have some heart about something, and be willing to stand up and die for it.  It is too many plea bargaining, snitching, giving up, and quitting on their dreams and goals, because they feel society has it out for them.  We…

Recently, I came across a strong statement from a Progressive Black Afrikan that Prevents Black Afrikan Unity with

Spiritually Based Black Afrikans that Support Black Afrikan Empowerment.  In the Words of the Honorable Mr.

Malcolm X

or El Hajj Malik El Shabazz - Message to the Grassroots - November 9, 10 , 1963 -  at King Solomon Baptist Church -

Detroit, MI   - "What you & I need to do is learn to forget our differences. …

People will spend 10 minutes writing on how to criticize Kanye antics with Taylor Swift, but wont spend 1 minute criticizing the racist Tea Party members; in which targets them more direct and more permanent in society with laws, and not just statements.  I'm suppose to give a damn about how Taylor Swift feels, but when is the last time Taylor Swift or others like her protested; on our behalf, on how other ethnic groups feel.  Take 1 minute for the critics, oops I forgot.  Kanye has more…