People are appealing to the courts and not being heard. The Judges and DA's in Smith County Texas are known for not going through all of the procedures of the legal system. Families need for the Federal Government to look into these 50yrs to life sentences and see if the time is merited. My husband received a life sentence for an alleged misdemeanor assault that all the evidence pointed towards his innocence, but yet he was convicted of the crime. We need someone to look at this county's cases that are being appealed, but not being heard. Injustice anywhere is a threat everywhere

In 1619, the first slave ship landed in Jamestown Virginia. This was the beginning of sorrows for many generations to come. Our forefathers were forced at gunpoint to work from dusk to dawn, building the infrastructure of what would become the greatest power on the face of the earth. It Is no wonder why we are asked to simply forget about the atrocities of our mothers and fathers, because there is no amount of money that will replace the sacrifices made by these brave souls. Therefore, we the people of the people who built this land demand that this government recognize this oppressed nation within a nation, and be given equal respect as the Native American tribes of America, the Jewish people of modern Israel who suffered under the German government, the Japanese and other nations who have been officially recognized by the US government as an oppressed people who deserves to be made whole by their oppressor.

We have been historically targetted by the police. And because we are living in fear we want to rid police forces all over the country of cops who demonstrate a tolerance for profiling, targetting and destroying the lives of low income peoples, as well as African American families. We call for officers who turned their backs on Mayor De Blasio to be disciplined up to suspension without pay and/or re-evaluated as to their competency to work as officers of the law.

The ideology that members of the LGBT+ community can be "cured" has been discredited by every major professional psychological, psychiatric, and counseling association. Do not let Leelah Alcorn's death go in vain. We cannot allow the torture of any more people. We cannot spare any more lives. Leelah was sent to conversion therapy before she committed suicide. Although her suicide note was removed from her Tumblr, you can find segments of it here: http://www.refinery29.com/2014/12/80149/leelah-alcorn-trans-teenager-suicide-letter

Bloomington City Attorney Sandra Johnson wants to hold protesters responsible for loss of profits and cost of police presence due to the #BlackLivesMatter protest at the Mall of America on Dec. 20. By drafting criminal charges against these protesters, the City of Bloomington is trying to suppress protest and chill free speech. Send the city a message: if it does not believe Black Lives Matter more than one day of doing business, we will not do business in Bloomington, or the Mall of America.

A week before two NYPD officers were executed, Philly Medic Marcell Salters made national news for posting an Instagram picture of two black men pointing guns at a white police officer with the caption "Our real enemy." He followed with another comment: "need 2 stop pointing guns at each other & at the ones that's legally killing innocents." Additionally he took to facebook posting the following comments: "Because of what i do i have to work with them but dont have to like them," he said. ". . . There are numerous crooked & corrupted cops (mostly white) & mostly they harass, beat, or kill innocents(mostly blks)." Philly doesn't need or want racist Medics and we want him fired!

There has been a execution style murder of two NYPD Officers in Brooklyn, N.Y. At this time HHC Police Officers have no means to properly protect themselves and people in HHC facilities. Police Officers should have the right to carry firearms regardless of their race. At this time the Health & Hospitals Corporation, by denying their Police Officers the right to carry firearms is in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Tired of all the shit. Replace bad "leaders" with people who actually want to do the right thing.

Anybody who knows the past of Al Sharpton should be concerned that he has become the go-to guy in matters dealing with race. Al Sharpton does nothing but divide this country and is of no benefit to President Obama. He is a self-appointed civil rights leader who only cares when the aggrieved are black. He does not show up protesting the police when the mentally disabled or mentally ill are the victims. He is a fraud who also evades paying his taxes while living a lavish lifestyle. Perception is reality and none of this benefits the President. There is a reason Al Sharpton has been called a racial arsonist. He poisons the atmosphere. Sharpton falsely accused a man of rape. Sharpton became famous by championing the cause of a black teenager named Tawana Brawley, who, it turned out, lied when she claimed that she'd been abducted and sexually assaulted by whites. A grand jury found that Tawana Brawley fabricated the whole thing. Sharpton not only refused to apologize, he dared white Asst. A.D. Pagones to sue him for defamation. Pagones obliged. A jury unanimously found Sharpton liable, and Pagones' lawyer spent years trying to get Sharpton to pay the judgment. To this day, Sharpton refuses to apologize to Pagones, who said he received death threats. Tawana Brawley had by 2013 only paid 1% of what she owed in punishment for the defamation. There is a FBI surveillance video of Sharpton arranging a cocaine/money laundering deal with a mobster-turned-informant. Nothing about Sharpton calling the first black mayor of New York a "n**er whore." Sharpton was a paid pitchman for LoanMax, a "predatory lender" that could not legally operate in New York. Crown Heights tells us everything one needs to know about Sharpton. A 7-year-old black child was accidentally struck and killed by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew in that section of Brooklyn, N.Y. It sparked three days of riots, resulting in a hundred people injured and the stabbing death of a young Jewish scholar, who was surrounded by a mob chanting, "Kill the Jew." Sharpton fanned the flames, leading some 400 protesters through a Jewish section of Crown Heights. Al Sharpton later said, "If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house." He also defended the lying Duke Lacrosse accuser (and now murderer) with "There is a lot of racism that's in the air." There are more examples but this is a petition and not a book.

Consequences! This man truly believes he can do and say whatever the heck he wants because his wife and children are black, so that apparently in this country now means you hand the right to tell "my fellow black family: Go out and protest as you may, and may it stay peaceful. We have the police there to help you". Then why did you tell them to go against them? My family comes from an incredibly long line of service men and I have had enough! I will be the voice for you!

In too many states, it’s still legal to discriminate against LGBT Americans. Whether it’s in housing, public accommodations or in the workplace, it has to stop. We’ve made incremental progress, but it isn’t enough. In 14 states where we’ve won victories on marriage equality, someone could marry their same-sex partner legally on Saturday and then get fired for being gay on Monday. That’s wrong. We acted to ban discrimination on the basis of race, gender, national origin, and religion. Now it's time for the next step: a comprehensive act that affords to LGBT Americans the full equality that all Americans deserve. Add your name today and join the chorus of Americans calling for full LGBT equality. Help us get it done!

Last week, the Michigan House of Representatives passed the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" along party lines. It should be titled the "License To Discriminate Act". This act's sole purpose is to allow a person to refuse to serve any person whom they choose if they have a moral objection to that person's lifestyle. The LGBT community is most likely the target of this bill, but it has far reaching implications that even its proponents don't yet realize. By citing religious beliefs, people would be able to legally discriminate against anybody they wanted for any purpose. Christians against Jews, Jews against Muslims, Muslims against Hindus, and so on, and so on. Is this really the type of society we wish to live in? I think not. Liberty and justice for all, regardless of whether or not you share someone else's religious beliefs.