• Convict Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II for the murder of Alton Sterling
    As a black woman, I feel that we as people, a group, are being targeted! In the new 38-second recording, Sterling is already on the ground, on his back. One officer is kneeling to Sterling's left. The other officer appears to be straddling Sterling's legs. Sterling can be seen from the chest up and his lower legs are also visible. His left arms and hands are not visible; his right arm is by his side. After gunshots are heard, the camera pans to the right then back to Sterling, who has a large blood stain on his chest. The officer who was on his legs now lies on the pavement above Sterling's head, his gun pointed. The officer radios for an ambulance. As Sterling moves his left arm toward his face and then his chest, the other officer appears to remove something from one of Sterling's right pockets. Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said Sterling was armed at the time he was killed and one witness said the officer removed a gun from Sterling's pocket. Sterling, a 37-year-old man who sold CDs and DVDs outside the store, died of his wounds. The officers involved in Tuesday's shooting -- Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II -- have been placed on administrative leave. A source close to the investigation told CNN the officers were interviewed Tuesday night. These officers deserve to be charged and convicted of FIRST degree murder! Please sign to have our voices heard!
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  • Demand justice for Alton Sterling
    Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old Black man and father, was killed last night while selling CDs outside Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was shot several times by white police officers while pinned to the ground. The U.S. Department of Justice just announced that they'll be leading an independent civil rights investigation into this horrible murder. But that isn't enough. The Baton Rouge Police Department has a shameful history of racial profiling. In 2014, the arrest rate for Black residents was more than twice that of white residents. And the department also has a history of failing to hold cops accountable for using force—out of 35 use-of-force complaints investigated in recent years, not one resulted in charges getting filed against the police officer. This is unacceptable. The Baton Rouge Police Department must take action to address the ongoing violence against Black residents at the hands of police. The two officers involved in Alton's death should be fired and charged for their role in this murder, and Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. must step down for failing to address a culture of racism within the Baton Rouge Police Department.
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  • JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL
    I want my brother's case reviewed and my brother, Michael S. Hunter, pardoned and released.
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  • Justice For Tucker!
    Tucker Lee Wells is my twin brother. His murder, the cover-up, and the level of corruption involved has made it next to impossible to ignore and try to mourn and move past this tragedy. And I need help building a voice to get anyone to listen and help get justice for this young man.
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  • Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Green Harvest (marijuana interdiction)
    For the last week, the peace of Maui has been disturbed by loud helicopters looking for marijuana plantings. Meanwhile we have open assault and murder cases that are ignored. Stop wasting taxpayer money on this!
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  • Victims of sexual assault unite!
    I was sexually assaulted by three different people when I was young and I am now 46 years of age. I have been reading about other victims stories in the Daily News but Sen. Flanagan, the new Assembly Speaker, and Gov. Cuomo have failed to enact the anti-predator Child Safety Law, which lets victims prosecute their assaulters up to age 50. Orthodox Jews and the Catholic Church are against the legislation, which would favor the survivors/victims in adding further insult to injury.
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  • DENY William Levea - Request for Medical Parole
    Chris and the other victims deserve Justice, and that Justice can only be that William Levea is not allowed Parole.
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  • Save Jeff Wood from Texas Execution Under Law of Parties
    Jeff Wood is scheduled for execution on August 24, 2016. We need to persuade the Texas governor and members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute the death sentence to a term in prison. I have known Jeff's family for several years. His sister Terri Been is leading the effort to #savejeffwood. She has testified to the Texas Legislature to ban executions under the Law of Parties and spoken out many times to save her brother from an unjust execution.
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  • Pardon Me: Artist James Andrew Hearn
    I hope this petition convinces the Governor of the significant support for my pardon and highlights my civic contributions. My art should represent Tennessee nationally and internationally. At present I cannot accept shows outside the US. I have also lost prestigious personal and professional national opportunities due to the felonies’ stigma. https://www.facebook.com/Please-Pardon-Artist-James-Andrew-Hearn-661515917345058/
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  • Justice for Kenneth D. Thomas
    Kenneth D. Thomas is serving a life sentence for a crime the Courts are clearly aware that he did not commit. The only witness to the crime has appeared before the Court informing them that he falsely accused Mr. Thomas in efforts to shorten his own prison sentence.
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  • Require police agencies to take reports of missing "adults", regardless of age, when they go missing
    PETITION PURPOSE: Missing is missing...their age should not matter because "Love has no age limit and neither should the law". Please sign and tell Congress to "require police to take reports of missing adults whenever the adult is reported to be missing; to make the "LaMont Dottin Law" for missing adults, a national law and requirement. (New York S6437 - passed 2016) . Why have an age restriction at all when everyone is somebody's loved one? Reporting requirements for loved ones must extend to all U. S. citizens regardless of age, specifically, adults between ages 21 to 64 who are inadequately protected under the current missing persons laws. The age restriction results in adult loved ones being unreported, lost and "off the grid", held against their will, murdered, or worst, buried in state's Potter's field without family notification. When is it moral or ethical to protect one group of people while neglecting another based on age? NEVER!!! Please help change how missing person cases are handled across the nation. Your signature will give families hope and encouragement to never give up. This has been my fight for the past 30 years when my 19 years old son, LaMont Dottin, a freshman at Queens College, disappeared on October 16, 1995, on his way to mail a package. LaMont’s body was found floating in the East Hudson River 6 days after he went missing, held in the city morgue for four months, and later buried in a pauper’s grave in Potter’s Field for fours years. But, this was not known to me as I searched years alone...refusing to give up. Families must be allowed to report adult loved ones, between ages 22-63, when they go missing. I am not the only one. Research shows that families across the nation are still being denied the right to report adult loved ones as missing and are still searching...alone. According to the national law 34 USC 41307(a) a search or investigation will only be launched for ages 21 or under. Again, we ask, why have an age restriction at all when everyone is somebody's loved one?   Please sign as the unreported or “The Missing Missing," (persons not reported) are at higher risk of exploitation than a person who is reported missing. Under current law, the police have no way of tracking the person to their family, as they are not listed in any formal missing database.  BACKGROUND CASES:  CASE 1: Your support can result in immediate search and rescue and eliminates valuable time wasted as in the case of Sierra Shields who went missing January 14, 2016 from LaGuardia Airport, New York. "We The People" along with the Shields' Family believe "it is imperative that the LaMont Dottin Law is passed on a national platform"...as recently signed into law in New York. "It took almost two days for the NYPD to take my sister's case. Two days of begging them to understand something wasn’t right. Two days of pleading with them to do something to help. And now my sister is gone. My sister, who loved to laugh and breathed life into the world around her, is no longer here. My sister, who loved people with not just words but with actions, is no longer alive. I grieve, I hurt, I ache and I don’t want anyone to ever feel the pain my family now endures. I wish the police would have taken action sooner. If we didn’t have to beg and plead and begin our own grassroots effort maybe the circumstances would be different. But the circumstances aren’t different and my sister is still gone. When someone goes missing time is of the essence and every moment that goes by feels endless. I cannot express with words the utter pain and anguish I feel for the loss of my dear sweet sister. The LaMont Dottin Law gives me hope that other families will not suffer such a horrific loss. The LaMont Dottin Law empowers families and ensures adult missing person cases will be taken seriously and investigated in a timely manner. I have to wonder if the LaMont Dottin Law was in effect on January 15, 2016, would my sister be alive today? Joy Shields CASE 2: Your support will also help closed the gap when adults go missing as in the case of Unique Harris. " On October 9, 2010, two young boys woke up alone. Their mother, 24-year-old Unique Harris, was gone. Unique was last seen on Saturday, October 9, 2010, wearing a white shirt, gray pants, and a sterling silver necklace that was secured with a safety pin at the clasp in the 2400 block of Hartford Street, SE., Washington, D.C.. Since her disappearance, Unique's mother, Valencia Harris, has been looking for her tirelessly with little or no help. She wants her daughter to know that her mother is looking for her and won't give up." "I will look for her with the last breathe in my body." (Copyright 2017 WWBT NBC12. All rights reserved) *The missing are also at higher risk of becoming a victim of murder or human trafficking…$36M plus business.   THANK YOU
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  • Say NO to the Juvenile Justice Center in North Tulsa
    In October, a group of concerned citizens told Karen Keith that we do not want the Juvenile Justice Center in North Tulsa. They found a group of pastors to sign on to the plan to build anyway - against the wishes of the community. Tell the commissioners once and for all, we do not want this type of "economic development" in North Tulsa!
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