Posted on 08/17/2014 2:57:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As rightfully incensed residents of Ferguson, Missouri continue to protest a police shooting that left an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, dead, Ron Davis–father of Jordan Davis, another slain black teen in Jacksonville, Florida–is appearing before the United Nations, aiming to shame the United States for the recent murders of young black men, and the gross miscarriages of justice that allowed their killers to walk free.
Davis attended the 85th meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva, Switzerland this past Wednesday and Thursday, in hopes of pressuring Washington to amp up efforts to stop the disturbing epidemic of what he and the United States Human Rights Network (USHRN), the NGO backing him, call “the criminalization of race” in America.
The U.S. was forced to answer questions from Davis and the international community in what the American Civil Liberties Union told press was “a singular opportunity to hold Washington accountable.”
Davis is outraged over what he (and many others) say is a rash of unpunished murders of young black men across the country.
Just six months after George Zimmerman was acquitted in killing unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, Davis’ son Jordan was gunned down at a gas station after he and his friends refused to lower their music. The case against Jordan’s killer, Michael Dunn, resulted in a mistrial.
After their murders, the character of both Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis was called into question, with the defense attorneys for the killers attempting to paint the boys as young thugs–mere criminals, who were deserving of their death sentences at the hands of men who acted as the judge, jury, and executioner–much like what Ferguson PD is attempting to do with the slain Mike Brown, by stating he was a suspect in a strong armed robbery prior to being shot down.
“These things eat at you that shouldn’t have happened, and the people doing these transgressions are getting away with it,” Davis told Al Jazeera.
Ron Davis was joined in Geneva by Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton.
He hopes to channel his anger over the death of his son into a solution for black fathers who have come to teach their children to accept police brutality as a fact of life in the United States. Davis and USHRN director Ejim Dike hope that taking America’s race issues to the international community will create political leverage–and a climate for change–in Washington.
Said Dike, ”We have a lot of people directly impacted by the violence. We have exhausted our domestic remedies. We have to take this to the United Nations. We have to see if we can leverage that pressure to see if we can get people to act on this issue. Talking about any issue as a human rights violation gets the attention of the U.S. government. It’s embarrassing for the government that champions itself as a beacon of human rights in the world.”
“This is what change looks like.”
Black Fathers?
Oh they meant “Baby Daddy”
Carry on.
Maybe if these young black men weren’t also criminals they wouldn’t have been shot.
Racists view everything in terms of race.
Agree. That's why some here were so eager for the cop to be black that they posted pics of this black cop with no research or verification.
A minimum of research would have indicated that the cop that was posted works in a different state (South Carolina) and was named National 2004 Trooper of the Year by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Division of State and Provincial Police, in Alexandria, Va.
What a pervert.
Wait....that was YOU that shamelessly posted the wrong pic?
I’ve been busy and haven’t read much FR today. Perhaps you can point me to the post where you admitted your error and had the mods remove the pics.
Thanks a whole big bunch.
Have you registered with the local police yet?
Heh.
They certainly seem to have alot of money for people who couldn’t afford to raise their kids worth a damn.
Trips to Europe.......
For all the money spent since LBJ on welfare, etc, it seems Maury Povich is getting richer than all the others.
His name is Massad F. Ayoob
I have, as others my age have done, watched the evil of welfare coupled with liberalism, gradually destroy a noble segment of our society, converting it to a matriarchal miasma.
1. I will be challenged if I walk down the street near where I live...
No black man took to the streets to march on my behalf when 2 hispanic yutes pulled a gun on me, repeatedly called me nigger, and demanded that I lay down and throw them my wallet.
When I went to get a replacement driver's license, the chinawoman at the DPS office judgmentally asked me why I was outside (in my neighborhood) late at night anyhow (might as well asked me what I was wearing to lead them on).
Exactly! I agree with your take on it. That “what were you wearing comment” would probably go over some folk’s head, but I know exactly what you mean.
Take care.
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