Violence « Acts of Faith In Love & Life

Johannes Mehserle To Be Charged With Murder – Is the Sky Falling?

Johannes Mehserle, right, appeares in the East Fork Justice Court on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in Minden, Nev. Mehserle is being held on charges related to the New Year’s day shooting of an unarmed man on an Oakland, Calif., train platform. Mehserle, 27, waived extradition to California early Wednesday during a brief court appearance [...]

Playing Chess In the Dark: Ending Our Dependence On Oil

Gaza Funeral “I will set a clear goal as president: in ten years we will finally end our dependence on oil in the Middle East.” If the President-Elect can make serious in-roads in that campaign promise we will have “peace” in the Middle East. We can redirect the $9B+ in aid and untold Billions [...]

Update: 4 Suspects Have Been Arrested In Rape Case

Well this would have to be one of the quickest solved rape cases. All four suspects in the gang assault of a lesbian resident of the SF Bay area from December 13th have been taken into custody. One of the suspects turned himself in – and get this – he has a girlfriend. I guess [...]

When Isn’t Rape & Violence About Hate?

Update: the 4 suspects have been apprehended! I had to sit on this story for a while because I found it doubly even triply upsetting. Also it hit so close to home because it occurred just over the bridge in the city of Richmond, CA. This is an area known to be ‘troubled’. Lots of [...]

Day of Blogging For Justice

Today is a united effort to get the word out about the misuse of tasers by law enforcement officials. “Say it ain’t so”, you may be thinking. Well we know how helpful….and how harmful law enforcement can be. Feel free to Google the numerous stories of how the usual suspects with racial and gender biases [...]