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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts) Sat Aug 16, 2014, 06:45 PM Aug 2014

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"Had no rights which the white man was bound to respect"

Melissa Harris-Perry talks about the deaths of black men that have occurred at the hands of police in the past decade.

Powerful 3:30 minutes.

http://on.msnbc.com/1sLGAPJ

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"Had no rights which the white man was bound to respect" (Original Post) justiceischeap Aug 2014 OP

True then and it is true now. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #1

Justice Roberts is trying to bring back dredd scott Gothmog Aug 2014 #2

The heart of the matter. (nt) enough Aug 2014 #3

sheshe2

(83,879 posts)

1. True then and it is true now.

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 07:37 PM

Aug 2014

Our painful history follows us.

Gothmog

(145,530 posts)

2. Justice Roberts is trying to bring back dredd scott

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 08:06 PM

Aug 2014

The Shelby County case is based on Dredd Scott.

enough

(13,262 posts)

3. The heart of the matter. (nt)

Reply to justiceischeap (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 08:40 PM

Aug 2014

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