I just began reading a book on police brutality and the African American community in the US, and I can’t remember having been this shocked and disturbed for a very long time. Of course I knew that America had white-washed its history and somehow dusted a lot of its crimes and actions under the history [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police’
Black American History
Posted in America, Police, Race, tagged African-Americans, America, Police, Race on October 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Khaled Said
Posted in Egypt, Revolution, tagged Khaled Said, Police, Torture on August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My thesis is on the January 25 revolution in Egypt and I’ve been doing interviews with people to try and understand why they decided to protest. So far my interviews have been with upper/middle-class young men, and they have all mentioned the murder of Khaled Said as a major reason, if not *the* major reason. [...]
