San Jose Police Brutality and Racial Discrimination- Phuong Ho Beating

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT8z7B7qg7E

This video shows how a 20 years old student from San Jose state is beaten by Two officers. The student whose name is Phuong ho was handcuffed and on the floor while the two police men repeatedly hit him with a metal baton and also tazed him. He would yell for mercy and the police would continuously hit him. The police was called after Phuong had an argument with his roommate and threatened him with a knife. When the police arrived they asked him for his name and didn’t understand his accent so went into his room to search for an ID and Ho went after to see why they had gone into his room when he was later beaten up.  He suffered many injuries. This kind of aggression shouldn’t be allowed anywhere. It’s wrong when police officers take advantage of their power and beat up people for no real reason or before making sure they are going after the right person. Phuong was handcuff and beaten and couldn’t move because it was such a narrow hallway where he was at. We call the police to be protected and to stop violence and to make us feel safe. How can anyone feel safe after watching this video? These officers should be arrested for hurting someone that didn’t mean any harm to them. Policemen become police officers to protect and to make this world a better place. Few of the many dedicated police officers break their own law and hurt others because they think they could get away with it. If all police officers would do their job properly this world would be a better place.

New Mexico Black Groups Claim Bias at University

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/us/bias-complaint-filed-against-university-of-new-mexico.html?scp=2&sq=discrimination&st=cse

New Mexico Black Groups Face Bias at University

             A group of African-American people filed a complaint with the Department of Justice and the Department of Education against the University of New Mexico claiming that the university’s administrators were discriminating against black faculty, students and other staff members.  More specifically they claimed that African-American faculty were being left out of upper administration positions, that African-American women were completely excluded from authoritative positions and that salary differences were evident compared to their other minority coworkers.  They also claimed that at least 80% of African-American doctors who had left the university’s medical school as well as the hospital had been triggered by the discrimination they had faced.  Bishop David Cooper who led the group of men who filed the complaint said he did not believe the administration had done enough to resolve the issue.  He said that even though the university admitted to the disparities the group of African-American men claimed existed, they were still not doing anything about it. He hopes things will finally change for good. The president of the University and the Health Sciences Center’s Chancellor denied any type of discrimination going on in the university. An April report concluded that the black community at the University of New Mexico was very isolated from the rest and that “transformational change” was necessary. The article concludes by stating how unfortunate it is that nobody listened to the African-American staff members and students when they claimed those feelings of discrimination against them. This is very true. It is so sad to still see signs of racism today. It is an issue that we must overcome as a community and by sticking together until it ends.