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01/23/2013

Facts about Durham NC, taken from a 10 year study on racial profiling in North Carolina:

1- Black suspects are nearly nine times more likely to be incarcerated for criminal conduct than White suspects - THE HIGHEST RACIAL DISPARITY among any of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
2- Black motorists in Dur­ham County are 162 percent more likely than whites to be searched dur­ing stops for seat belt violations.
3- Hispanics are 3.8 times more likely to be incarcerated for drug crimes than white residents.
4- Blacks are 13.6 times more likely to be designated as a habitual felon.

This study was conducted by UNC Professor Frank R. Baumgartner.

01/23/2013

This video will help you understand the importance of the workers rights struggle here in NC, a right to work state, and the importance of the March On Wall Street South. The struggle that Martin Luther King was about to unveil fully when he was killed. Check out this video and the rest of the InTheseStreets blog posts.

On Jan 15, 2013 Unions win the right to have automatic dues deductions in Charlotte, NC. It took decades to make this is a small step forward in the fight for workers rights. This Week In These Str...

01/22/2013

The more we move to make our schools imiatate and function like jails the closer we get to turning them into one! SOLIDARITY!

01/19/2013

Great article on police repression in NC!!

Durham, N.C. — On Jan. 10, a big rally took place here outside Durham County Jail to free Carlos Riley Jr., an African-American man who is in jail with $1.5 million bond and nine pending charges, including allegedly shooting a cop who actually shot himself. This comes after weekly rallies every Tues...

01/18/2013

Solidarity with the Wisconsin Bailout the People Movement for posting our page on their blog! Solidarity!!

Bail Out People, Not Banks!

01/16/2013

School To Prison Pipeline and Racism. Take a look.

Doing some exploratory data analysis for a mapping project on the school-to-prison pipeline. If you’re not familar with the geography of NC, the counties with highest rates of youth detention (as a...

01/11/2013

BRICKs is in solidarity with Liberty and Justice for Carlos Riley Jr and the efforts to combat police brutality in Durham, NC. FREE CARLOS RILEY JR! We are in solidarity with the families of Carlos, Stephanie Nickerson and other victims of police brutality all over the US!

12/31/2012

Even though the long fight for the Wilmington 10 has been a struggle that seems to been going on forever, liberation has come!! All respect to the Wilmington 10 and there efforts towards fighting for true freedom and liberation.

12/20/2012

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12/20/2012

BRICKs wishes everyone the best during the holiday season! Keep your friends, family and mostly enemies in your thoughts and/or prayers in this time of recovery.

12/11/2012

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Public Forum on Police Brutality | Main Branch Library - Downtown Durham | 6-8pm“We have realized that the unchallenged, unjust use of terror against Stephanie Nickerson shows that there exists a tolerance for the use of excessive and unnecessary force by the police against the people of Durham. Thi...