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#Corrupt #Cop Eric Allen Rombough, 46, of Fairfield, #Ringleader in #Antioch police text and power abuse scandal sentenced to 4 years in #prison after accepting plea deal.

Victims families not happy with slap in wrist sentencing given to #LEOS involved in years of #racist #police abuse of power cases. "They were terrorists. They were literally #DomesticTerrorists. Police terrorists," said civil rights attorney Ben Nisenbaum. Another attorney for one of victims of the despicable police abuse worries that light sentence for officer weakens intent of state's #RacialJustice Act.

https://abc7news.com/post/ringleader-antioch-police-text-scandal-sentenced-4-years-prison-accepting-plea-deal/18791527/ #CopWatch #PoliceTerror

'Ringleader' of Antioch PD text scandal sentenced to 4 years in prison after accepting plea deal

Eric Rombough, who was described as the "ringleader" and the "worst of the worst," took a plea deal and a lesser sentence to testify against two other officers, Morteza Amiri and Eric Wenger, who were also both convicted.

Dave á Jus Mar 20

A Court Ordered Trump’s Department of Education to Roll Back Its Anti-DEI Efforts. Why haven’t Universities Reversed Course?

If you're paying for attendance at one of those colleges whose trustees are either friends of #thePædophile or unduly afraid of him, find a new college, now. Really.

#higherEd #educationNews #education #familyFinance #racismIsAmericanHistory #learning #whiteSupremacy #whiteNationalism #madrasa #liberalDemocracy #racialJustice #civilLiberties #ACLU

https://scheerpost.com/2026/03/20/a-court-ordered-trumps-department-of-education-to-roll-back-its-anti-dei-efforts-why-havent-universities-reversed-course/

> Last month, the department conceded that it could not make universities’ race-conscious efforts illegal, but universities nationwide have yet to reinstate their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

Mother Jones Magazine Mar 14

The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/03/murder-in-boston-chuck-carol-stuart-1989-globe/

The USA Potato Mar 14

The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston

In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on his car phone to report a shooting. He said he and his wife were leaving a birthing class at a Boston hospital when a man forced him to drive into the mixed-race Mission Hill neighborhood and shot them both. Stuart’s wife, Carol, was seven months pregnant. She would […]

https://murica.website/2026/03/the-racist-hoax-that-changed-boston/

The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston – The USA Potato

The USA Potato Mar 13

In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget

Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.

https://murica.website/2026/03/in-era-of-book-bans-and-war-on-history-sinners-reveals-what-us-tries-to-forget/

In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget – The USA Potato

Calishat Mar 3

#Iowa #AI #technology #RacialJustice

'Hosted by Destanie Newell... the event opened with the organization’s updated Black Tech Agenda, which outlines six pillars aimed at protecting Black digital rights, economic security and community control.'

https://blackiowanews.com/black-tech-town-hall-examines-ais-impact-on-black-communities/

Black Tech town hall examines AI's impact on Black communities – Black Iowa News

Safer and conscious use of AI technologies is necessary, advocates say. The concerns are present even in places like West Des Moines, Iowa.

Black Iowa News

The USA Potato Feb 28

We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack

Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.

https://murica.website/2026/02/we-must-defend-black-history-it-fuels-freedom-dreams-of-students-under-attack/

We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack – The USA Potato

The USA Potato Feb 26

Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police

“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism.

https://murica.website/2026/02/robin-d-g-kelley-its-not-enough-to-abolish-ice-we-have-to-abolish-police/

Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police – The USA Potato

The USA Potato Feb 25

As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward

Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life.

https://murica.website/2026/02/as-the-status-quo-shatters-afrofuturists-visions-offer-a-way-forward/

As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward – The USA Potato

Valerie A. Metzler Feb 21

https://www.brethren.org/news/2026/amici-curiae-brief-supreme-court/ #RacialJustice