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the intersection of BLM and the Geneva ConventionS
Welcome to the conversation, the intersection, and dissection of Civil Rights in the United States. Those rights established during the Geneva Conventions are for the protection of person engaged in active warfare on both sides. How do these rights measure against those of the American people in the time of the Black Lives Matter movement? Join us as we explore the Intersection of Black Lives Matter and the Geneva Conventions.
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Bloody Sunday, March 7th, 1965
Selma, Alabama
Angela Davis interview regarding violence 1971
Representative Maxine Waters reacting to the Rodney King trial verdicts
National Guard fires tear gas on peaceful protesters in Seattle's Capitol Hill 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907
https://www.britannica.com/event/Geneva-Conventions
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.33_GC-IV-EN.pdf
https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/GC_1949-I.pdf
https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/GC_1949-IV.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/obituaries/recy-taylor-alabama-rape-victim-dead.html
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p18.pdf
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?tid=11&ty=tp
https://statelaws.findlaw.com/washington-law/washington-cocaine-laws.html
https://www.census.gov/popclock/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/military-tear-gas-protesters-trnd/index.html
https://nicic.gov/world-prison-population-listeleventh-edition#:~:text=1).,States%20(698)%2C%20St.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/prison-labor-in-america/406177/
https://www.alec.org/issue/criminal-justice-reform/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council
https://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/18/alec_drops_push_for_voter_id
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/state-capture-9780190870799?cc=us&lang=en&
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https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/three-strikes-sentencing-laws.html
https://xaviernewswire.com/2020/06/05/say-their-names/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-29-me-40159-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-29-me-40159-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0318-latasha-harlins-20160318-story.html