{"id":50,"date":"2017-11-11T01:58:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T01:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/11\/a-fallen-black-soldier-being-disrespected-thats\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:21:57","slug":"a-fallen-black-soldier-being-disrespected-thats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2017\/11\/11\/a-fallen-black-soldier-being-disrespected-thats\/","title":{"rendered":"A fallen black soldier being disrespected? That’s not an aberration in America | Ameer Hasan Loggins | Opinion | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a 2017 study published by military advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, found \u201csignificant racial disparity in the military justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Black members of the military are, \u201csubstantially more likely\u201d than their white counterparts to be punished in four out of the five branches of the US armed forces.<\/p>\n

The report also found that black military service members were as much as 2.61 times more likely than their white peers to face court-martial or non-judicial punishment in an average year…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A fallen black soldier being disrespected? That’s not an aberration in America | Ameer Hasan Loggins | Opinion | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a 2017 study published by military advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, found \u201csignificant racial disparity in the military justice system.\u201d Black members of the military are, \u201csubstantially more likely\u201d than their white counterparts to be punished in four … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[230,290,378,384],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-military","tag-racism","tag-usa","tag-veterans-day","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/07\/10\/qatar-funded-zionist-organization-of-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"Qatar funded Zionist Organization of America","author":"aslam","date":"July 10, 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Qatar donated $250,000 to some of the most extreme pro-Israel organizations in the United States, including one that funds senior Israeli military officers to go on propaganda tours.Joseph Allaham, a lobbyist working for the Qatari government, transferred the money through his firm Lexington Strategies in late 2017 and early 2018.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Israel\"","block_context":{"text":"Israel","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/israel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2017\/05\/05\/mohammad-sabaanehs-dangerous-cartoons-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":1},"title":"Mohammad Sabaaneh’s dangerous cartoons | The Electronic Intifada","author":"aslam","date":"May 5, 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"One cartoon, ironically subtitled \u201cScales of \u2018Justice,\u2019\u201d portrays the traditional set of scales associated with the law. 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