I was so so moved by this, so I’m sharing it pic.twitter.com/ahup1fOacw
— disco ric (@RicWilson) May 29, 2020
On Twitter
- The Minneapolis police didn’t tell the truth in their initial press release, claiming George Floyd, a Black man, resisted arrest. They also omitted that an officer pinned him to the ground by the neck for 9 minutes. (He was originally stopped for a nonviolent offense.)
- Two subsequent tapes put an end to those lies. Floyd could be heard on one video saying that his neck hurt and that he couldn’t breathe: “They’re going to kill me.”
- The police then treated protesters like insurgents instead of citizens rightfully protesting, using flashbangs, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protests — which then became an insurgency.
Minneapolis
‘Absolute Chaos’ in Minneapolis as Protests Grow Across U.S. NYTimes
“There’s simply more of them than us” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said of the protesters.
Police: 1 dead after shots fired at protesters in Detroit AP
Photos: 72 Arrested At George Floyd Protests In Lower Manhattan Gothamist
Anger and Unrest Nationwide as Protests Over Killing of George Floyd Spread Across US Cities Common Dreams
Police Arrested Afro-Latino Reporter While Treating White Colleague “Politely” Truthout
Colin Kaepernick Offers Legal Representation For People Arrested During Minneapolis Protests Blavity News
The owner of a Minneapolis restaurant damaged by fire during George Floyd protests said: ‘Let my building burn, justice needs to be served’ Business Insider
Lines of Riot Police Guard House of Ex-Cop Involved in George Floyd’s Death from Protesters Newsweek
New Video of George Floyd’s Arrest Shows 3 Officers Pinning Him Down as He Pleads for Help NBC
US Border Patrol Denounced as ‘Rogue Agency’ for Using Predator Drone to Spy on Minneapolis Protests Common Dreams
Deaths without consequences Axios
Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts MPN
Fox News hosts racist former detective Mark Fuhrman to analyze protests following George Floyd’s killing Media Matters for America
Police Deny Any Connection to Mysterious Minneapolis “Umbrella Man” Saboteur MPN
Twin Cities Labor Mobilizes Against George Floyd Murder Labor Notes
Bus Driver Unions Nationwide Refusing to Work With Police Mike Elk
NYPD commandeered a city bus for prisoner transport. The driver steps off the bus and refuses to drive it. Crowd cheering. #Brooklyn #BarclaysCenter #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/4F9IZ3sfDI
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) May 30, 2020
on Twitter
It’s Bigger Than Buildings. America Is Burning Jeneé Osterheldt
We didn’t start the fire. America was founded by firestarters. The thieves of land who also stole people and raped and killed and brutalized their way into power. This country was built on the backs of Black folk it didn’t perceive as human and even today it tries to pillage our souls.
How the Supreme Court Lets Cops Get Away With Murder NYTimes editorial
The courts protected police abuses for years before George Floyd’s death. It’s time to rethink “qualified immunity.”
Forget “Looting.” Capitalism Is the Real Robbery. Truthout
NYPD Investigators Recommend Charges Against 3 Cops in Violent Arrest NYTimes
The departmental charges would be in connection with a May 2 incident in the East Village during which an officer sat on a man’s neck.
The ‘Liberal World Order’ Was Built With Blood NYTimes
As the United States reckons with its decline, it should understand where its power came from in the first place.
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest The Conversation
China
Cuba and China: A solid bond of mutual solidarity Granma
Wuhan Seafood Market Probably Wasn’t Origin of Coronavirus Pandemic, Chinese Scientists Say Newsweek
Agents of Chaos. How the U.S. Seeded a Colour Revolution in Hong Kong Laura Ru
2/2 Our US colleagued failed to answer legitimate questions of how their appeals to calm to protesters in #Minneapolis are coherent with the inciting of protesters in #HongKong. Why US denies #China’s right to restore peace & order in HK while brutally dispersing crowds at home?
— Dmitry Polyanskiy (@Dpol_un) May 29, 2020
on Twitter
Venezuela
English court to weigh recognition of Maduro, Guaido in Venezuela gold case Reuters
Coronavirus
Alabama reopens and the coronavirus hits harder CNBC
Ask An Epidemiologist: How Safe Is Mass Transit? Gothamist
Replaced by Prison Labor, NOLA Garbage Workers Form Union to Fightback Mike Elk
Johns Hopkins University’s Contract to Provide Medical Training to ICE Ends After Student Protests Newsweek
I’ve Spent My Life Birding While Black. Here’s Why I Can’t and Won’t Forgive Amy Cooper J. Drew Lanham
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