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Police killings = modern day lynchings

April 18, 2021 John Parker
Human-rights organizations have already done multiple studies on the existence of white supremacist gangs within police forces in this country. Perhaps this is why police refuse to hold their fellow officers or the gangs within […]
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Who are the real looters?

April 17, 2021 Stephen Millies
Whenever the cops kill somebody, you can count on two things: 1) Fox News and other Trump supporters will smear the victim, and 2) the TV networks and newspapers will focus on “looting,” almost drowning […]
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Chauvin witness David Fowler: medical expert or racist liar?

April 17, 2021 Lev Koufax
As the trial of killer cop Derek Chauvin wound to a close, the defense called its final and star witness: forensic pathologist Dr. David Fowler. The defense hoped that Fowler’s testimony would serve as a […]
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Five days of protests for Daunte Wright in Minnesota

April 17, 2021 Ameera Khan
Brooklyn Center, MN — As of April 15, there have been five days and nights of protests, vigils, press conferences, city council scrambling, firings and resignations – as well as outright battles between protesters and […]
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Police chief says cop mistakenly shot Daunte Wright, recycles same excuse used in death Of Oscar Grant

April 13, 2021 Charise Frazier
On Monday Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon attempted to explain the wrongful death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police during an April 11 traffic stop. While addressing […]
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Manny Mayí, présenté! Murdered 30 years ago by racist mob in NYC

April 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
People gathered outside the office of Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz on April 2 to demand justice for Manuel Mayí. The 18-year old Dominican man, known as Manny, was murdered 30 years before on […]
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How police preserve inequality in Los Angeles — and everywhere else

April 6, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
The 1974 classic Hollywood film “Chinatown” features a scene set on a picturesque lake in Los Angeles where J.J. “Jake” Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson, spies on two characters, Hollis Mulwray and Katherine Cross, snapping photos of […]
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Community defends Echo Park homeless camp against police attack

April 2, 2021 Anthony Dawahare
On the night of March 24, at around 11 p.m., over 400 Los Angeles Police Department cops — in riot gear with batons and rifles — descended upon the unhoused encampment at Echo Park, the […]
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People v. Derek Chauvin opening arguments protest

April 1, 2021 Jess Sundin
Minneapolis — Hundreds of people protested on Monday, March 29, to demand justice for George Floyd and conviction of Derek Chauvin. The demonstration took place after opening statements, and the first witnesses testified in court. Many […]
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Washington, D.C.: Emergency rally responds to anti-Asian murders

March 31, 2021 Brittany Tabora, chair of Anakbayan D.C.
On March 17 in Washington, D.C., grassroots organizations Total Liberation Collective, Asian and Pacific Islander Resistance and Anakbayan D.C. organized an emergency action and vigil in response to the killings of eight people in Atlanta, […]