Friday marks the third day of protests over the Akron police shooting death of 25-year-old Jayland Walker, an Akron DoorDash driver who was killed by multiple shots following a police chase on Monday. Previous protests were small, a couple dozen people. But as news of Walker’s death spread across the city and national organizations like Black Lives Matter […]
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Black Alliance For Peace Condemns Trial Of Black Activist Dedan Waciuri
Above photo: Dedan Waciuri of CAR leads a canvassing group educating about the Sterling Point neighborhood that black people have been forced to move to because of the gentrification and policy violence causing displacement and dispossession. A Violation Of Human Rights. North Carolina – After a number of delays and questionable prosecutorial behavior in their […]
Police Launch Third Militarized Raid Against Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
Above Photo: Dan Loan. The RCMP arrested 15 people on Thursday November 18 as the land defence struggle against the construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia continues. Gidimt’en land defender Sleydo’ says: “[The RCMP] came with intent and the ability to kill people and seriously harm people.” […]
Some Schools Remove Police, Others Continue Sending Students To Police
Chicago – In January 2019, a cell phone video from inside Marshall High School on Chicago’s West Side was posted to Facebook. It shows a student, then-16-year-old Dnigma Howard, at the bottom of a staircase, and two Chicago Police officers trying to handcuff her. One of the officers fires his Taser at Dnigma as she’s on […]
Biden’s DOJ Sleight Of Hand On Police Reform
DOJ “reforms” are a smoke screen covering up systemic complicity with law enforcement. Police killing Black and Brown people hasn’t let up even though the public’s attention may have been diverted from it as a constant nationwide tragedy for which the federal government shares responsibility. Despite this, the feds have been working hard on reformism […]
Controversy Mounts Over The Use Of Gunshot Detection Sensors
Above photo: A woman holds a sign with an image of 13-year-old Adam Toledo at a protest in the city’s West Englewood neighborhood in August. Toledo was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in March after ShotSpotter technology detected gunshots in the area. Madison Muller. Chicago quietly renewed its multi-million dollar contract with ShotSpotter. But […]
Chicago Passes Union-Backed Bill For Civilian Oversight Of Violent Cops
Above photo: The law reflects increasing public scrutiny about how the police function. A civilian commission will be empowered to pick the head of the police investigatory body and change the rules and policies under which the police operate. Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. In July, Chicago’s city council passed a modified version […]
Career Cop Admits Police Are Trained To Lie In Reports
Before the age of computers and body cameras, citizens were forced into court proceedings with an attitude of, “It was my side of the story against the cops. Who do you think the jury is going to believe?” In the age of technology in which we are presently, however, the word of police officers can […]
Judge Says Columbus Police Ran ‘Amok’; Restricts Use Of Force
Judge Says Columbus Police Ran ‘Amok’; Restricts Use Of Force Above photo: Protesters chant for Ohio state troopers and Columbus police to take a knee with them in solidarity on the Ohio Statehouse steps on June 1, 2020, in Columbus. A federal judge has ordered Columbus police to stop using force against nonviolent protesters. Matthew […]
Enbridge Is ‘Funding And Incentivizing’ Police To Crack Down On Its Opponents
Enbridge Is ‘Funding And Incentivizing’ Police To Crack Down On Its Opponents Above photo: Simone Senogles, from the Red Lake Nation of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota, speaks of the fear instilled in her community ever since Canadian oil company Enbridge started funding a statewide police task force to crack down on pipeline opponents. Here’s what […]
Capitalism And Political Violence At Home And Abroad
Above photo: Nathaniel St. Clair. Question: why do both conservative and liberal governments in the U.S. install right-wing governments abroad if ‘the U.S.’ opposes right-wing political violence? While right and left politics may seem to have limited descriptive value in many current conflicts, the interests of capital, broadly considered, represent an unwavering motive for them. […]
VIDEO: Man Arrested at Caroling Event at NH Governor’s House
Shire Choir at Sununu’s House In December, the town gang in Newfields, NH passed an unconstitutional ordinance against “picketing” and then ticketed multiple people for a peaceful protest outside New Hampshire tyrant-king Chris Sununu’s house. They also arrested YouTuber Savage Truth 603 at the same time for “disorderly conduct”. Subsequent gatherings at Sununu’s during January […]
Probe Demanded Over Capitol Police Standing Aside For Pro-Trump Mob
Above photo: Police seen around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images. Unacceptable! “The images of police officers calmly allowing barricades open, letting the crowd enter, and taking selfies inside the building with those who have stormed it cannot go without investigation […]
Proud Boy Attacks Send Several To Hospital In Critical Condition
Above photo: Photos by @ChuckModi1 and Samuel Corum. “Antifa Ends Tonight.” Black Lives Matter Signs And Memorials Destroyed. Report from All out DC on violent far-Right attacks from gangs of Proud Boys following the #MillionMAGAMarch in Washington DC. Thousands of Trump supporters rallied in Washington, DC, to build popular support for a Trump-led coup. The […]
How To Identify Visible (And Invisible) Surveillance At Protests
UPDATE Nov. 5, 2020. Want a crash course in how to identify surveillance technologies at protests? Watch EFF’s new video presentation on How to Observe Police Surveillance at Protests. The 25-minute video, taught by Senior Investigative Researcher Dave Maass, explains how you can identify various police surveillance technologies, like body-worn cameras, drones, and automated license plate readers, which may be […]
Two Massive New Leaks Show Dirty Underbelly Of Empire
Above photo: Flowers and slogans in the intersection in Minneapolis near which George Floyd was killed, days earlier, by a policeman on May 25, 2020. Fibonacci Blue, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Shhhh, don’t tell Americans about the Blue Leaks and the Syria PR Leaks. The mainstream media’s virtual blackout must mean they aren’t supposed to […]
Blacks In LA Nearly Four Times As Likely To Be Cited By Police
Activists say these ordinances for minor violations are rooted in racist laws and anti-homeless policies. “it’s illegal to be Black in public.” The Los Angeles police department (LAPD) gave 63% of its citations for “loitering while standing” to Black residents in recent years, despite African Americans making up just 7% of the city’s population, a new analysis […]
Police Operation Arrests Anti-Racist Organizers
Aurora, CO – Police agencies in the Denver area arrested anti-racist organizers in a coordinated assault today. People were arrested in a Home Depot parking lot, at their homes, and after they were pulled over while driving. Those arrested were the leaders to demand justice for Elijah McClain, who was brutally murdered by the Aurora […]