Protests have erupted across聽the United States聽in response to the announcement that none of the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor鈥檚 death will be charged, writes Malik Miah.
Police brutality, killings, shootings and violence
The contrasting treatment by the police of the white vigilante and Jacob Blake make clear the double standard of 鈥渞ace鈥 and racism in the United States, writes Malik Miah.听
The police shooting of聽Jacob Blake聽in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has sparked a new round of Black Lives Matter protests, writes Peter Boyle.
Socialist councillor in Seattle Kshama Sawant addressed protesters on June 10, in the wake of their takeover of Seattle鈥檚 Eighth Precinct, from which police have been driven out.听
Geoff Mirelowitz has marched and demonstrated for civil rights and against racism for more than 50 years. But the daily protests in greater Seattle have been some of the most inspiring that he has ever participated in.
The rebellion against police violence and murder continues to expand in the United States. New demands are being raised concerning issues of institutional racism by Black and Brown people and in opposition to the symbols of white genocide by Native American nations, writes Malik Miah.
The defunding and dismantling of the standing police is the first step to creating a 鈥渟afety force鈥 under community control, with the ability to prosecute bad cops and those who are rarely thrown in prison, writes Malik Miah.
In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, recent polls suggest US President Donald Trump may lose the November 2020 election, writes Barry Sheppard. Consequently, the Republicans are ramping up attempts to curtail African Americans鈥 right to vote.
Since protests erupted across the United States in response to the police murder of George Floyd, it has come to light that inaction by former Minnesota prosecutor, Democrat Amy Klobuchar meant killer cops were free to roam the streets, writes Emma Clancy.
In response to the murder of George Floyd by white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, protests have erupted across the United States. Protesters took to the streets of New York City on May 31. These images were captured by Edward Leavy.
Blood and destruction are on the hands of the cops and the criminal justice system, writes Malik Miah, as an emboldened civil protest movement sweeps the United States.
Black men and women are murdered by cops and white thugs, and nothing happens. The criminal 鈥渏ustice鈥 system legally backs the crimes of cops and racists as 鈥渏ustifiable鈥. It happens so often that African Americans initially just shrug and hold back outrage, writes Malik Miah. Then anger explodes when the truth is revealed.
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