SEATTLE—As demonstrations swept America last month in response to prosecutors failing to charge police for killing Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, hundreds of protesters here mobilized for their latest confrontation with cops. Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 24, a team of officers, many riding bicycles, advanced on activists in the freewheeling area of this city once known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) or Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). The crowd slowly retreated, some with their arms raised. But Camillo Massagli, known to local activists and admirers as “Trumpet Man,” decided he wasn’t moving. The 26-year-old told The Daily Beast he […]
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Does Brooklyn Nine-Nine qualify as “copaganda?” That’s a question that Joe Lo Truglio and the rest of the cast probably never imagined having to answer when they signed on seven years ago. As Lo Truglio tells me on this week’s episode of The Last Laugh podcast, the NBC comedy’s eighth season is currently scheduled to start production the day before the 2020 election. When the cast and crew finally return to the set after a longer than expected hiatus, it will be in a culture that thinks very differently about how police are portrayed on television. “I know the writers have […]
Riots ignited in Kenosha and other US cities after white police, called to the scene of a domestic incident last week, shot African American Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Sputnik is live from Kenosha, Wisconsin, where protesters are marching on Saturday against police brutality and racial discrimination following the shooting of African-American Jacob Blake by a white police officer named Rusten Sheskey. In May, authorities accused Blake of unlawfully entering a home and sexually assaulting a woman, before leaving with her vehicle, according to media reports. Following the shooting by Sheskey, Blake underwent several surgeries and is recovering in […]
Before Jacob Blake was shot at least seven times in the back on Sunday night, the Kenosha, Wisconsin police department had long been plagued by aggressive officers, claims of corruption, and a lack of accountability—including the grisly beating of two teenagers on video and a fatal shooting by a cop who was on his first day back at work after another shooting. “Corruption, lies, multiple evidence plantings, and deceit existed throughout the entire Kenosha criminal justice system,” concluded one report, commissioned by the Wisconsin state Supreme Court in 2017 after officers allegedly lied and planted evidence in a murder case. Bystander […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080130046_0:42:3079:1773_1200x675_80_0_0_3fa0db5851d423b1a729f4ad4f040b65.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008111080130025-demonstrators-take-to-streets-of-portland-to-protest-against-police-brutality/ US President Donald Trump on Monday said the National Guard is prepared to act promptly to safeguard the city of Portland and has accused both the mayor and the governor of putting people’s lives at risk. People take to the streets of Portland for another round of protests against police brutality and racial discrimination hours after US President Donald Trump reiterated that the National Guard was ready “to act immediately” to get the situation under control. Protests against police brutality and racism erupted across the US after the death of African American man George […]
The United Nations has denounced heavy-handed police tactics used against demonstrators in Portland and other US cities during ongoing protests, taking aim at what it called baseless arrests and unnecessary violence by officers. “Peaceful demonstrations that have been taking place in cities in the US, such as Portland, really must be able to continue without those participating in them… risking arbitrary arrest or detention, being subject to unnecessary, disproportionate or discriminatory use of force, or suffering other violations of their rights,” Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said on Friday. Among dozens […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/17/1079960966_0:250:3198:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_b68a5d7291fb7c9a61cd0c4371b0c001.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007231079960937-mayor-of-portland-gets-tear-gassed-during-protest-against-police-brutality/ The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has sided with demonstrators in their call for federal officers to leave the city, accusing them of using aggressive tactics against protesters. Mayor Ted Wheeler got tear gassed by federal agents during mass protests in Portland, Oregon, against racism and police violence on Wednesday night. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/12/1079921990_0:289:3072:2017_1200x675_80_0_0_c0add9036513cd220f774a756c09edf9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007181079922099-protesters-rally-in-france-against-police-brutality-in-memory-of-adama-traore—video/ The death of African American George Floyd, who was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis on 25 May, sparked a wave of protests and breathed new life into Black Lives Matter activists demanding an end to police brutality and racism in countries around the world, including France. Live from Beaumont-sur-Oise, France this Saturday, 18 July, as people have gathered in the streets for a rally against police brutality in memory of Adama Traore. Traore died in police custody in 2016, which prompted demonstrators to take to the streets to protest the abuse of […]
Critics have described the Black Lives Matter movement as a “scam” and questioned the point of a move by a Major League Soccer team which has replaced player names with the names of black victims of police brutality. Philadelphia Union players wore the names of victims on the backs of their shirts when they played New York City FC in the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando on Thursday. The shirts also had the message “one name, too many” printed on them, revealed by the players for their pre-match photo after they had warmed up in Black Lives Matter t-shirts. “Our […]
Prisoners Mobilize For Black Lives And Against Brutality Behind Bars By Ella Fassler, Truthout. July 4, 2020 Prisoners Mobilize For Black Lives And Against Brutality Behind Bars2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protesters-outside-of-brooklyn-detention-center-getty-images.-e1593887596519.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators and family protest the death of Jamel Floyd at the hands of prison guards in front of the Brooklyn Detention Center in Brooklyn on June 26, 2020. By John Lamparski, Nurphoto via Getty Images. Over Memorial Day weekend, a mob of ten or more prison guards maced and beat “Pooh Bear,” a Black man incarcerated in Alabama’s Kilby Correctional Facility, in the head arms, ribs, legs and back with clubs. An officer […]
Hasan Minhaj discusses his show Patriot Act at Build Studio on Dec. 2, 2019. Minhaj talked with NPR about talking with Keith Ellison, who is prosecuting former police in the George Floyd case. Dominik Bindl/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Hasan Minhaj discusses his show Patriot Act at Build Studio on Dec. 2, 2019. Minhaj talked with NPR about talking with Keith Ellison, who is prosecuting former police in the George Floyd case. Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Hasan Minhaj tackles police brutality, the student debt crisis, U.S. elections, the demise of local journalism and so much more on the […]
On Friday, 38,000 union dockyard workers shut down all 29 US Pacific Coast ports in protest against police brutality, demonstrating a return to their Civil Rights Era solidarity with racial justice, Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer, and Chris Smalls, a former Amazon worker, told Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits Tuesday. The massive strike was organized on Juneteenth, a day which commemorates the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865, by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The day marked one of the US’ most substantial strikes in more than a decade. “It was an honor […]
As the world grapples with questions concerning police brutality, racism, and discrimination, it’s worth taking a look back at a case that sparked outrage and calls for police reform in France a year ago. The case of Steve Maia Caniço put a long record of excessive use of force by police under the microscope. But, one year later, what has changed, if anything? Not a whole lot. Anti-police protests in the US have sparked renewed anger at the French police system. Steve represents just one of many cases of police brutality which resulted in the death of an innocent person. Time […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107966/89/1079668953_0:108:3058:1828_1200x675_80_0_0_d466a5b61fd88c48443b3d0a46e75900.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006191079668982-new-york-city-marks-juneteenth-as-thousands-of-protesters-demand-end-to-police-brutality/ NEW YORK (Sputnik) – Thousands of New York residents took gathered in lower Manhattan on Juneteenth to march to end police violence and systemic racism in the United States, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene. “No justice – no peace,” the protesters chanted on Friday as they started their march near the City Hall, which houses the office of the mayor. The New York Police Department said 5,000 people attended, was also organized In celebration of Juneteenth – the end of slavery in the United States on 19 June 1865. The participants walked […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107964/46/1079644620_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_b33003b316015972b08bba9ae826f49f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006171079644605-anti-racism-protest-against-police-brutality-takes-place-in-atlanta—video/ Amid the Black Lives Matter movement, protests against police brutality and racial injustice have spread across all 50 of the Unites States. In Atlanta, they have been reignited with the killing of Rayshard Brooks, shot dead by a police officer in a drive-thru line at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant. The protesting against the excessive use of force by police and racial injustice in the US gathered in front of the Atlanta Police Department headquarters on Wednesday in a “die-in” demonstration to “reclaim space and demand accountability”. Participants plan to lie down on the footsteps […]
As attempts to collect videos of police violence quickly became unwieldy, two activists created a public database comprising what has become hundreds of cases. However, one technologist told Sputnik the list is just a drop in the bucket, and the practice is much older than cellphone videos. Lawyer T. Greg Doucette and mathematician Jason Miller have formed a publicly accessible database in Google Sheets of video recording instances of police brutality towards protesters and everyday persons. The list has hundreds upon hundreds of entries, many of which come from the nationwide clashes between police and protesters demanding justice for George Floyd, […]
A blockchain-centric art project is pushing the boundaries of modern art with a controversial digital display. The DADA Art Collective, a loosely affiliated group of roughly a dozen visual artists across the globe, teamed up with the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces OpenSea and Mintbase plus the file-storage blockchain Arweave to publish the names and faces of American police officers accused of killing unarmed black people. The project, No Justice No Peace, was published June 6 in collaboration with crypto veteran Dennison Bertram, founder of the DappHero project. “The collective got in touch with me,” Bertram said. “Social justice is something that […]
The ongoing anti-racism protests have been prompted by various reasons which are going beyond the problem of police brutality and supposed racial bias against African Americans in the US, say American academics, shedding light on the driving forces and the timing of the unrest. The death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, last month became the catalyst for nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. The US has not seen such a massive protest movement since the 2014-2015 Ferguson unrest over the deaths of two African American men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner, killed by white policemen. Black Lives […]
George Floyd’s brother was among the witnesses invited by Democrats to speak at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality Wednesday morning. Republicans invited Fox News contributor Dan Bongino. Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who has made several unsuccessful bids for Congress, used his opening statement to endorse the “few bad apples” theory of police misconduct. But by the time he was getting questioned by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), he was going full “All Lives Matter.” Jeffries listed off the many familiar names of black men and women who have been unjustly killed by police officers. “But Mr. […]
George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd (right) and cousin Shareeduh Tate speak during a memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption toggle caption Bebeto Matthews/AP George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd (right) and cousin Shareeduh Tate speak during a memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Bebeto Matthews/AP The House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony Wednesday on racial profiling and police brutality as the House prepares to vote on a wide-ranging […]
The former US ambassador to the European Union has compared President Donald Trump to Benito Mussolini, Italy’s fascist strongman, insisting he has only widened racial divisions among citizens as protests rage around the US. The former envoy, Anthony Gardner – who served under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017 – told Politico on Monday that Trump’s actions and rhetoric were reminiscent of Il Duce, the godfather of fascism and an ally to the Nazis during World War II. “For a couple of years, I was troubled by many things that Donald Trump shares with Benito Mussolini, someone my Italian grandparents […]
The families of George Floyd and others slain by law enforcement have joined the ACLU and hundreds of other activist groups in urging the UN Human Rights Council to convene an urgent meeting to address police violence in the US. The victims’ families – which include those of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown and Philando Castile, who were all killed at the hands of police – made a joint call with the ACLU and some 600 rights groups on Monday. In a statement, they asked the UN’s top human rights body to give “international scrutiny” to the police brutality issue […]
Joe Biden Is A Racist Who Loves Police Brutality By Rebecca Margolies, Left Voice. June 8, 2020 Joe Biden Is A Racist Who Loves Police Brutality2020-06-082020-06-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/joe-biden-meets-with-connecticut-police-from-nbc-ct-e1591637620777.jpg200px200px Above photo: Joe Biden meets with Connecticut police from NBC CT. While liberals want us to believe that voting for Joe Biden is the solution to all the ills of the racist capitalist system, the fact remains that Biden is a dedicated, lifelong racist. He won’t save any of us, least of all the victims of police brutality. A wave of potentially revolutionary anti-police uprisings is sweeping across the United States, with Black America once again at […]
One of the world’s most famous porn stars, Riley Reid, has thrown her weight behind the Black Lives Matter protests, revealing that her great grandfather was honored by Martin Luther King Jr. for his civil rights work. Reid has been vocal about her support for the protests that have sprang up in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. The 28-year-old has repeatedly used her popular social media accounts to express support for the movement and to raise questions about police treatment of demonstrators. The adult entertainment star has also shared a black and white image […]
How Endless War Contributes To Police Brutality By Bonnie Kristian, Responsible Statecraft. June 7, 2020 How Endless War Contributes To Police Brutality2020-06-072020-06-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/endlesswar-e1591539658184.jpg200px200px Above photo: May 31, 2020; Athens, GA, USA; Athens-Clark County police officers in riot gear and backed up by a military vehicle move in on the protesters to remove them from Broad Street late in the evening in downtown Athens, Ga, on Sunday, May 31, 2020. The protest was organized to demonstrate for the death of George Floyd who died in police custody in Minneapolis, sparking demonstrations and riots around the country. Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via USA Today. The […]
US 19:24 GMT 07.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/77/1079547723_0:120:3118:1874_1200x675_80_0_0_5817e4d4d6d152149dc5b26e27aca0a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006071079547257-washington-dc-sees-another-round-of-protests-against-police-brutality—video/ Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to start withdrawing from Washington DC where it had been deployed earlier amid violent protests against police aggression. Watch a live broadcast from Dupont Circle in Washington DC where demonstrators are gathering on Sunday to protest against police brutality and racial discrimination following the death of African American man George Floyd in police custody last month. This comes as President Trump announced earlier on Sunday that he has ordered the National Guard to start withdrawing from […]
Medical Workers Die-In To Protest Police Brutality By Ben Verde, Brooklyn Paper. June 7, 2020 Medical Workers Die-In To Protest Police Brutality2020-06-072020-06-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/suny_downstate-e1591541407298.jpg200px200px Above photo: Emergency medical residents at SUNY Downstate participated in a die-in on Thursday to protest police brutality. Paul Frangipane. New York – Hundreds of medical workers at SUNY Downstate staged a die-in on Thursday to protest police brutality and the health disparities that affect black Americans. Emergency medical residents and other hospital staff kneeled or lay on the ground for eight minutes and 46 seconds — the amount of time former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/68/1079546824_0:226:3239:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_739d5b1767378dee9e4ebb6633eefce5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006071079546785-new-yorkers-take-to-the-streets-in-another-round-of-protests-against-police-brutality—-video/ This comes amid an announcement made by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier today that the curfew in the city was to be lifted “effective immediately”. Watch a live broadcast from New York City where people are gathering on Sunday to continue protesting against police aggression and racial discrimination nearly two weeks after the death of African American man, George Floyd, in police custody in Minneapolis. Earlier on Sunday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the curfew which was imposed amid the protests has been lifted starting “immediately”. Nationwide […]
Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue. Tyrone Turner/WAMU Tens of thousands of demonstrators crisscrossed Washington, D.C., on Saturday, as protests against police brutality in the nation’s capital continued into a second straight weekend. Multiple groups gathered peacefully at several major landmarks, from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol to the newly minted Black Lives Matter Plaza. The protests, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd by police, are the city’s biggest yet since a white Minneapolis officer pinned the 46-year-old black man to the ground with […]
A police officer was set on fire while confronting a group of demonstrators in Mexico. Protests and rioting in the country were triggered by the death of a local man shortly after his detention. The incident occurred in the city of Guadalajara, the capital of Mexico’s western state of Jalisco. The video circulating on social media shows a group of police officers on motorcycles in a standoff with protesters. At one point, a man wearing a mask and dark sunglasses pours flammable liquid on the back of one of the officers and sets him on fire. The policeman runs and falls […]
Protesters kneel in front of New York City officers before being arrested for violating curfew on Wednesday. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP Protesters kneel in front of New York City officers before being arrested for violating curfew on Wednesday. John Minchillo/AP On Wednesday what appeared to be overwhelmingly peaceful protests compared to earlier days persisted across the U.S. Also Wednesday, prosecutors said the Minneapolis police officer who compressed George Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes as he was dying will face an increased charge of second-degree murder, and that the three other former officers who were involved […]
A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has been defaced in the US capital, with vandals spray-painting obscenities on the monument as heated protests carry on in the city. Police have yet to identify the culprits. Photos of the statue circulated on social media on Wednesday, some appearing to show the words “rapist” and “racist” scrawled on its base in bright orange paint. The DC Park Police have launched an investigation, though few other details were made public, according to ANI. Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC desecrated by unruly elements of #BlackLivesMatter protesters. Sources tell […]
At least two NYPD officers and a number of civilians were injured in a barrage of gunshots in Brooklyn, where protests over police violence rage on. The suspect was reportedly shot and killed in the incident. The two officers and up to three others were taken to the hospital on Tuesday night after the shooting – in which between 10 and 20 shots rang out – though the extent of their injuries is unknown, according to local media. The shooter’s connection to the protests, if any, also remains unclear. The suspect’s gun was seen discarded on the ground and has since […]
There has never been a TV President at the level of Donald Trump. Yes, it’s his reality-TV origin story. But it’s also his state of existence: Camera constantly trained on his face, airwaves at his disposal, us as his audience rapt. He is as infatuated with this televised permanence as we seem to be with subsisting it. But, as came into sharp focus Monday night, that reliance on television as his own political tool has only exposed how ill-equipped he is for the constant scrutiny and the realities of the changing landscape. Since his inauguration, there have been countless critical essays […]
Chaotic scenes continue to unfold in Minnesota’s Twin Cities as stirred-up crowds smash storefronts, loot merchandise and clash with law enforcement, following a police killing of an unarmed African-American man. Videos shared on social media on Thursday showed looting at a number of businesses along St. Paul’s University Avenue. In one clip, a car is seen crashing through a closed bay door at a department store as a crowd pilfers a cell phone shop across the road. A heavy police presence was also seen at a nearby Target store, where a line of squad cars and riot officers stood in front […]