France’s New Security Law May Have Sparked A ‘George Floyd’ Moment By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. December 1, 2020 France’s New Security Law May Have Sparked A ‘George Floyd’ Moment2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/france.jpg200px200px Above photo: Assa Traore, center, sister of Adama Traore attends a demonstration against a security law that would restrict sharing images of police, Nov. 28, 2020 in Paris. Francois Mori | AP. Sparked by a new […]
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Feds Leverage Civil Disorder Charge Against George Floyd Protester By Niko Georgiades, Unicorn Riot. November 2, 2020 Feds Leverage Civil Disorder Charge Against George Floyd Protester2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/ur-e1604327828342.jpg200px200px Saint Paul, MN – Charges against an Illinois man facing federal felonies from this summer’s uprising in Minneapolis showcase the tactics, techniques and procedures applied by the U.S. government against some of the more enthusiastic participants in the George Floyd […]
Have you ever imagined what George Washington looked like with his shirt off? No? Neither had I. And neither, it turns out, had prudish 19th-century Americans. But on July 31, 1841, a ship from Livorno, Italy, unloaded the highly anticipated monumental statue of the Founding Father that was to be the centerpiece in the Rotunda of the Capitol—and he was half-naked. Source link
George Takei remembers his lowest point vividly. It came on November 11, 2017. The Star Trek actor was in Tokyo, Japan, for a gala screening of Allegiance, his Broadway passion project about Japanese internment, when his phone began buzzing like crazy. “It was right after our screening and we were celebrating, and then… we heard,” he recalls to The Daily Beast. “It was horrible.” The Hollywood […]
Steve Snowden/Getty One of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s most controversial Game of Thrones choices apparently still doesn’t sit well with George R. R. Martin. Speaking with James Hibberd for a comprehensive oral history of the show, the author said he still doesn’t like the way the duo changed Daenerys Targaryen’s wedding night with Khal Drogo. In the original A Song of Ice and Fire series, […]
ROME—The strange case of a top Vatican cardinal who Pope Francis dismissed in September has just taken a Machiavellian turn that would make Dan Brown proud. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the Vatican’s former secretary of state and, until recently, head of the Holy See’s saint-making wing, has been accused of funneling some $800,000 of the pope’s charity money to Australia to buy false testimony against his archrival, […]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson ramped up his inflammatory rhetoric on Thursday night when he essentially argued that Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Jacob Blake were to blame for their deaths and injuries from police, going so far as to tie Taylor to drug trafficking to make his case. On the same day that a federal judge agreed with Fox News lawyers that Carlson’s program should […]
Long-time Trump ally and former Fox News regular Joe diGenova lashed out at the conservative-leaning network on Wednesday, claiming Fox News “fears George Soros” and wondering aloud what the liberal philanthropist “has on” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott. For more than a week now, right-wing media outlets and pro-Trump pundits have railed against Fox News for an on-air segment that featured multiple hosts shutting down Speaker […]
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 […]
For months, the Conway family’s drama had played out in aggressively public fashion. There was George Conway, the attorney and co-founder of The Lincoln Project, launching daily Twitter barbs at President Trump; Kellyanne Conway, the president’s fiercely loyal counselor, defending his increasingly unhinged behavior; and in the middle of it all Claudia Conway, the couple’s teenage daughter, creating TikTok videos about how hellish all the sniping […]
Minneapolis prosecutors argued Friday that the four ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s death should face a single jury after participating in the May 25 incident “together”—but their lawyers argued a collective trial would be against the “interest of justice” in the latest indication the men are turning on each other. During a court appearance, attorneys for Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas K. Lane, and J. Alexander […]
In a scenario reminiscent of the Rachel Dolezal scandal, an African history professor at George Washington University has admitted to pretending to be a Black woman throughout her career. “I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City under various assumed identities within a Blackness that I had no right to claim: first North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, […]
The medical examiner who examined George Floyd’s death believed that Floyd had a lethal amount of fentanyl in his system when he died. We reported on August 4th in a post by Larry Johnson that we had a video and a transcript of the the altercation with police surrounding George Floyd’s death. Both pieces of evidence show that Floyd was as high as a kite when […]
On the first night of its national convention, the Democratic Party has sought to cash in on months of raging protests over police brutality to sell 2020 nominee Joe Biden, trotting out George Floyd’s relatives at the event. “George had a giving spirit, a spirit that has shown up on streets around our nation and around the world. People of all races, all ages, all genders, […]
As his political support withers away along with his prospects for re-election, Donald Trump is declaring his intention to try governing as a dictator. Trump, who bashed Obama for relying on executive orders and boasted that he’d get legislative deals done, long ago gave up on getting bills through Congress. Now, relying on advice from the lawyer who told George W. Bush that torture is legal, […]
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Minneapolis Reneging On George Floyd Promises By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. August 14, 2020 Minneapolis Reneging On George Floyd Promises2020-08-142020-08-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/minneapolis-police-station-fire-e1592063612687.jpg200px200px The Minneapolis Police Name-Change Con. When Black Lives Matter chapters demand “abolition” and “defunding” of the police, rather than community control of the cops, they play into the hands of charlatans and misleaders on city councils and in the halls of Congress. “The proposed charter […]
The Democrat Party continues to drift radically leftward, and its leadership will never rebuke militant elements like Antifa, because it’s controlled by billionaire leftist George Soros, former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. “All of these Democrats are now basically owned by the left,” Gingrich said Wednesday in an interview on Fox News. “They are not going to pick any fights. They are owned by people […]
The NYPD embedded at least one undercover informant among protesters demonstrating against police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death, a newly unsealed court filing reveals. The disclosure was buried in an FBI affidavit in the case of Jeremy Trapp, 24, who was arrested by the NYPD on July 17, after he allegedly attempted to cut the brake lines on an NYPD van parked in […]
Leaked police body cam footage shows George Floyd incident from a new perspective. It reveals all the details in what took place just before George Floyd’s death. George Floyd is seen reacting emotionally and being asked by the officers to stop resisting and to put his hands behind his back, Mr. Floyd states, “I’m not gonna do nothing.” Mr. Floyd begs, “Please, please man. I don’t […]
Amnesty International’s latest report details that it has logged at least 125 separate cases of police violence against US residents within two weeks of the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Officers across the nation were accused by Amnesty on Tuesday of violating the human rights of peaceful protesters, bystanders and members of the press 125 times between May 26 and June 5. […]
Bodycam footage from two cops accused in the murder of George Floyd is revealed exclusively by DailyMail.com today — and it shows a rookie officer terrifying Floyd by pointing a handgun at his head and another callously picking a pebble from the squad car tire just inches from the dying man and seconds before he draws his last breath. Watch the George Floyd video for yourself. We were […]
Anti-racism protests, often turning into violent riots, have been non-stop in the United States since Floyd’s death in late May, after an officer pinned him to the ground for several minutes as the man repeatedly told him he could not breathe. Two new videos showing new details in George Floyd’s fatal arrest have been leaked and published by the Daily Mail, despite it being barred from […]
The Daily Mail UK obtained George Floyd police bodycam footage which shows the moments before and during Floyd’s arrest. George Floyd died on May 25 after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 8 minutes during an arrest. Officers were called to the scene after George Floyd used a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes at a convenient store. The bodycam footage shows […]
Bodycam footage from two cops accused in the murder of George Floyd is revealed exclusively by DailyMail.com today — and it shows a rookie officer terrifying Floyd by pointing a handgun at his head and another callously picking a pebble from the squad car tire just inches from the dying man and seconds before he draws his last breath. Watch the George Floyd video for yourself. We were […]
Far left billionaire George Soros has been systematically targeting district attorney races throughout the United States for several years now. Many of his candidates are already in office creating havoc across the country. In St. Louis City George Soros was Kim Gardner’s biggest donor in her race for Circuit Attorney back in 2016. A Soros funded PAC even released an ad in support of this far […]
A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Black Pete Is Racism” during a 2013 demonstration in Amsterdam. Zwarte Piet or Black Pete is traditionally depicted by white people wearing blackface, Afro wigs and red lipstick. Bas Czerwinski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bas Czerwinski/AFP via Getty Images A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Black Pete Is Racism” during a 2013 demonstration in Amsterdam. Zwarte Piet […]
Attorney General Bill Barr released his statement to the House Judiciary Committee scheduled for Tuesday. Via Politico: Written Statement of Willi… by Jim Hoft on Scribd TRENDING: We Asked Our Readers to Send Photos of the Democrat Party Sanctioned Destruction and Rioting in their Community — We Were Shocked at What They Sent In Attorney General Barr blows apart the George Floyd narrative on police violence.Democrats […]
An article likening the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis cop to the death of Jesus Christ on the cross has gone viral for all the wrong reasons, eliciting a chorus of mockery – and outrage from Christians. Floyd’s death, which kicked off months of historic unrest across the US after the excruciating eight-minute video took social media by storm, was no […]
In a now deleted social media post, the model reportedly argued that she is “yet to see hard evidence” that “he was innocent” when he died, adding that Floyd had a criminal record. Jasmine Archer-Jones, the 23-year old winner of last year’s Miss Swimsuit UK competition, has been stripped of her title after openly questioning online the circumstances of George Floyd’s tragic death, The Sun reports. […]
Miss Swimsuit UK Jasmine Archer-Jones, 23, has been stripped of her title for posting that “All Lives Matter” and questioning the innocence of leftist martyr George Floyd. The swimsuit model is also under attack over her boyfriend’s Facebook posts, including a meme that said “white guilt is real, white privilege is a leftist lie.” Archer moved to Texas shortly after winning her title last year and […]
In 2015 the Organization for Black Struggle (OBS) and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) offered funding for travel expenses for individuals and groups. These funds ran $300 for individuals and $1,000 for groups (assumed daily). A list of individuals paid by MORE was later released by MORE. TRENDING: BREAKING: Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s Twitter Accounts HACKED… Along With Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Kanye […]
Last week, the Minneapolis Police Department released footage from body-cameras worn by two of the white officers involved in the fatal arrest of African-American George Floyd on 25 May. The release of the video is said to would provide a fuller understanding of the events surrounding Floyd’s killing. Footage from body-cameras worn by two of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of African-American George […]
The killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis in May triggered nationwide anti-police-brutality protests in the US and in many major cities around the world. The four officers involved in the killing were fired and later charged with criminal counts, with the officer filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck charged with second-degree murder. The family of deceased African-American George Floyd on Wednesday filed a lawsuit […]
A memorial lives where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 while in police custody. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images A memorial lives where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 while in police custody. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Police body camera footage of George Floyd’s final minutes of life show him telling Minneapolis police officers that he’s […]
The family of George Floyd is suing the city of Minneapolis and the four officers involved in the unarmed 46-year-old’s death, in which his final pleas of “I can’t breathe” became a national rallying cry. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota alleges that the city and the Minneapolis cops involved in the May 25 death “deprived” Floyd […]
Pennsylvania authorities have launched a probe after a video, showing an officer kneeling on a man’s neck in Allentown, went viral, further fueling the outrage and nationwide protests against police brutality. Captured outside St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart hospital and widely shared by Black Lives Matter activists and even George Floyd family attorney, Ben Crump, the disturbing clip shows two officers restraining a screaming black man, while another […]
It Now Looks Like George Floyd, Not Derek Chauvin, Killed George Floyd Guest post by Larry C. Johnson The transcript from the body camera worn by J. Alexander Kueng shows clear evidence that George Floyd was suffering respiratory distress before police laid hands on him. He died from a Fentanyl overdose, not from being choked out by Minneapolis police. This news will not bring joy to […]
The judge overseeing the trial of four Minneapolis cops accused of killing black security guard George Floyd has placed a gag order on the defendants and their lawyers after pieces of somewhat exculpatory evidence were released. Citing the risk of “tainting a potential jury pool” and “impair[ing] all parties’ right to a fair trial,” Hennepin Country District Judge Peter Cahill slapped a gag order on “all […]
Transcripts of body camera videos reveal that the officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck was dismissive of the man’s pleas for help. One cop charged in the incident has petitioned the court to dismiss his case. The footage, taken from body cameras worn by officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, reportedly shows Floyd pleading for his life in the minutes before he […]
The recent release of Minneapolis Police Department body camera transcripts has provided the public with even more insight into the final moments of George Floyd’s life, and a clearer record of the 46-year-old’s pleas to the arresting officers on May 25. Made public on Wednesday, the transcripts detail Floyd’s willingness to cooperate with Minneapolis Police Officers J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas K. Lane, despite his confusion […]
The Minneapolis Police Department, in a training manual issued to all new officers, detailed how to execute the same neck restraint that killed George Floyd, lawyers for one of the officers involved in the May 25 incident argued in a Wednesday motion. The training manual, which provided pictures of the “non-deadly” maneuver in which officers put an arm or leg on the back of a suspect’s […]
George Floyd’s Death Inspires An Unlikely Movement In Indonesia By David Pierson, The LA Times. July 8, 2020 George Floyd’s Death Inspires An Unlikely Movement In Indonesia2020-07-082020-07-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/download-e1594216884855.jpg200px200px Above photo: A Papuan student, his face painted with the colors of the separatist Morning Star flag, holds a poster during a rally near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2019. A group of West Papuan students in […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) appeared to confirm conservatives’‘slippery slope’ concerns about the tearing down of historical monuments, when she told CNN she is open to memorials to George Washington being removed. Duckworth, who has been floated as a possible pick for Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee, took no umbrage with the idea of protesters targeting Washington statues when she was confronted with the idea in a […]
The Democrat party hates America. The Democrat party supports the Maoist revolution tearing down statues and erasing US history. Advertisement – story continues below Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) on Sunday said she is open to taking down statues of George Washington. Duckworth also slammed President Trump’s Mount Rushmore visit for “standing on ground that was stolen from Native Americans.” TRENDING: Nike Spokesman Colin Kaepernick’s Independence Day […]
Antifa terrorists torched a racist Elk statue last night in Portland. Here is the statue in 1900. Advertisement – story continues below Last night violent leftists burnt the Thompson Elk to the ground. Around 200 antifa terrorists and far left militant protesters gathered at the Portland Justice Center on Wednesday night and torched the elk statue. TRENDING: BREAKING: Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested, Sources Say Andy […]
The host of the rapidly growing Rebel Capitalist podcast joins to talk macro, inflation and the almighty battle for ideas. What would you do if you were approaching your 40s, burned out and realizing the type of financial success you had been pursuing wasn’t actually serving your true goal of freedom? If you were George Gammon, the answer would be to change everything and start globetrotting […]
George Watts, who interpreted for Soviet and Russian leaders during a decades-long career as a translator, and later became RT’s main narrator, has passed away. He was 88. Watts was born to Russian immigrants in Canada and grew up on a farm during the Great Depression, before moving to his parents’ homeland after the end of the Second World War. His fluency in English allowed him […]
Conservative Kansas State student Jaden McNeil has been the target of countless death threats and attempts to get him expelled from his college over a joke that he made about George Floyd earlier this week — and now Twitter has suspended his account for it. McNeil is an America First conservative who has become quite popular for his gaming live-streams on DLive. In a tweet, he […]
George Nader We reported previously that George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman and one of Mueller’s ‘star witnesses’ was charged in a Virginia federal court in July 2019 with additional child sex crimes. On Friday, a federal judge in Virginia sentenced Nader, 61, to 10 years in prison — the absolute minimum he could receive for his charges! Recall, Nader was previously indicted on June 3rd 2019 on child […]
Image via TMZ A Black Lives Matter activist lost one of his testicles after getting shot in the balls by rubber bullets during George Floyd riots in Los Angeles. Bradley Steyn says he plans on suing the LAPD after law enforcement officials shot him in the scrotum on May 30 during a ‘protest.’ TMZ reported: Bradley Steyn — a South African man who protested apartheid back […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday called George Floyd by the wrong name during a press conference less than 24 hours after House Democrats passed police reform legislation. 80-year-old Pelosi referred to George Floyd, the black man who was killed by a Minnesota police officer, as “George Kirby.” “I only will do that if you tell me that this legislation is worthy of George KIRBY’s […]
George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to accept the integration of black players into the league, is to have his name removed from Washington Redskins “Ring of Fame” and website, the team has announced. Marshall, who died more than fifty years ago, was a noted segregationist didn’t agree to the addition of black players on the Redskins roster until he was “forced to do so” […]
By Brian Glyn Williams, The Conversation An Islamic State follower posted the hashtag “#AmericaBurning” in a discussion on the Telegram chat system in early June, and another posted a message that read “You are waking up this morning to news of the destruction of America, the dismantling of its States, and civil war.” Another Islamic State website proclaimed “Destruction, fragmentation. America is burning,” while an Islamic […]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday accused Republicans of trying to get way with the murder of George Floyd, a black man whose videotaped death in police custody in Minneapolis last month set off a violent protest movement nationwide. Pelosi made the remark, “they were trying to get away with murder, actually–the murder of George Floyd”, in an interview with CBS News Radio’s […]
The image of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on the neck of a Black man, George Floyd, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds has been etched into the American consciousness. But for many Asian-Americans like myself, there’s another lingering image from that fatal encounter—the face of the Asian officer who stood by and did nothing as Floyd was violently choked to death. That officer […]
United Nations Sets Up Inquiry Into Racism After George Floyd Death By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters. June 21, 2020 United Nations Sets Up Inquiry Into Racism After George Floyd Death2020-06-212020-06-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/download-1-e1592758432858.jpg200px200px Above photo: Delegates stand in front of a TV screen during the vote of a resolution on racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in […]
J. Alexander Keung, one of the officers being charged in connection with the death of George Floyd, was accosted in a grocery store where he was casually buying “necessities’ like Oreos, which began trending on Twitter. Freed on $750,000 bail on Friday, Keung was spotted at a Cub Foods supermarket when one person decided to put him on film. “What’s your name?” the unidentified woman asks […]
A statue of George Washington was toppled by Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon Thursday night. The statue and its base were spray-pained with anti-American slogans including the New York Times “1619” propaganda slur. American flags were burned on Washington. No police were present until the statue was felled. There’s now a burning American flag on GW’s face. pic.twitter.com/3Un3acJk22 — Tuck Woodstock (@tuckwoodstock) […]
Woke Black Lives Matter supporters attended church services and even got baptized in Minneapolis where George Floyd died. Advertisement – story continues below A Minneapolis police officer was charged after killing George Floyd last month. George Floyd’s death sparked riots worldwide and he has been turned into some sort of saint despite his abysmal history of violent crimes. WATCH: TRENDING: Fulton County DA Announces 11 Charges, […]
Senior Editor The story below, excerpted from the NY Times, tells about Cup Foods, owned supposedly by a Palestinian who was forced by obscure laws, to turn Floyd in for his role in a “one bill only that no longer exists” counterfeit ring. We have waited weeks and the evidence, the counterfeit $20 (who counterfeits $20s when kids buy ice cream with C notes?) has never […]
This wasn’t supposed to happen. Black Lives Matter rioters vandalized the home of very progressive Olympia, WA Mayor Cheryl Selby on Friday night. Mayor Selby is a far-left progressive and vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter. She even took a knee with Antifa/BLM terrorists a couple weeks ago. TRENDING: Democrat Senator Tim Kaine: “The US Didn’t Inherit Slavery From Anybody. We Created it” (VIDEO) WATCH: However, […]
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had harsh words for parents and neighborhood groups “taking the law into their own hands” by cutting locks on city playgrounds, but has continued to defend the protesters who crowd city streets. The mayor scolded New Yorkers for busting open padlocked playgrounds, during a press conference on Tuesday at which he reminded reporters that the sites are set to remain […]
Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos was a young, intelligent and beautiful Italian woman when she met George Papadopoulos in 2016. Her life was soon turned upside down. The man she loved was targeted by the Deep State and then the FBI had the audacity to ask young Ms. Mangiante to spy on her husband. When the young Italian started discussing her former boss Joseph Mifsud and his ties […]
A Minneapolis police dispatcher was so alarmed by real-time footage of George Floyd’s violent arrest that she flagged the situation to her supervisor, telling him over the phone, “I don’t know you can call me a snitch if you want.” “I don’t know if they had to use force or not, but they got something out of the back of the squad, and all of them […]
Unfinished Revolution: Where Do The George Floyd Protests Go From Here? By Tosh Anderson, Josephine Lee, Zishun Ning, The Indypendent. June 15, 2020 Unfinished Revolution: Where Do The George Floyd Protests Go From Here?2020-06-152020-06-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/an-anti-police-violence-protester-is-arrested-in-midtown-manhattan.-photo-by-sue-brisk-e1592228607644.png200px200px Above photo: A protester against racism and police violence is arrested in Midtown Manhattan. Photo by Sue Brisk. It takes but a few minutes for the ruling elite to recast collective calls for […]
Will The Death Of George Floyd Mark The Rebirth Of America? By Nick Turse, Tom Dispatch. June 15, 2020 Will The Death Of George Floyd Mark The Rebirth Of America?2020-06-152020-06-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/george-floyd-new-yorker-cover-full.png200px200px Above photo: “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson. The New Yorker 2020. For a close-up interactive version of this cover in which the murder of George Floyd embodies the history of violence inflicted upon black people in America visit the […]
Watch FFWN above. And check out the list of all 37 stories we covered. By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor Was the murder of George Floyd a mafia killing or a human sacrifice? Though it’s too early to know all the details—which may never come out—word on the street plus circumstantial evidence strongly suggest that the actual event was a mafia hit. VT broke the story, […]
Chicago police car burning This didn’t make any headlines.During the rioting and looting in Chicago last weekend one man was murdered. The ‘peaceful’ protesters weren’t so peaceful. Several other people were shot in the same are near Water Tower Place around the same time that same night. CWBChicago reported: TRENDING: UPDATE — FULL BODYCAM VIDEO Reveals Atlanta Police Being Patient, Respectful with Rayshard Brooks (VIDEO) Newly […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107961/36/1079613643_0:712:2048:1864_1200x675_80_0_0_e5a46bdb19e2919d491df8fb82a77aac.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006151079613499-las-vegas-police-officer-shot-in-face-during-george-floyd-protest-now-paralyzed-family-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Las Vegas police officer shot and wounded during a George Floyd protest is now paralyzed from the neck down, his family said in a note shared by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) on social media. “Shay Mikalonis is on a ventilator and will remain so. He is also paralyzed from the neck down […]
On Contact: Analysis Of George Floyd Protests June 14, 2020 On Contact: Analysis Of George Floyd Protests2020-06-142020-06-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/glen-e1592137081255.png200px200px On the show today, Chris Hedges discusses the George Floyd protests erupting in over 140 American cities with Glen Ford, executive editor of Black Agenda Report. “And the black misleadership class seems to be more upset and angry about this than the white misleadership class. Sometimes it’s funny. […]
Ex-CrossFit Games champ and ‘fittest woman on earth’ Katrin Davidsdottir has angrily rebuked the culture at the heart of CrossFit in the aftermath of the resignation of CEO Greg Glassman, issuing a demand for more change. Glassman sparked outrage by linking George Floyd, the man whose killing by police has caused widespread anti-racism protests across the world, with the coronavirus pandemic by tweeting “it’s FLOYD-19″ last weekend. The […]
George Floyd, Coronavirus And Inequality Stealing Black Lives By Susan Smith Richardson, Public Integrity. June 14, 2020 George Floyd, Coronavirus And Inequality Stealing Black Lives2020-06-142020-06-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/yall-tried-yet-grafitti-at-lincoln-memorial-e1592137508781.jpg200px200px Above photo: Spray paint that reads “Yall Not Tired Yet?” is seen on the base fo the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, early Sunday, May 31, 2020, the morning after protests over the death of George Floyd. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster. […]
Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP The civil rights movement largely passed East Texas by in the 1950’s and 60’s. […]
A video of two Atlanta police officers shooting an unarmed black man who later died is sparking massive outrage and accusations of police brutality and racism. Details of the case are still scarce. Atlanta officers responded to a call of a suspicious person on Friday night that led them to a Wendy’s drive-thru where 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was allegedly asleep in his car. According to the […]
What a complete shock! Earlier this week The New York Times published an editorial by Mariame Kaba on abolishing the police departments. Advertisement – story continues below This insanity is what passes for intellectual opinion on the far left today. Jordan Schachtel later pointed out that the author of the anti-police is a Soros alumnae. TRENDING: Biden Narrows VP Pick Down to Six Women — But […]
Fox News host Harris Faulkner gave President Donald Trump every opportunity to calm tensions over racist police brutality during an interview in Dallas that aired, in part, Friday afternoon. He either had no interest in doing so or was ultimately incapable. Faulkner began her interview by asking Trump if he was the right president to “unite all of us, given everything that’s happening right now.” “Well, […]
Minneapolis has officially voted to abolish the existing policing system in favor of a ‘public safety’ model. Hailed as transformative in the wake of protests, the suggestion is still vague on details. A resolution jointly co-authored unanimously approved by all 12 city council members acknowledged that “no amount of reforms will prevent lethal violence and abuse by some members of the Police Department,” thus virtually declaring […]
Dave Chappelle released an unannounced Netflix special in the early hours of Friday that tears into the media and calls on America to listen to the protest movement that has risen up to demand an end to more than a century of oppression. The comedian said he couldn’t bring himself to watch the killing of George Floyd for a week, but as soon as he did, […]
This is the Democrat Party leader and the likely nominee for President of the United States. Advertisement – story continues below Joe Biden today told a crowd of supporters that George Floyd’s death was bigger than the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Joe Biden: “Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did,” Joe Biden: “Even Dr. King’s assassination […]
The police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., have sparked a national conversation around racial justice. But the country’s racial justice problems aren’t limited to policing — American schools have long struggled with racial inequity. “Our students of color are treated differently in our schools,” Kim Ellison, who chairs the Minneapolis Board of Education, told NPR earlier this month. A […]
ILWU, ILA, And Teamsters Take Action In Honor Of George Floyd By Frances Madeson, Spectre. June 10, 2020 ILWU, ILA, And Teamsters Take Action In Honor Of George Floyd2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/from-spectre-journal-e1591806137924.jpg200px200px Above photo: ILWU Spokesman Clarence Thomas. From Spectre Journal. Toward a People’s Strike in Solidarity Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters laid down their […]
One of the four Minneapolis police officers charged for the killing of George Floyd has been released from custody after making bail, which had been conditionally set at $750,000. Former officer Thomas Lane was released from the Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported, citing jail records. Lane is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd’s death in […]
The Network In Defense Of Humanity Demands Justice For George Floyd By The Network in Defense of Humanity June 10, 2020 The Network In Defense Of Humanity Demands Justice For George Floyd2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/jiustice-for-george-floyd-from-rallylist-e1591806942835.jpg200px200px Above photo: Justice for George Floyd from RallyList. Note: The Network in Defense of Humanity is the U.S. Chapter of the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity. They describe themselves […]
The news follows Bristol Conservative councillor Richard Eddy accusing protesters who toppled Colston’s statue of engaging in “frenzied thug violence”, and described the former slave owner as a “hero”. Two Conservative party councillors have been accused of sharing racist comments on social media in response to the wave of Black Lives Matter protests sparked the world over, following the murder of George Floyd in the US. Linda Symes, […]
Donald Trump has a daddy problem. Mitt Romney does not. Could George Romney’s example be what compelled his son to march past the Trump Hotel—where protesters had stacked body bags six long weeks ago, when a very different pandemic than police violence was at the center of the country’s attention—to the White House? Now it’s enduring racism that’s commanding our attention and the younger Romney, humming […]
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 […]
The development comes as protests against police brutality and racial discrimination continue in the United States and across the world. Thousands of mourners paid homage to George Floyd who was buried in Pearland, Texas next to his mother. The BBC made an embarrassing mistake during its live broadcast of the funeral of George Floyd, an African American man, whose death in police custody sparked the biggest […]
When Nicole Austin began tasting whiskies to create this year’s George Dickel Bottled-in-Bond release, she found the process a bit more daunting than usual. Her team pulled samples from every barrel in the warehouse with enough age, and after months of tasting, she landed on a group of whiskies that were all distilled in the fall of 2008. But the challenge was not the sheer variety […]
Greg Glassman, the founder and CEO of CrossFit, resigned on Tuesday after the left-wing outrage mob came for him. Gym owners, brands, celebrities and athletes began abandoning CrossFit after Glassman reportedly said “I do not mourn George Floyd” during a Zoom call. CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman allegedly made the statement several times during a call with gym owners on Saturday. Glassman had also joked that it’s […]
Back two weeks ago on May 28, 2020, The Gateway Pundit reported — Fired Officer Derek Chauvin and George Floyd worked at the same south Minneapolis club as security guards up to the end of last year. On Monday My 25th, Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd during an arrest for passing a bad $20 dollar bill. KTSP later reported that the two men both […]
On Tuesday night, Trevor Noah addressed the Democrats’ kente cloth fiasco as only he could. “While the movement in the streets has been building up steam, Democrats in Washington have been scrambling for a way to respond. And yesterday, I think they’ve figured it out,” offered Noah. The Daily Show host then threw to footage of the Senate Democrats kneeling in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall for […]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson lashed out at CNN and Sesame Street on Tuesday night over their joint town hall special on the George Floyd protests and racism, complaining that it was the “very latest” example of “relentless propaganda” designed to make Americans feel they “have no right to stand up” for their country. Kicking off his show by addressing the controversy over his Monday night […]
Did Fox News’ Sean Hannity just compare President Donald Trump dealing with the FBI’s Russia investigation to George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police? Yes. Yes, he did. During Tuesday night’s broadcast of his primetime Fox News program, the pro-Trump star railed against the growing criticism of the police amid the protests over Floyd’s death. After playing video of the New York police union […]
Godofredo A Vasquez/Getty “Let all the ends thou aimst at be thy Country’s, thy God’s, and Truth’s. Be noble and the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own.” —Inscription at Union Station, Washington, D.C. circa 1908 I remember first reading those words as a young congressional intern when I came to Washington, D.C. for the […]
Fifteen days after he cried out for his mother as he couldn’t breathe, George Floyd was laid to rest alongside her in Houston on Tuesday. Floyd’s gold casket was taken to the cemetery from a church on the southwest side of the city, where the last of three memorial services was held for Floyd, 46, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his […]
Gym owners, brands, celebrities and athletes are abandoning CrossFit after he reportedly said “I do not mourn George Floyd” during a Zoom call. CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman allegedly made the statement several times during a call with gym owners on Saturday. Glassman had also joked that it’s “FLOYD-19” in a tweet responding to a post from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation which called racism […]
From George Floyd To COVID-19, Two Pandemics Target Black Workers By Southern Workers Assembly. June 9, 2020 From George Floyd To COVID-19, Two Pandemics Target Black Workers2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/labor-justice-george-floyd-980×653-e1591715454643.jpg200px200px Above photo: Labor demands justice for George Floyd, 5/31 demonstration in Minneapolis. Sigal photos. Southern Workers Assembly Statement Link the fight for workplace safety with the fight against police brutality. Workers in the US are currently facing two tragic pandemics. […]
A woman stops to photograph a memorial for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church on Tuesday in Houston. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP A woman stops to photograph a memorial for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church on Tuesday in Houston. Eric Gay/AP George Floyd, whose killing by police inspired days of protests in the U.S. and around the […]