Posts Tagged ‘police’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters
New data from a non-profit that monitors political violence around the world shows Police in the US are far more aggressive with left leaning protesters, regardless if the protests remain peaceful or not.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up for Justice! – Breonna Taylor Grand Juror Says Homicide Charges Were Not Presented
An anonymous person on the jury of the Breonna Taylor court case believes that the homicide charges were not presented in the case.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Police Retaliate Against Cole Family with Violent Attack Sending Mother to Hospital
On night 2 of peaceful protests against the decision not to prosecute the police officer who killed teenager Alvin Cole, police arrested and brutalized Cole’s mother and two sisters — and pulled others from their cars.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – There are proven ways to keep protests peaceful. Trump is doing the opposite.
Donald Trump has called on local and state officials to crack down as harshly as possible on BLM protests throughout the nation. Experts say that Trump’s rhetoric and actions inflame tensions and escalate protests further, instead of keeping the peace.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘Kettling’ of demonstrators at protest could end up costing taxpayers millions
An international organization whose work advocating for refugees, political prisoners and victims of violence worldwide said Wednesday the NYPD intentionally and illegally carried out a massive attack on peaceful protesters. The event could end up costing taxpayers big time.
Read MoreThe Exception to Exceptionalism: Why marginalized communities feel a collective guilt in America
When the federal building in Oklahoma City was bombed in 1995, the authorities and all media outlets immediately blamed it on “Islamic terrorists.” Members of the Muslim community around the country were attacked, verbally and physically. When Black people protest and one sets a building on fire, all Black people are blamed collectively.For White people the rules are generally the opposite.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Texas Spent Hundreds of Hours Investigating, Finding and Arresting BLM Protesters
Special agents have spent the summer looking across social media posts, surveillance footage and YouTube videos in an effort to identify protesters they suspect of committing crimes.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Felony charges against BLM protesters are ‘suppression tactic’, experts say
Rights groups say prosecutors are trying to quash anti-racism protests with excessive charges threatening long prison terms.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Peaceful Portland protests after federal withdrawal
Oregon’s governor, Kate Brown, agreed with the White House that the state police would take over responsibility for guarding the courthouse after weeks of escalating protests. She said that “Trump’s troops” were behaving like an occupying army in Portland and provoking unrest with heavy-handed tactics.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Lafayette Square: iconic for Trump presidency
With his triumphal stride through the square to historical St. John’s Episcopal Church, Trump had hoped to appear strong and dominant, and to dispel the narrative of him hiding in the secured White House bunker during evening protests outside. Demanding a show of force, he sought to make the nation’s capital a shining example of how to control the streets amid racial unrest.
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