Police

By Michelle Stewart | – On May 25, social media erupted with the image of a Black man once again whispering “I can’t breathe” while under the knee of a white police officer for eight minutes and forty six seconds. George Floyd’s death sparked horror, outrage — and familiarity. Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin looked […]

Bill of Rights

How Trump brought US Racist Policing and Racist Foreign Policy Together on D.C. Streets

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

(Code Pink) – On June 1, President Trump threatened to deploy active-duty U.S. military forces against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in cities across America. Trump and state governors eventually deployed at least 17,000 National Guard troops across the country. In the nation’s capital, Trump deployed nine Blackhawk assault helicopters, thousands of National Guard troops […]

Democracy

The Other Looting: We’ve Just witnessed a Nationwide Police Riot, Fueled by Trump’s talk of “Terrorists”

Dan Dinello

Reacting to Protests Against Brutality and Racism, the Police Try to Crush Dissent by Brutally Beating, Gassing, and Shooting Protesters

Dissent

Light ‘Em Up! How America’s Forever Wars came to our Streets

William J. Astore

(Tomdispatch.com) – From their front porches, regular citizens watched a cordon of cops sweep down their peaceful street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rankled at being filmed, the cops exceeded their authority and demanded that people go inside their houses. When some of them didn’t obey quickly enough, the order — one heard so many times in […]

Dissent

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic

ProPublica

by Lisa Song (ProPublica) – When Amira Chowdhury joined a protest in Philadelphia against police violence on Monday, she wore a mask to protect herself and others against the coronavirus. But when officers launched tear gas into the crowd, Chowdhury pulled off her mask as she gasped for air. “I couldn’t breathe,” she said. “I […]

Immigration

Homeland Secrets: Shootings by Homeland Security agents get little scrutiny

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

War Zone By Derek Hall, Mackenzie Shuman, Devan Sauer, Nicole Ludden and José-Ignacio Castañeda Perez | – Howard Center for Investigative Journalism | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – First came the crash, reverberating off the walls of the retirement community like a “mini atom bomb,” then a barrage of gunfire shattered the desert […]

Donald Trump

Baghdadified: The Militarization of US Cities and Police

contributors

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “This… thing, [the War on Drugs] this ain’t police work… I mean, you call something a war and pretty soon everybody gonna be running around acting like warriors… running around on a damn crusade, storming corners, slapping on cuffs, racking up body counts… pretty soon, damn […]

Authoritarianism

Cop Arrests Nurse For Doing Her Job (TYT Video)

contributors

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Maytha Alhassen | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “A police officer in Salt Lake City arrested a nurse because she refused to break the law. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Maytha Alhassen of The Young Turks, break it down.” TYT: “Cop Arrests Nurse For Doing Her Job […]

Espionage

The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. In this regard, the Red Scare of the late teens and early 20s of the last century, promoted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, was […]