Rayshard Brooks Like So Many Blacks Killed by State-Sanctioned Police Violence
Laven: "Rayshard Brooks, like so many other people of color killed by police, should still be alive. In 2016, for example, fewer than one in three Black people…
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Tipping Point: George Floyd’s Anguished Death Plea Signals Start of Second American Revolution
From frontpage of Daily News when Glover was killed. Nine months after I arrived in New York City in the summer of 1972 to do my medical residency…
Book Excerpt #1: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
Benjamin: "Police represent a domestic terrorist organization that is sanctioned by America’s white political structure to control Black people." Photo: YouTube George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor:…
REFLECTIONS ON RACE AND REPRESSION IN AMERICA
The killer four in Minneapolis: Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao. Screen capture CNN. There is no such thing as "police brutality," and when you…
AFT Passes Resolution To Fight Systemic Racism in Schools
AFT President Randi Weingarten: "We must also do all we can to create safe and welcoming environments. That requires us to rethink school security starting with separating police…
Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta Police Engaging in “Blue Flu” Strike?
Atlanta Police Department confirmed a larger-than-normal number of absent officers on Wednesday evening, but denied any mass strike in response to the criminal charges leveled against the two…
Atlanta Killer-Cop Who Murdered Rayshard Brooks Charged with Felony Murder
Officer Rolfe has been charged with 11 charges--including one charge of felony murder aggravated assault, criminal damage to property and violations to his oath of office...Rolfe could face…
American Policing Enforces Culture of Violence In Black Communities
Perceptions of a few “bad apples” within police departments are quickly being dispelled due to such data and video recordings from cell phones and security cameras. Photo: Anika…
Black America Continually Victimized by Systemic Racism and Economic Violence
Rev. Jackson: "Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality." Photo:…
WBAI 99.5Black Star News Show Interviews December 12th Movement Lawyer
Host Milton Allimadi is joined by Attorney, human rights activist, and a leader of the December 12 Movement (D12), Roger Wareham, to discuss the ongoing national and international…