Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster the deportation machine.
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Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. But he’s never witnessed the US armed forces being used the way they’ve been deployed recently in Los Angeles. “This […]
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Police used batons, tear gas, and “non lethal” projectiles to disperse “No Kings” protesters on Saturday.
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LAPD Attacks “No Kings” Protesters in Los Angeles Read Post »
The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife in a separate incident, officials said.
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Gunman Dressed as Cop Assassinates Democratic State Rep. and Spouse in Minnesota Read Post »
Five years ago today, George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, in Minneapolis. The harrowing footage of the murder—in which Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes after a nearby store clerk alleged he tried to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill—sparked […]
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Report: Police Killings Rose in the Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder Read Post »
It’s been five years since George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street in the Spring on 2020. Though far from novel, this particular act of state violence shocked the world and ignited one of the largest protest movements in modern history. In my latest video, I argue that this moment was much bigger than […]
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Everything Changed After George Floyd. Five Years Later, What Have We Learned? Read Post »
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