Consistent with the larger implementation of corporate control over the state (one of the textbook definitions of fascism), the police have been federalized and militarized. This apparatus needs to be dismantled, and communities should have control and review powers over the police, who should return to their original purpose, “To serve and protect.” https://fair.org/home/community-control-over-police-should-be-a-democratic-right
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‘Community Control Over Police Should Be a Democratic Right’
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019Two Colorado cops who fatally shot Black teen in the back, will not face charges
Saturday, November 16th, 2019Racists with badges and a license to kill are exonerated by Colorado Springs, CO grand jury: https://thegrio.com/2019/11/14/colorado-cops-shot-black-teen-not-face-charges
FBI launches massive sting, finds group of officers getting paid to protect cartel drug trafficking
Monday, November 11th, 2019As discussed on this website, the FBI (as well as the Justice Department, the U.S. military, the offices of the U.S. Attorneys, various mayors, and the police departments) is complicit in drug trafficking, from the fields of Afghanistan and the jungles of Columbia to the cities of North America and Europe. So, when the FBI arrests police officers for protecting drug trafficking, either the officers were preventing drug trafficking (as is the case with the Austin 7), or they were skimming profits that would otherwise go to the kingpins. https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/fbi-sting-finds-group-of-officers-getting-paid-to-protect-cartel-drug-trafficking
America’s Last Slave Ship Could Offer a Case for Reparations
Monday, October 28th, 2019Reparations are an integral part of removing racism embedded in the U.S. and elsewhere. https://blackagendareport.com/americas-last-slave-ship-could-offer-case-reparations
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Become Rahm Emanuel 2.0
Saturday, October 26th, 2019The Democratic Party in Chicago is owned by the international banking cartel and its corporation, which steals taxpayers’ money via debt slavery. https://jacobinmag.com/2019/10/lori-lightfoot-chicago-teachers-union-strike
Botham Jean and America’s Apartheid Police State
Sunday, October 20th, 2019Racism is a fundamental part of the fascist state. https://blackagendareport.com/botham-jean-and-americas-apartheid-police-state
Politicians Agree: Any White Cop Can Kill a Black Man
Monday, October 14th, 2019Basically, the police ranks are filled with racists who have a license to kill. https://blackagendareport.com/politicians-agree-any-white-cop-can-kill-black-man
Key witness in trial and conviction of police officer Amber Guyger murdered in Dallas
Saturday, October 12th, 2019No surprise here. In a fascist state, those who expose the crimes of the racist global corporate crime syndicate are murdered. https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/08/key-witness-in-trial-and-conviction-of-police-officer-amber-guyger-murdered-in-dallas/
Yesterday’s Ku Klux Klan members are today’s police officers, councilwoman says
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019This should be patently obvious to anyone following the consistently racist actions of police across the nation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/10/11/yesterdays-ku-klux-klan-members-are-todays-police-officers-councilwoman-says
Man cries as he is exonerated after 17 years in jail for murder he didn’t commit
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019Just one example, among thousands, of false convictions perpetrated by the racist police and the judicial system. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/man-cries-as-he-is-exonerated-after-17-years-in-jail-for-murder-he-didnt-commit-video