2021-10-12: News Headlines

Staff (2021-10-12). Dayton Police Dragged Paraplegic Man Clifford Owensby from His Car; NAACP Says Arrest Was "Unlawful" democracynow.org Clifford Owensby says Dayton police violently arrested him last month even though he is paraplegic and repeatedly told them he could not use his legs to get out of the car during a traffic stop. New police bodycam video shows the officers dragging Owensby out of his car and yanking him by his hair as he shouted for help. Owensby had his 3-year-old child in the car at the time of arrest. He has now filed a complaint with Dayton's branch of the NAACP. "The officers should be placed at least on administrative leave," says Derrick Foward, president of the Dayon Unit NAACP. Foward says that Owensby is expected to brin…

WSWS (2021-10-12). Behind the right-wing, anti-immigrant marches in Chile. wsws.org The events indict the capitalist state, which has sanctioned and fostered national chauvinism and xenophobia for electoral purposes.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-12). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Treating and preventing liver cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While still relatively rare, the rate of primary liver cancer has been increasing in recent decades, disproportionately affecting minority populations. "Research has shown that Blacks and Hispanics are less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer at an earlier stage, compared to whites," says Dr. Sumera Ilyas, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist. "And that, in turn, means the odds of being eligible for potentially curative treatments are lower for these patients." These disparities are due to…

Ann Brown (2021-10-11). Report: Police and DEA Teamed Up For 'Covert Surveillance' Of George Floyd Protests In 50 Cities. moguldom.com The protests that materialized nationwide following the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd were not only attended by people demonstrating against police brutality and racial inequality and also by undercover Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents. Following the murder of Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, thousands of people took …

WSWS (2021-10-11). Federal prosecutors refuse to file charges against Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer who paralyzed Jacob Blake. wsws.org Rusten Sheskey fired seven bullets into Blake's back as he attempted to enter his car on August 23, 2020, sparking multiple nights of protest against police brutality. Blake was left paralyzed but expects to walk again.

Ann Brown (2021-10-11). A Black Organization Became the Largest Militia in the U.S.: An Update On The Fed's Case Against Its Leader. moguldom.com The feds are coming down on the leader of an armed Black militia, the Not Fucking Around Coalition (NFAC), which says it exists to protect Black lives from police brutality. The men and women of the NFAC are most often seen at protests in body armor carrying weapons. The militia's membership numbers have never been …

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