Daily Archives: April 6, 2021

2021-04-06: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-06). Palestinian prisoner Rushdi Abu Mokh is released after 35 years in Israeli custody. peoplesdispatch.org Rushdi Abu Mokh was arrested in 1986 and charged along with three others with the murder of an Israeli soldier and membership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…

Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber (2021-04-06). Police chief: Chauvin broke policy in pinning Floyd. peoplesworld.org MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief who called George Floyd's death "murder" soon after it happened testified that Officer Derek Chauvin had clearly violated department policy when he pinned Floyd's neck beneath his knee for more than 9 minutes. Continuing to kneel on Floyd's neck once he was handcuffed behind his back and lying …

Robert Davis (2021-04-06). Making a List—of Cops Who Can't Be Trusted. progressive.org A new Colorado bill would force disclosure of information on police accused of bias.

Alyssa Oursler, Anna DalCortivo (2021-04-06). Arradondo Condemned Him, but All Cops Are Derek Chauvin. thenation.com Arradondo Condemned Him, but All Cops Are Derek Chauvin…

Elie Mystal (2021-04-06). The Blue Wall of Silence Is Crumbling Around Derek Chauvin. thenation.com The Blue Wall of Silence Is Crumbling Around Derek Chauvin…

Michael Richardson, reposted by Jamal Journal (2021-04-06). 50 yrs ago: Confessed bomber names Raleigh House as provocateur at Ed Poindexter's trial. indybay.org Reprinted below with permission from the author is the second in a series of articles marking the 50th anniversary of Black Panther political prisoner Ed Poindexter's trial. Ed is currently in very poor health. We will continue to feature Michael Richardson's important series of articles this month. The Jamal Journal's April 1 interview with author Michael Richardson marked the first article in Richardson's critical series. The second article in the series is reprinted here in full.

samidoun (2021-04-05). Israeli Apartheid Week at the University of Toronto begins today — join these events for Palestine! samidoun.net Please join these important events for Israeli Apartheid Week at the University of Toronto, beginning today, 5 April, with the keynote speech by Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is proud to join as an endorser of IAW 2021 First launched in Toronto in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. IAW is an international series of events that aims to raise awareness of Israel's apartheid regime over the Palestinian people and build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions move…

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2021-04-05). The Floyd Murder Trial: Calling Derek Chauvin a "Bad Apple" Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence. globalresearch.ca As the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd…

Paul Wilcox (2021-04-05). Book review — The sum of us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together. liberationnews.org Divide and Conquer is a tactic as old as class society itself — where the elites at the top encourage the bottom 99% to fight over the crumbs that fall from their table.

_____ (2021-04-05). Why Are Cops Testifying Against Derek Chauvin? popularresistance.org You could join liberals in celebrating the members of the Minneapolis police force who have testified for the prosecution in the Derek Chauvin murder trial in the past two days, or you could see right through it to what they're really up to. | On Thursday, a retired Minneapolis police officer who was a shift supervisor when Chauvin murdered George Floyd and received a call about the arrest from a concerned 911 dispatcher, became the first cop to desert Chauvin on the stand. Sgt. David Ploeger said that once Floyd was no longer offering any resistance, the cops "could've ended the restraint." And he also revealed…

Lauren Trifunovich (2021-04-05). George Floyd and the Opioid Crisis. progressive.org Derek Chauvin's defense team is attempting to blame George Floyd's struggle with opioids for causing his death.

teleSUR (2021-04-05). George Floyd Case Underscores Thorny Issue of US Police Reform. telesurenglish.net The ongoing murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin who killed black man George Floyd underscores the issue of police reform. | RELATED: | The full video of Floyd's arrest played by prosecutors in opening statements in the trial shows that Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about 9 minutes and 30 seconds, instead of the widely reported 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, th…

Andrew Emett (2021-04-05). Video reveals police officers beating unarmed teen. nationofchange.org Last week, two of the officers were fired from the department after police officials reviewed the body cam videos.

Jesse Jackson (2021-04-05). Has America Come Any Closer to MLK's Dream? commondreams.org Dr. King would be marching with those who seek to make it easier to vote. He would be appalled by George Floyd's murder, but not surprised. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Staff (2021-04-05). Headlines for April 5, 2021. democracynow.org India Hits 100,000 Daily COVID Cases; More Nations Enter Lockdown; Pope Calls for Vaccine Equality, U.S. Vaccinations Pick Up Speed, But Health Experts Say Country Is Still at Risk for New Wave, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Killed After Man Rams Car into Security Checkpoint, Veteran Minneapolis Police Officer Calls Chauvin Kneeling on Floyd's Neck "Totally Unnecessary", U.S. and Iran Holding Talks Via Nuclear Deal Signatories in Attempt to Revive 2015 Accord, Jordan Arrests Ex-Crown Prince, Other Top Figures Accused of Plotting Coup Against King, Demonstrations Continue Against New U.K. Bill That Would Empower Pol…

RT (2021-04-05). Iran announces arrest of 'Israeli spy' & others with links to 'several countries'. rt.com Iran claims it has arrested a number of agents of foreign intelligence services, including an "Israeli spy", in the northwest of the Islamic republic. | The alleged Israeli intelligence agent was nabbed in the province of East Azarbaijan, Iranian media reported on Monday citing the regional head of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. | "An Israeli spy and several other spies with ties to the security services of various countries have been arrested," the official, who was not named in the reports, said. | The claim was made during a report about the law-enforcement activities and other aspects of the branch's o…

RT (2021-04-05). Models face 6 months in Dubai jail after pics of NAKED photoshoot on high-rise balcony go viral — Russian organizer also arrested. rt.com A dozen women have been detained by Dubai police after posing for a nude photo shoot on a balcony in the center of the city on Sunday afternoon in broad daylight. According to local laws, they are facing six months behind bars.

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