(2021-04-15). Boycott Israeli Dates — Stand with Palestine, Boycott Apartheid! samidoun.net Boycott Israeli Dates!: | Thousands of Palestinian prisoners are marking Ramadan inside Israeli prisons, deprived of their families and loved ones, while their communities and loved ones are kept from these strugglers for freedom by iron bars and prison walls of the occupation. Millions more Palestinians mark the holiday facing home demolitions, land confiscation, systematic racism and apartheid, a killer siege, extrajudicial executions, military occupation, and settler colonialisn. For 72 years, Palestinian refugees have been denied their right to return to their homes, lands and properties by the Zionis…
(2021-04-15). Murder of Daunte Wright Ruined Derek Chauvin Show Trial. dissidentvoice.org The fix was in. The U.S. state was determined to demonstrate to the world that its system was able to render "justice" to its captive African/Black population. So, unlike in the handful of cases where charges were brought against police officers for killing a Black or Brown person, the prosecutors this time did not pretend …
(2021-04-15). Is ISIS Back To Turkish-Occupied Al-Bab? Two Policemen Killed In Separate Attacks. southfront.org Illustrative image | On April 15, unidentified gunmen assassinated two members of the Free Syrian Police in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Bab in northern Aleppo. | The first casualty was 1st Lt. Khalid al-Khatib. Two gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and killed the police officer in al-Bab. Al-Khatib, also known as "Abu Jamal," is originally from the town of Marea. According to opposition sources, he fought with the Free Syrian Army in the early years of the war. | The second casualty was policeman Mohamad Juma'a. His bod…
(2021-04-15). Military Situation In Syria On April 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 15, SDC denied all the information about the withdrawal of the Russian forces from their observation points in the Tal Rafaat area | On April 15, an IED blast was reported in Idlib city. | On April 14, 2 Turkish-backed militants were killed and two others wounded by unknown gunmen attack on a Turkish-backed Levant Front group headquarter in Afrin region | On April 14, SDF arrested 4 ISIS suspects in the Shahil area | On April 14, an explosion were reported in…
(2021-04-15). Black Lives matter protests draw wide support. greenleft.org.au Protests in several cities across the country to mark 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its report were large and angry, reports Isaac Nellist.
(2021-04-15). Another Man Of Color Was Murdered By Police Outside Of Minneapolis. popularresistance.org (April 11, 2021) – This afternoon, Daunte Wright was killed by a police officer and then left lying in the streets for hours in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis. Wright, age 20, was in his own car when he was stopped by police. A few minutes later, the officer shot and killed him, just a few miles from where Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death. This is but the latest in a long and violent string of murders of people of color — specifically Black men — by the cops. | Protesters gathered almost immediately to express their rage both at the murder of Wright and at the ongoing problems of r…
(2021-04-15). It's Time to Kick Armed Cops Off the Road. thenation.com It's Time to Kick Armed Cops Off the Road…
(2021-04-15). Fourth officer charged in excessive force case. nationofchange.org The maximum penalty for the deprivation-of-rights offenses is 10 years of imprisonment and the maximum penalty for false report offenses is 20 years of imprisonment.
(2021-04-15). In Derek Chauvin's Trial, Will We Finally Get Justice? thenation.com In Derek Chauvin's Trial, Will We Finally Get Justice?
(2021-04-15). Just Outside Minneapolis, the Next Uprising Is Here. thenation.com Just Outside Minneapolis, the Next Uprising Is Here…
(2021-04-15). Boarding Up for Verdict Day. indybay.org With a verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial for ex-cop Chauvin's murder of George Floyd predicted anytime after Monday, April 19, 2021, businesses and empty buildings are boarding up for a possible riot on Verdict Day. For the City's police preparations, see www.sfexaminer.com/news/sfpd-prepares-fo……
(2021-04-14). AOC Blasts Police Department's "Accident" Excuse in Daunte Wright's Death. truthout.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) blasted the police department of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, this week for suggesting that the police-perpetrated killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was merely an "accident." | At a press briefing on Tuesday,
(2021-04-14). Detroiters march against police evictions. liberationnews.org "Cops showed up at my home with my landlord, they knocked on the door and they said 'Your landlord says you're a squatter, give us the keys and get out,'" Detroit resident Rosey White told the crowd.
(2021-04-14). Ahead of Chauvin verdict, Minnesota police shock world with murder of Daunte Wright. liberationnews.org Despite intense police and National Guard repression, protests have continued demanding justice for 20-year-old Black Minnesota resident Daunte Wright.
(2021-04-14). In the News: Police Murders are not a "Mistake" — They are Class War Against Black America. liberationnews.org On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the police murder of Daunte Wright outside of Minneapolis as the trial of Derek Chauvin continues, the Pentagon's latest statement on "extremism" in its ranks, the brutalization of Army lieutenant Caron Nazario, the cyberattack on a key Iranian nuclear facility, and more.
(2021-04-14). Italy's senate votes to give citizenship to jailed Egyptian activist Patrick Zaki. middleeasteye.net Italy's senate votes to give citizenship to jailed Egyptian activist Patrick Zaki | Zaki is a human rights advocate who has campaigned for the truth about the 2016 Cairo murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni | Wed, 04/14/2021 – 15: 41 | Egyptian authorities arrested Zaki on 7 February 2020 upon his return from Italy, where he had been living and studying (Twitter) | The Italian senate on Wednesday voted to a…
(2021-04-14). They 'shook us down' & fed us gravy 'like s**t': Ukrainian model arrested in naked photo scandal bemoans conditions in Dubai jail. rt.com One of the women who took part in a now-infamous naked photoshoot on a Dubai skyscraper has claimed that other inmates threatened to kill the 12 Ukrainian girls involved while they were locked up in custody and kept in one cell.
(2021-04-14). The Heat: Biden's domestic plans and police accused of excessive force. america.cgtn.com President Biden pushes ahead with his major U.S. domestic plans. And more controversy over police treatment of African Americans causing new fears of racial tension.
(2021-04-14). Headlines for April 14, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Announces U.S. Will Withdraw Its Troops from Afghanistan by September 11, Protests Continue After Police Killing of Daunte Wright as His Family Demands Justice, Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Continues with Defense Calling Its First Witnesses, Iran Ramps Up Uranium Enrichment Following Natanz Attack and Amid Talks on 2015 Nuclear Deal, White House Moves Forward with $23 Billion Weapons Sale to UAE, Russian Troops Amass on Eastern Border as U.S. and NATO Pledge Support for Ukraine, U.S. Sends Unofficial Delegation to Taiwan as China Warns Against Foreign Intervention, Burkina Faso to Try Ex-President Blaise Comp…
(2021-04-14). Police Must End Deadly, Racist Traffic Stops. commondreams.org A cop stopped Daunte Wright for expired tags. Then, Wright died. This is intolerable. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-04-14). Oshkosh, WI: Rally for justice for Daunte Wright. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI — On April 12, people from the city of Oshkosh came out in outrage against the murder of 20-year-old Daunte Wright at the hands of Kim Potter, a police officer from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The shooting that occurred took place less than ten miles from the location where Derek Chauvin, a police officer from Minneapolis, murdered George Floyd. Chauvin's trial is ongoing. | Daunte Wright was allegedly pulled over for the air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror; later police claimed Wright had a warrant, which confused him, causing him to sit back down into his vehicle. While trying to fo…
(2021-04-14). In Minneapolis, Police Chief Resigns, Involved Officer Charged. telesurenglish.net Potter was the officer who shot Wright during a traffic stop in a city where another police officer is currently on trial for the death last year of George Floyd. | Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said he was "grateful" that Potter, 26, tendered her resignation, at a conference that also announced that Tony Gruenig will internally replace Gannon. | RELATED: | Gannon claimed she believed Potter mistakenly grabb…
(2021-04-14). Protests against racist violence erupt again in US after police shoot Daunte Wright. peoplesdispatch.org Massive protests have broken out in Minneapolis, Minnesota and other cities in the US following the police killing of a 20 year old Black man Daunte Wright on April 11.
(2021-04-14). Protest continues for 2nd night in U.S. state Minnesota over police killing of black man Daunte Wright. ecns.cn Protesters defied a curfew and took to the streets for a second night on Monday after a police officer killed 20-year-old black man Daunte Wright at a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, in the U.S. state Minnesota.