RT (2021-04-19). Pig's head at front porch & bloodied hand statue: Vandals target Derek Chauvin defense witness' old house in California. rt.com A former police officer and defense witness in the George Floyd murder trial of Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin has been targeted by vandals who left a severed pig's head at the front porch of a house he no longer lives in.

Fight Back (2021-04-19). Large protest at U of MN demands justice for Daunte Wright. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Black Student Union held a protest on the University of Minnesota campus, April 17, to demand justice for Daunte Wright, to call for community control of the campus police (UMPD), and to speak out against the recent deployment of the UMPD to brutalize protesters in Brooklyn Center. About 1000 students were in attendance, marking the largest on-campus demonstration in recent history. Speakers included students and community members who have experienced brutality at the hands of the National Guard this week while out in the streets demanding justice…

MISES (2021-04-19). The Problem With 'Just Do What The Cops Say And You Won't Get Hurt' — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Ryan McMaken* | New evidence has emerged in the case of 73-year old Karen Garner, an eighty-pound woman with dementia and sensory aphasia. Newly released In June 2020, Garner, had apparently attempted to leave a Walmart in Loveland, Colorado, with a bag full of small items, but was confronted by store staff. She left empty handed, and may have simply forgotten to pay. | Minutes later, Garner…

Fight Back (2021-04-19). Minneapolis: Major protest set for closing arguments in case of killer cop Chauvin. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of 20-plus Twin Cities organizations plan to protest on Monday, April 19 at 5 p.m. outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, with a call for justice for George Floyd and conviction of Derek Chauvin. April 19 is when closing arguments and as jury deliberations begin. | The evening protest will include speakers with analysis of the day's and week's events. There will be a march – no matter how many streets the city tries to close off. | "We will assert our First Amendment rights," say protest organizers. | The coalition demands are as follows:
| — Con…

WSWS (2021-04-19). Chicago police crackdown on protests over police murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. wsws.org In scenes reminiscent of the protests that unfolded across the US in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd last summer, police were caught on video brutally attacking peaceful protesters at a rally Friday night.

Ben Slowey (2021-04-18). Jewish, immigrant organizers hold Passover action in Kenosha, Wisconsin. liberationnews.org Activists gathered outside the Kenosha Detention Center April 11 to demand the Biden administration stop the continued detention and dehumanization of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, for legalization of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States and for the abolition of ICE.

RT (2021-04-18). Man who was pulled over for running a red light attacks NYPD officers with chemicals & Molotov cocktail (VIDEO). rt.com A routine traffic stop in Brooklyn went awry after a driver attacked NYPD officers with chemicals and a Molotov cocktail. The suspect was detained after a brief chase. | The suspect, identified by local media as Lionel Virgile, was stopped by the cops on Saturday after running a red light. | Bodycam footage released by the NYPD shows an officer approaching Virgile's car and asking for his license and registration. The man answers that he doesn't have the documents, and begins to open the driver's side door. Virgile then lunges towards the cop as he throws a clear liquid on his face. It's unclear what the liqui…

RT (2021-04-18). Armed carjacking suspect shot dead in Minnesota, almost triggering another BLM march for 'victim of police brutality'. rt.com A group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota were apparently ready to march to the scene of a police killing of an armed suspect, who reportedly opened fire at the officers, and was caught on tape trying to carjack a car.

RT (2021-04-18). NBA warns teams to be 'prepared to postpone games' amid fears of civil unrest from verdict of Derek Chauvin case — reports. rt.com The NBA has warned teams to be prepared to potentially cancel upcoming games amid fears of civil unrest related to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for his part in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May. | Final arguments are expected to take place on Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for his role in the death of African-American man Floyd. | The killing last May ignited a wave of protests in the US and beyond, and fomented the 'Black Lives Matter' demonstrations whi…

RT (2021-04-18). Breonna Taylor's mother condemns Black Lives Matter chapter as 'FRAUD,' says her family's name has been used to raise money. rt.com The mother of Breonna Taylor, one of the leading martyrs of the Black Lives Matter movement, has branded the Louisville, Kentucky BLM chapter as a "fraud" and accused opportunistic activists of exploiting her name for profit. | "I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have found them to be fraud," Tamika Palmer said on Wednesday in a since-deleted Facebook post. She added that "I've watched y'all raise money on behalf of Breonna's family who has never done a damn thing for us — nor have we needed it or asked, so talk about fraud." | Breonna Taylor's Mom. She, I fully support. BLM…

RT (2021-04-18). Spanish police raid illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop capable of producing a gun barrel IN MINUTES. rt.com Spanish police have seized weapons, including a replica assault rifle and explosives, in a raid on what has been called the first illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop in Spain, capable of producing weapon parts in minutes. | Law enforcement officers raided a facility in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands and arrested its owner, whose identity was not revealed, a The operation took place in September 2020 but remained secret until now…

_____ (2021-04-18). There Is No Substitute For The Rank And File. popularresistance.org The Bessemer Amazon unionization effort was full of potential. It held the promise of a union bringing together the Black Lives Matter movement and a struggle for labor rights in order to take on one of the biggest, most odious corporations in the country. Maybe a Southern state would set off a movement again, like West Virginia and Oklahoma kicked off the teachers' spring. | Alongside Left Voice comrades, I decided to go to Bessemer, Alabama the week before voting ended. As I prepared to go, I had a weird feeling. I kept looking at interviews and I saw just two Amazon workers, over and over and over. They were g…

Asa Winstanley (2021-04-18). The "Real" Apartheid: "There's no Such Thing as a Palestinian Person" juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — "This is the real apartheid," Jewish American lawyer Brooke Goldstein tweeted last week. "The fact that Jews can't enter into 'Palestinian territory'," she claimed, "I reject that some places are dangerous for me to enter because I AM A JEW." Goldstein accompanied her tweet with a photo of a large …

teleSUR (2021-04-18). Belarus: US-Backed 'Coup' Attempt Unfolded, Says President. telesurenglish.net Two Belarusian citizens were arrested in Moscow in relation with the operation: political scientist Alexander Feduta and lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, who also has US citizenship, the President said. | RELATED: | The announcement comes after the Belarusian security services, the KGB, announced on Friday evening that they had dismantled, during a "special operation", an "organised group of terrorist orientation" which was planning the "physical…

Black Catholic Messenger, CUBL (2021-04-18). Sunday 4/25: Enough is Enough! Community March & Rally for Black Lives in San Jose. indybay.org Downtown San Jose: Meet up at Plaza De Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo De San Antonio, then March to San Jose City Hall, 200 200 E. Santa Clara Street for Rally | Masks and Social Distancing Required; Peaceful Protest…

Arab News (2021-04-18). Biden Must Seize Chance To End US Racial Crisis — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dalia Al-Aqidi* | With astonishment and apprehension, the whole world is closely following the latest wave of violence in the US, with clashes between angry rioters and the police in the streets of several major cities. | While the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin — who is accused of murder over last May's killing of George Floyd, which triggered worldwide protests — nears its end, the fatal shooting of another black man in the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has sparked rage and animosity. Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was shot by police officer Kimberly Potter when, according t…

RT (2021-04-19). Pig's head at front porch & bloodied hand statue: Vandals target Derek Chauvin defense witness' old house in California. rt.com A former police officer and defense witness in the George Floyd murder trial of Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin has been targeted by vandals who left a severed pig's head at the front porch of a house he no longer lives in.

Fight Back (2021-04-19). Large protest at U of MN demands justice for Daunte Wright. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Black Student Union held a protest on the University of Minnesota campus, April 17, to demand justice for Daunte Wright, to call for community control of the campus police (UMPD), and to speak out against the recent deployment of the UMPD to brutalize protesters in Brooklyn Center. About 1000 students were in attendance, marking the largest on-campus demonstration in recent history. Speakers included students and community members who have experienced brutality at the hands of the National Guard this week while out in the streets demanding justice…

MISES (2021-04-19). The Problem With 'Just Do What The Cops Say And You Won't Get Hurt' — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Ryan McMaken* | New evidence has emerged in the case of 73-year old Karen Garner, an eighty-pound woman with dementia and sensory aphasia. Newly released In June 2020, Garner, had apparently attempted to leave a Walmart in Loveland, Colorado, with a bag full of small items, but was confronted by store staff. She left empty handed, and may have simply forgotten to pay. | Minutes later, Garner…

Fight Back (2021-04-19). Minneapolis: Major protest set for closing arguments in case of killer cop Chauvin. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of 20-plus Twin Cities organizations plan to protest on Monday, April 19 at 5 p.m. outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, with a call for justice for George Floyd and conviction of Derek Chauvin. April 19 is when closing arguments and as jury deliberations begin. | The evening protest will include speakers with analysis of the day's and week's events. There will be a march – no matter how many streets the city tries to close off. | "We will assert our First Amendment rights," say protest organizers. | The coalition demands are as follows:
| — Con…

WSWS (2021-04-19). Chicago police crackdown on protests over police murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. wsws.org In scenes reminiscent of the protests that unfolded across the US in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd last summer, police were caught on video brutally attacking peaceful protesters at a rally Friday night.

Ben Slowey (2021-04-18). Jewish, immigrant organizers hold Passover action in Kenosha, Wisconsin. liberationnews.org Activists gathered outside the Kenosha Detention Center April 11 to demand the Biden administration stop the continued detention and dehumanization of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, for legalization of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States and for the abolition of ICE.

RT (2021-04-18). Man who was pulled over for running a red light attacks NYPD officers with chemicals & Molotov cocktail (VIDEO). rt.com A routine traffic stop in Brooklyn went awry after a driver attacked NYPD officers with chemicals and a Molotov cocktail. The suspect was detained after a brief chase. | The suspect, identified by local media as Lionel Virgile, was stopped by the cops on Saturday after running a red light. | Bodycam footage released by the NYPD shows an officer approaching Virgile's car and asking for his license and registration. The man answers that he doesn't have the documents, and begins to open the driver's side door. Virgile then lunges towards the cop as he throws a clear liquid on his face. It's unclear what the liqui…

RT (2021-04-18). Armed carjacking suspect shot dead in Minnesota, almost triggering another BLM march for 'victim of police brutality'. rt.com A group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota were apparently ready to march to the scene of a police killing of an armed suspect, who reportedly opened fire at the officers, and was caught on tape trying to carjack a car.

RT (2021-04-18). Breonna Taylor's mother condemns Black Lives Matter chapter as 'FRAUD,' says her family's name has been used to raise money. rt.com The mother of Breonna Taylor, one of the leading martyrs of the Black Lives Matter movement, has branded the Louisville, Kentucky BLM chapter as a "fraud" and accused opportunistic activists of exploiting her name for profit. | "I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have found them to be fraud," Tamika Palmer said on Wednesday in a since-deleted Facebook post. She added that "I've watched y'all raise money on behalf of Breonna's family who has never done a damn thing for us — nor have we needed it or asked, so talk about fraud." | Breonna Taylor's Mom. She, I fully support. BLM…

_____ (2021-04-18). There Is No Substitute For The Rank And File. popularresistance.org The Bessemer Amazon unionization effort was full of potential. It held the promise of a union bringing together the Black Lives Matter movement and a struggle for labor rights in order to take on one of the biggest, most odious corporations in the country. Maybe a Southern state would set off a movement again, like West Virginia and Oklahoma kicked off the teachers' spring. | Alongside Left Voice comrades, I decided to go to Bessemer, Alabama the week before voting ended. As I prepared to go, I had a weird feeling. I kept looking at interviews and I saw just two Amazon workers, over and over and over. They were g…

Asa Winstanley (2021-04-18). The "Real" Apartheid: "There's no Such Thing as a Palestinian Person" juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — "This is the real apartheid," Jewish American lawyer Brooke Goldstein tweeted last week. "The fact that Jews can't enter into 'Palestinian territory'," she claimed, "I reject that some places are dangerous for me to enter because I AM A JEW." Goldstein accompanied her tweet with a photo of a large …

teleSUR (2021-04-18). Belarus: US-Backed 'Coup' Attempt Unfolded, Says President. telesurenglish.net Two Belarusian citizens were arrested in Moscow in relation with the operation: political scientist Alexander Feduta and lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, who also has US citizenship, the President said. | RELATED: | The announcement comes after the Belarusian security services, the KGB, announced on Friday evening that they had dismantled, during a "special operation", an "organised group of terrorist orientation" which was planning the "physical…

Black Catholic Messenger, CUBL (2021-04-18). Sunday 4/25: Enough is Enough! Community March & Rally for Black Lives in San Jose. indybay.org Downtown San Jose: Meet up at Plaza De Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo De San Antonio, then March to San Jose City Hall, 200 200 E. Santa Clara Street for Rally | Masks and Social Distancing Required; Peaceful Protest…

Arab News (2021-04-18). Biden Must Seize Chance To End US Racial Crisis — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dalia Al-Aqidi* | With astonishment and apprehension, the whole world is closely following the latest wave of violence in the US, with clashes between angry rioters and the police in the streets of several major cities. | While the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin — who is accused of murder over last May's killing of George Floyd, which triggered worldwide protests — nears its end, the fatal shooting of another black man in the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has sparked rage and animosity. Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was shot by police officer Kimberly Potter when, according t…

_____ (2021-04-18). There Is No Substitute For The Rank And File. popularresistance.org The Bessemer Amazon unionization effort was full of potential. It held the promise of a union bringing together the Black Lives Matter movement and a struggle for labor rights in order to take on one of the biggest, most odious corporations in the country. Maybe a Southern state would set off a movement again, like West Virginia and Oklahoma kicked off the teachers' spring. | Alongside Left Voice comrades, I decided to go to Bessemer, Alabama the week before voting ended. As I prepared to go, I had a weird feeling. I kept looking at interviews and I saw just two Amazon workers, over and over and over. They were g…

RT (2021-04-18). Man who was pulled over for running a red light attacks NYPD officers with chemicals & Molotov cocktail (VIDEO). rt.com A routine traffic stop in Brooklyn went awry after a driver attacked NYPD officers with chemicals and a Molotov cocktail. The suspect was detained after a brief chase. | The suspect, identified by local media as Lionel Virgile, was stopped by the cops on Saturday after running a red light. | Bodycam footage released by the NYPD shows an officer approaching Virgile's car and asking for his license and registration. The man answers that he doesn't have the documents, and begins to open the driver's side door. Virgile then lunges towards the cop as he throws a clear liquid on his face. It's unclear what the liqui…

RT (2021-04-18). Armed carjacking suspect shot dead in Minnesota, almost triggering another BLM march for 'victim of police brutality'. rt.com A group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota were apparently ready to march to the scene of a police killing of an armed suspect, who reportedly opened fire at the officers, and was caught on tape trying to carjack a car.

RT (2021-04-18). Breonna Taylor's mother condemns Black Lives Matter chapter as 'FRAUD,' says her family's name has been used to raise money. rt.com The mother of Breonna Taylor, one of the leading martyrs of the Black Lives Matter movement, has branded the Louisville, Kentucky BLM chapter as a "fraud" and accused opportunistic activists of exploiting her name for profit. | "I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have found them to be fraud," Tamika Palmer said on Wednesday in a since-deleted Facebook post. She added that "I've watched y'all raise money on behalf of Breonna's family who has never done a damn thing for us — nor have we needed it or asked, so talk about fraud." | Breonna Taylor's Mom. She, I fully support. BLM…

Asa Winstanley (2021-04-18). The "Real" Apartheid: "There's no Such Thing as a Palestinian Person" juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — "This is the real apartheid," Jewish American lawyer Brooke Goldstein tweeted last week. "The fact that Jews can't enter into 'Palestinian territory'," she claimed, "I reject that some places are dangerous for me to enter because I AM A JEW." Goldstein accompanied her tweet with a photo of a large …

teleSUR (2021-04-18). Belarus: US-Backed 'Coup' Attempt Unfolded, Says President. telesurenglish.net Two Belarusian citizens were arrested in Moscow in relation with the operation: political scientist Alexander Feduta and lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, who also has US citizenship, the President said. | RELATED: | The announcement comes after the Belarusian security services, the KGB, announced on Friday evening that they had dismantled, during a "special operation", an "organised group of terrorist orientation" which was planning the "physical…

Black Catholic Messenger, CUBL (2021-04-18). Sunday 4/25: Enough is Enough! Community March & Rally for Black Lives in San Jose. indybay.org Downtown San Jose: Meet up at Plaza De Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo De San Antonio, then March to San Jose City Hall, 200 200 E. Santa Clara Street for Rally | Masks and Social Distancing Required; Peaceful Protest…

Arab News (2021-04-18). Biden Must Seize Chance To End US Racial Crisis — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dalia Al-Aqidi* | With astonishment and apprehension, the whole world is closely following the latest wave of violence in the US, with clashes between angry rioters and the police in the streets of several major cities. | While the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin — who is accused of murder over last May's killing of George Floyd, which triggered worldwide protests — nears its end, the fatal shooting of another black man in the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has sparked rage and animosity. Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was shot by police officer Kimberly Potter when, according t…

RT (2021-04-17). Protesters smash windows & set fires in Oakland as anger over recent police shootings spreads across US (VIDEOS). rt.com Demonstrators in Oakland, California vandalized buildings and lit fires during a march in response to two fatal police shootings that have occurred over the past week. Similar unrest has been seen in other US cities. | Hundreds of protesters took to Oakland's streets on Friday night following the killings of two black people at the hands of the police, 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and 20-year-old Daunte Wright near Minneapolis, local media reported. | Some local businesses had boarded up their windows as a precautionary measure. The city saw riots and looting last year following the police killing of Geo…

RT (2021-04-17). Surreal scenes in Minneapolis, as National Guardsmen order woman out of car AT GUNPOINT at gas station (VIDEO). rt.com Unrest after the police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis led local authorities to implement a curfew. The curfew may have curbed rioting, but it's spawned shocking scenes of police and military strong-arming civilians. | With Minneapolis and St. Paul under curfew for much of last week, the riots that broke out following the shooting dead by police of Daunte Wright last Sunday have been mostly brought under control. Up to hundreds of protesters and rioters have been arrested every night since Monday, as police and National Guard troops protect law enforcement buildings from the rage of the mob. | Mass a…

RT (2021-04-17). 'Will it f*ck us up?' Ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch grills Fauci over Covid vaccine claims (VIDEO). rt.com Former Seattle Seahawks superstar Marshawn Lynch has moved to dispel some of the questions surrounding the various Covid-19 vaccines amid concerns that some African-American communities are fearful of the jab. | Lynch garnered a reputation as being one of the NFL's grittiest competitors in a 12-year career on the gridiron which saw him claim a solitary Super Bowl ring as well as five Pro Bowl appearances, but even the man known as 'Beast Mode' admits that he has some reservations about the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines. | Many figures within the African-American and Hispanic communities have expressed seri…

RT (2021-04-17). Honoring WWII heroes is RACIST? WNBA & Nike cancel jersey commemorating female army pilots because no black women were allowed. rt.com An effort by the WNBA's Dallas Wings to honor women pilots who helped the US military during World War II has been canceled as offensive, after critics noted black people hadn't been allowed to join the female flying force. | The Dallas team's new 'Rebel Edition' jersey, which Nike introduced earlier this month as part of a collection of new Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) uniforms, was meant to pay tribute to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). The WASPs helped the war effort amid a manpower shortage by testing and delivering planes for the Army Air Forces. However, Nike, the WNBA, and t…

RT (2021-04-17). Russia's FSB security agency detains Ukrainian consul in St Petersburg, claims he was trying to collect 'secret data' from local. rt.com Russia's Federal Security Service has detained an official from the Ukrainian consulate in Saint Petersburg. The high-ranking diplomat was nabbed during a meeting with a Russian citizen who allegedly provided him with secret data. | The diplomat, identified as Alexander Sosonyuk, was arrested in Russia's second city on Friday, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday. The diplomat was detained while having "a meeting with a Russian citizen, during which he received secret information from law enforcement and FSB databases," the agency said in a statement. | "Such activity is incompatible with the stat…

Georgina Ferry (2021-04-17). [Perspectives] Mary Susan Malahlela: practising medicine under apartheid. thelancet.com Until well into the 20th century, the only way Black South Africans could train as doctors was to travel abroad. This was an expensive option and there were few scholarships, so the numbers remained small. Not until 1941 did South African medical schools agree to admit a small minority of students of Indian or African ancestry. One of the first through the doors at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg was Mary Susan Malahlela. In 1947, she became the first Black woman to qualify in South Africa.

Neville Teller (2021-04-17). Dahlan Plays The Long Game — OpEd. eurasiareview.com The forthcoming Palestinian elections have generated a good deal of speculation. Among the many players, one rather enigmatic figure is Mohammed Dahlan. Long believed to harbor the ambition of succeeding Mahmoud Abbas as president of the Palestinian Authority, he is currently facing a political dilemma. | "Dahlan is a convicted criminal," said a PA official recently, "and as such he won't be allowed to participate in the elections. If he enters Ramallah, he will be immediately arrested and thrown into prison." | Long viewed by Abbas as a major adversary and rival, a series of personal disputes led the PA presi…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-04-17). Daunte Wright's Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets. zcomm.org How many Black people have to be killed by police before politicians realize that expensive reforms don't work?>

sputniknews (2021-04-17). Portland Protesters Set Fire at Apple Store, Vandalise Local Businesses – Photos, Videos. sputniknews.com After a certain pause in mass protests since last summer, when demonstrations against police brutality and racism swept the city, sometimes violently, in response to the death of Black man George Floyd in police custody, violence has resumed, largely because of recent officer-involved shootings.

_____ (2021-04-17). In Small Black Southern Towns, The Cops Remain Undaunted. popularresistance.org Almost a year ago, the roaring chants echoed in the streets: Defund the police! Abolish the police! The tide of public opinion spurred some of the nation's more liberal cities into action. Los Angeles cut $150 million from its police department budget, New York City pledged to shift $1 billion from its police department to social services, and the Minneapolis City Council removed the requirement for a police department from its city charter. But in Southern states—home to the nation's largest Black population—the pattern has been one of strengthening police departments in rural communities. This has b…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-04-17). As Chauvin Trial Wraps Up, Police Killings Provoke Protests Across US. commondreams.org "This keeps happening and it simply needs to stop," said a demonstrator in Chicago, where an officer shot a 13-year-old who had his hands up. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

WSWS (2021-04-17). Data breach exposes financial support from police officers for fascist shooter Rittenhouse. wsws.org The hacked contents of the Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo's servers have revealed that police officers and public officials donated money to fascist and right-wing campaigns, such as the fundraiser for the teenage Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-17). Protests in Chicago after released footage shows police shooting an unarmed child. peoplesdispatch.org The body cam and CCTV footage of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo shows that the officer responsible for the killing shot him while he was unarmed and seemingly set to surrender…

RT (2021-04-18). Man who was pulled over for running a red light attacks NYPD officers with chemicals & Molotov cocktail (VIDEO). rt.com A routine traffic stop in Brooklyn went awry after a driver attacked NYPD officers with chemicals and a Molotov cocktail. The suspect was detained after a brief chase. | The suspect, identified by local media as Lionel Virgile, was stopped by the cops on Saturday after running a red light. | Bodycam footage released by the NYPD shows an officer approaching Virgile's car and asking for his license and registration. The man answers that he doesn't have the documents, and begins to open the driver's side door. Virgile then lunges towards the cop as he throws a clear liquid on his face. It's unclear what the liqui…

RT (2021-04-18). Breonna Taylor's mother condemns Black Lives Matter chapter as 'FRAUD,' says her family's name has been used to raise money. rt.com The mother of Breonna Taylor, one of the leading martyrs of the Black Lives Matter movement, has branded the Louisville, Kentucky BLM chapter as a "fraud" and accused opportunistic activists of exploiting her name for profit. | "I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have found them to be fraud," Tamika Palmer said on Wednesday in a since-deleted Facebook post. She added that "I've watched y'all raise money on behalf of Breonna's family who has never done a damn thing for us — nor have we needed it or asked, so talk about fraud." | Breonna Taylor's Mom. She, I fully support. BLM…

_____ (2021-04-18). There Is No Substitute For The Rank And File. popularresistance.org The Bessemer Amazon unionization effort was full of potential. It held the promise of a union bringing together the Black Lives Matter movement and a struggle for labor rights in order to take on one of the biggest, most odious corporations in the country. Maybe a Southern state would set off a movement again, like West Virginia and Oklahoma kicked off the teachers' spring. | Alongside Left Voice comrades, I decided to go to Bessemer, Alabama the week before voting ended. As I prepared to go, I had a weird feeling. I kept looking at interviews and I saw just two Amazon workers, over and over and over. They were g…

Asa Winstanley (2021-04-18). The "Real" Apartheid: "There's no Such Thing as a Palestinian Person" juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — "This is the real apartheid," Jewish American lawyer Brooke Goldstein tweeted last week. "The fact that Jews can't enter into 'Palestinian territory'," she claimed, "I reject that some places are dangerous for me to enter because I AM A JEW." Goldstein accompanied her tweet with a photo of a large …

teleSUR (2021-04-18). Belarus: US-Backed 'Coup' Attempt Unfolded, Says President. telesurenglish.net Two Belarusian citizens were arrested in Moscow in relation with the operation: political scientist Alexander Feduta and lawyer Yuri Zenkovich, who also has US citizenship, the President said. | RELATED: | The announcement comes after the Belarusian security services, the KGB, announced on Friday evening that they had dismantled, during a "special operation", an "organised group of terrorist orientation" which was planning the "physical…

Black Catholic Messenger, CUBL (2021-04-18). Sunday 4/25: Enough is Enough! Community March & Rally for Black Lives in San Jose. indybay.org Downtown San Jose: Meet up at Plaza De Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo De San Antonio, then March to San Jose City Hall, 200 200 E. Santa Clara Street for Rally | Masks and Social Distancing Required; Peaceful Protest…

Arab News (2021-04-18). Biden Must Seize Chance To End US Racial Crisis — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dalia Al-Aqidi* | With astonishment and apprehension, the whole world is closely following the latest wave of violence in the US, with clashes between angry rioters and the police in the streets of several major cities. | While the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin — who is accused of murder over last May's killing of George Floyd, which triggered worldwide protests — nears its end, the fatal shooting of another black man in the city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has sparked rage and animosity. Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was shot by police officer Kimberly Potter when, according t…

RT (2021-04-17). Protesters smash windows & set fires in Oakland as anger over recent police shootings spreads across US (VIDEOS). rt.com Demonstrators in Oakland, California vandalized buildings and lit fires during a march in response to two fatal police shootings that have occurred over the past week. Similar unrest has been seen in other US cities. | Hundreds of protesters took to Oakland's streets on Friday night following the killings of two black people at the hands of the police, 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and 20-year-old Daunte Wright near Minneapolis, local media reported. | Some local businesses had boarded up their windows as a precautionary measure. The city saw riots and looting last year following the police killing of Geo…

RT (2021-04-17). Surreal scenes in Minneapolis, as National Guardsmen order woman out of car AT GUNPOINT at gas station (VIDEO). rt.com Unrest after the police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis led local authorities to implement a curfew. The curfew may have curbed rioting, but it's spawned shocking scenes of police and military strong-arming civilians. | With Minneapolis and St. Paul under curfew for much of last week, the riots that broke out following the shooting dead by police of Daunte Wright last Sunday have been mostly brought under control. Up to hundreds of protesters and rioters have been arrested every night since Monday, as police and National Guard troops protect law enforcement buildings from the rage of the mob. | Mass a…

RT (2021-04-17). Honoring WWII heroes is RACIST? WNBA & Nike cancel jersey commemorating female army pilots because no black women were allowed. rt.com An effort by the WNBA's Dallas Wings to honor women pilots who helped the US military during World War II has been canceled as offensive, after critics noted black people hadn't been allowed to join the female flying force. | The Dallas team's new 'Rebel Edition' jersey, which Nike introduced earlier this month as part of a collection of new Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) uniforms, was meant to pay tribute to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). The WASPs helped the war effort amid a manpower shortage by testing and delivering planes for the Army Air Forces. However, Nike, the WNBA, and t…

RT (2021-04-17). Russia's FSB security agency detains Ukrainian consul in St Petersburg, claims he was trying to collect 'secret data' from local. rt.com Russia's Federal Security Service has detained an official from the Ukrainian consulate in Saint Petersburg. The high-ranking diplomat was nabbed during a meeting with a Russian citizen who allegedly provided him with secret data. | The diplomat, identified as Alexander Sosonyuk, was arrested in Russia's second city on Friday, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday. The diplomat was detained while having "a meeting with a Russian citizen, during which he received secret information from law enforcement and FSB databases," the agency said in a statement. | "Such activity is incompatible with the stat…

RT (2021-04-17). 'Will it f*ck us up?' Ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch grills Fauci over Covid vaccine claims (VIDEO). rt.com Former Seattle Seahawks superstar Marshawn Lynch has moved to dispel some of the questions surrounding the various Covid-19 vaccines amid concerns that some African-American communities are fearful of the jab. | Lynch garnered a reputation as being one of the NFL's grittiest competitors in a 12-year career on the gridiron which saw him claim a solitary Super Bowl ring as well as five Pro Bowl appearances, but even the man known as 'Beast Mode' admits that he has some reservations about the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines. | Many figures within the African-American and Hispanic communities have expressed seri…

Georgina Ferry (2021-04-17). [Perspectives] Mary Susan Malahlela: practising medicine under apartheid. thelancet.com Until well into the 20th century, the only way Black South Africans could train as doctors was to travel abroad. This was an expensive option and there were few scholarships, so the numbers remained small. Not until 1941 did South African medical schools agree to admit a small minority of students of Indian or African ancestry. One of the first through the doors at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg was Mary Susan Malahlela. In 1947, she became the first Black woman to qualify in South Africa.

Neville Teller (2021-04-17). Dahlan Plays The Long Game — OpEd. eurasiareview.com The forthcoming Palestinian elections have generated a good deal of speculation. Among the many players, one rather enigmatic figure is Mohammed Dahlan. Long believed to harbor the ambition of succeeding Mahmoud Abbas as president of the Palestinian Authority, he is currently facing a political dilemma. | "Dahlan is a convicted criminal," said a PA official recently, "and as such he won't be allowed to participate in the elections. If he enters Ramallah, he will be immediately arrested and thrown into prison." | Long viewed by Abbas as a major adversary and rival, a series of personal disputes led the PA presi…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-04-17). Daunte Wright's Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets. zcomm.org How many Black people have to be killed by police before politicians realize that expensive reforms don't work?>

sputniknews (2021-04-17). Portland Protesters Set Fire at Apple Store, Vandalise Local Businesses – Photos, Videos. sputniknews.com After a certain pause in mass protests since last summer, when demonstrations against police brutality and racism swept the city, sometimes violently, in response to the death of Black man George Floyd in police custody, violence has resumed, largely because of recent officer-involved shootings.

_____ (2021-04-17). In Small Black Southern Towns, The Cops Remain Undaunted. popularresistance.org Almost a year ago, the roaring chants echoed in the streets: Defund the police! Abolish the police! The tide of public opinion spurred some of the nation's more liberal cities into action. Los Angeles cut $150 million from its police department budget, New York City pledged to shift $1 billion from its police department to social services, and the Minneapolis City Council removed the requirement for a police department from its city charter. But in Southern states—home to the nation's largest Black population—the pattern has been one of strengthening police departments in rural communities. This has b…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-04-17). As Chauvin Trial Wraps Up, Police Killings Provoke Protests Across US. commondreams.org "This keeps happening and it simply needs to stop," said a demonstrator in Chicago, where an officer shot a 13-year-old who had his hands up. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

WSWS (2021-04-17). Data breach exposes financial support from police officers for fascist shooter Rittenhouse. wsws.org The hacked contents of the Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo's servers have revealed that police officers and public officials donated money to fascist and right-wing campaigns, such as the fundraiser for the teenage Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-17). Protests in Chicago after released footage shows police shooting an unarmed child. peoplesdispatch.org The body cam and CCTV footage of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo shows that the officer responsible for the killing shot him while he was unarmed and seemingly set to surrender…