Hayden Harwood (2021-05-14). Wisconsin bill would cut funding to cities that defund the police. liberationnews.org 
Pro-police policies like this are an effective counter to any kind of legislative reforms aimed at defunding, restructuring or creating community control of the police.
Workers World Party (2021-05-13). PDF of May 13 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Repression and resistance in South America Colombia: State terror won't stop the struggle Brazilians tell police: 'Stop killing us!' Pandemic triple threat; 'We have power'; Indigenous pipeline protest; Black Lives Matter in Georgia; Editorial Vaccine monopolies. GLOBAL: Palestine; U.S. vs. China; Evictions in South Asia. Tear down . . . |
Nashelly Chavez (2021-05-13). Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests. indybay.org The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.
teleSUR (2021-05-13). Colombian Police Crack Down On Protests In Bogota And Popayan. telesurenglish.net Colombians denounced that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) attacked peaceful demonstrations that took place in Bogota and Popayan on Wednesday night. | RELATED: | Videos posted on social media show police shooting and throwing tear gas canisters at citizens. Local media have not yet reported any deaths due to police brutality, but witnesses say several people were injured or arbitrarily arrested. | During the clashes, Bogota's mayor Claudia…
_____ (2021-05-13). An Environment Of Anti-Racism Is How We Win. popularresistance.org Canada – Spring has always been a time of renewal and hope. I'm filled with a sense of wonder and possibility as I watch new life sprout from the soil and cherry blossoms bloom along streets. | But this spring, I feel a prevailing heaviness. For many of us, this season marks a year since COVID-19 restrictions were put in place. March 13 marked one year since Breonna Taylor was shot in her sleep by police in Louisville, Ky. As the season progresses, and as we pass through solemn anniversaries, I continue to be reminded of where we were a year ago. | Last spring, the COVID-19 pandemic started to unmask the inequali…
Dianne Mathiowetz (2021-05-12). Georgia: Black Lives Matter. workers.org 
Atlanta Police agents killed all four of these young Black men in Georgia, and the struggle to prosecute and convict their murderers is ongoing. Jamarion Robinson Jamarion Robinson was killed Aug. 5, 2016, at the East Point apartment of his partner, by a heavily armed force from seven police agencies . . . |
Dianne Mathiowetz (2021-05-12). Georgia: Black Lives Matter. workers.org Atlanta Police agents killed all four of these young Black men in Georgia, and the struggle to prosecute and convict their murderers is ongoing. Jamarion Robinson Jamarion Robinson was killed Aug. 5, 2016, at the East Point apartment of his girlfriend, by a heavily armed force from seven police agencies . . . |
Nashelly Chavez (2021-05-12). Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests. indybay.org The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.
Staff (2021-05-12). Headlines for May 12, 2021. democracynow.org At Least 50 Palestinians Killed as Israeli Attacks Continue; Protests Call Out Israeli Crimes, Red Cross Warns COVID Cases "Exploding" in Asia as India Continues to Break New Records, Algeria Moves to Ban Unauthorized Protests as Pro-Democracy Movement Gains Steam, French Court Tosses Lawsuit from Agent Orange Victim Against Chemical Companies, Family of Andrew Brown Jr. Views More Footage of Police Killing, Confirms Shooting Was Unjustified, Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Plead Not Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes, Arizona Passes Law to Cut Voters from Early Mail-in Voting List, Liz Cheney Delivers Scathing Rebuke as GOP…
Sarah Belle Lin (2021-05-12). La familia de Mario González demanda la acusación de las policías de Alameda involucrado en su asesinato. indybay.org El 19 de abril, Mario González residente de Oakland, murió mientras era forzado hacia el piso por un oficial policíaco del departamento de Alameda. La familia del difunto ahora esta demandando respuestas del departamento de policía, de la ciudad de Alameda, y que Nancy O'Malley la fiscal del condado presente cargos encontrá de los tres oficiales policíacos involucrados en el incidente. El incidente ocurrió un día antes de que Derek Chauvin el oficial policíaco de Minnepolis fuera condenado de asesinato en según grado, asesinato en tercer grado y homicidio en segundo grado por el asesinato de George Floyd.
Joe Jurado (2021-05-12). Judge Rules Derek Chauvin Could Face Longer Sentencing Since He Treated George Floyd With 'Particular Cruelty'. theroot.com 
When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder in the death of George Floyd, there was slight relief but one nagging question in the back of many our minds: "OK, but what's the sentence going to be?" While there was, and still is, concern that Chauvin will face the lightest…
Sarah Belle Lin (2021-05-12). La familia de Mario González demanda la acusación de las policías de Alameda involucrado en su asesinato. indybay.org El 19 de abril, Mario González residente de Oakland, murió mientras era forzado hacia el piso por un oficial policíaco del departamento de Alameda. La familia del difunto ahora esta demandando respuestas del departamento de policía, de la ciudad de Alameda, y que Nancy O'Malley la fiscal del condado presente cargos encontrá de los tres oficiales policíacos involucrados en el incidente. El incidente ocurrió un día antes de que Derek Chauvin el oficial policíaco de Minnepolis fuera condenado de asesinato en según grado, asesinato en tercer grado y homicidio en segundo grado por el asesinato de George Floyd. [Traduc…
Yves Engler (2021-05-12). What Kind of People Associate with an Alleged Pedophile? dissidentvoice.org Why are Cindy Blackstock, Charles Taylor, Pearl Eliadis, Murray Sinclair and Thomas Mulcair publicly associating themselves with alleged pedophile Alan Dershowitz? Why are the indigenous advocate, philosopher, human rights lawyer, former senator and former NDP leader supporting the anti-Palestinian lobby's bid to crush a small left-wing Toronto restaurant? Why have they offered their names to …
Fight Back (2021-05-12). Salt Lake City activists fighting for community control of police, end to attacks on homeless encampments. fightbacknews.org Salt Lake City, UT — As the struggle for community control of the police rages on, Salt Lake City Police have been displacing homeless residents in order to gentrify the downtown and west Salt Lake areas. | Last Tuesday, May 4, the police were called to an encampment and immediately went after Carl Moore, a local activist, who is also indigenous. Moore was choked and slammed into a car by Clinton Fox, the same officer who murdered Patrick Harmon in the summer of 2017. | When Fox was asked by activists how he slept after killing Harmon, a homeless Black man, he boasted "Like a baby." In that same month, Salt…
Fight Back (2021-05-12). Salt Lake City activists fighting for community control of police, end to attacks on homeless encampments. fightbacknews.org Salt Lake City, UT — As the struggle for community control of the police rages on, Salt Lake City Police have been displacing homeless residents in order to gentrify the downtown and west Salt Lake areas. | Last Tuesday, May 4, the police were called to an encampment and immediately went after Carl Moore, a local activist, who is also indigenous. Moore was choked and slammed into a car by Clinton Fox, the same officer who murdered Patrick Harmon in the summer of 2017. | When Fox was asked by activists how he slept after killing Harmon, a homeless Black man, he boasted "Like a baby." In that same month, Salt…
teleSUR (2021-05-12). Three Defendants in The Arbery Hate Crime Plead Not Guilty. telesurenglish.net Three men on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges over the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot while jogging in Georgia last year. | RELATED: | Gregory McMichael, his son Travis, and William Bryan appeared in person before the federal judge in Brunswick, Georgia. The men were each charged with one count of interference with civil rights and with one count of attempted kidnap…
Tonja Renée Stidhum (2021-05-12). Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, the 'Invisible Black Woman' Patient at the Doctor's Office. thegrapevine.theroot.com 
The concept of being an "invisible Black woman"—even with very visible pain—is a next-level cruelty that many Black women have long experienced in this society, unfortunately.
Staff (2021-05-12). Colombia Lost Its Fear and the National Strike Keeps on Going. telesurenglish.net The Colombian people have been in the streets protesting against President Ivan Duque for 15 days in a row. Social anger erupted over a tax reform that sought to increase the price of basic goods, such as milk and meat, amid an unprecedented economic and health crisis. | Since April 28, at least 47 people have died during the demonstrations. Thirty-five of the victims were killed in Cali, the city that has become the epicenter of the protests. | Social organizations warn that there are over 500 missing people, 1,876 cases of police brutality, and 12 cases of sexual violence. |
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teleSUR (2021-05-12). Colombians Keep Protesting For 13 Days In A Row. telesurenglish.net Thousands of Colombian farmers on Wednesday marched through Santander Department during the new national strike called by labor unions following the failure of negotiations with President Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | Waving banners, the farmers urged him to stop police brutality, respect the 2016 Peace accords, and not fumigate the country's fields with glyphosate. | "The Catacumbo inhabitants in Santander are also mobilizing to dema…
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Republican senators in Washington are attempting to block Kristen Clarke, a prominent voting rights advocate, from a top Justice Department position. The Senate Judiciary Committee has deadlocked on an 11-11 vote on whether to move Clarke's nomination for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to the Senate floor for a full vote. If she wins the vote, Clarke, who has served as the head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and is a longtime champion of voting rights, a defender against hate and violent extremism, would be the first Black woman to hold the posit…
Click to see full-size image | If 2020 was the year of Black Lives Matter protests, and left-wing victories, 2021 is the year of open letters. | Following France, it is now the United States' turn. | On May 12th, Flag Officers 4 America