Middle East Monitor (2021-08-25). Even love is forbidden under Israeli apartheid. juancole.com By Muhammad Hussein | — Israel's apartheid system directed at the Palestinians is well documented. Within Israel's officially-recognised borders — which the state has never actually declared — as well as across the occupied Palestinian territories, the people of occupied Palestine have long faced systematic discrimination which denies them the same rights afforded to Jewish …
Andrew Emett (2021-08-25). Former Texas deputy arrested for assaulting inmate. nationofchange.org "The integrity of our profession hinges on the willingness of good cops to weed out bad cops."
_____ (2021-08-25). First Trial From Treaty People Gathering Ends In Acquittal. popularresistance.org The first person arrested during this summer's Treaty People Gathering to take her case to trial was acquitted Wednesday on one gross misdemeanor charge in Hubbard County District Court, marking the first ruling in dozens of cases to be brought from the occupation of the Two Inlets pump station.
Ann Brown (2021-08-25). M4BL Group Demands Reparations From Government For History Of Targeting Movements That Support Black Life. moguldom.com Black American activists have long been targeted disproportionately by the federal government and a new report by a coalition of Black activist groups presents more evidence of structural racism used against movements that support Black life. Black Lives Matter protesters, for example, were targeted in the aftermath of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd …
Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (2021-08-25). 1000th Day of Incarceration of Meng Wanzhou. Press Conference. globalresearch.ca
_____ (2021-08-25). On 1000th Day Of Incarceration, Canadians Demand Wanzhou's Freedom. popularresistance.org Canada – Thursday, August 26, 2021, marks the 1000th day of unjust incarceration by the Trudeau government of Meng Wanzhou. That's 1000 days during which Mme. Meng has been denied her freedom, has not been able to be with members of her family, has not been able to carry on the duties of her very responsible position as Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies, one of the world's leading tech companies, with 1300 employees in Canada. | Meng's ordeal began on December 1, 2018, the date on which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kowtowed to the request of former USA President Donald Trump's to extradite Meng. Thi…
Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Palestinian Authority suppresses protests demanding justice for Nizar Banat. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian security forces arrested several well-known Palestinian political activists and civil society figures in protests demanding justice for an activist slain while in custody of the PA…
Staff (2021-08-24). WATCH 50+ arrests made after Extinction Rebellion protest shuts down London street. rt.com 
Dozens of environmental activists with Extinction Rebellion were arrested after taking to the streets of London for a major protest, chaining themselves to objects — and each other — to shut down a busy junction in the city. | The environmentalist group gathered near London's Trafalgar Square on Monday, where protesters attempted to shut down a roundabout, some chaining themselves to a pink, four-meter tall structure carrying the words "Come to the table." Others were seen crawling under cars in an effort to block the road. | With a demand to immediately stop fossil fuel investment, the Impossible…
Tanya Nuñez (2021-08-24). Free Jamil Al-Amin! Tucson, Ariz., press conference calls for exoneration. liberationnews.org 
On March 16, 2000, Imam Jamil Al-Amin was falsely accused and arrested of shooting two police officers in Fulton County, GA, wounding one and killing the other.
Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-24). Myanmarese rights organization reports over 1,000 deaths since February coup. peoplesdispatch.org The Assistance Association of Political Prisoners also said 7,338 people, including political leaders, activists, students and unionists, have been arrested. As many as 5,730 people remain under detention across the country…
Tanya Nuñez (2021-08-24). Free Jamil Al-Amin! Tucson, AZ press conference calls for exoneration. liberationnews.org On March 16, 2000, Imam Jamil Al-Amin was falsely accused and arrested of shooting two police officers in Fulton County, GA, wounding one and killing the other.
Anonymous007 (2021-08-24). American Wearing Russian T-Shirt Arrested In Ukraine, Calls Police "Racists" southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In Odessa, the police detained an American who was walking around the city in a T-shirt in the colors of the Russian flag and the inscription "Russia", according to the website of the National Police of Ukraine in the Odessa region. | The man was detained during the ceremony of the ceremonial deployment of the flag of Ukraine at the Potemkin Stairs. At the same time, the American allegedly behaved "defiantly and provoked a conflict with citizens," and also tried to escape from the police.
_____ (2021-08-24). Book Argues That HBCUs Are Owed Reparations. popularresistance.org The idea of reparations for Black people as restitution for the slavery of our ancestors is a conversation we've been collectively having for decades now — many different points have been made as to when and how money is actually distributed. | With Adam Harris' new book, "The State Must Provide," that conversation is brought up once again, this time directing those funds towards the education system at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). | The author, an HBCU man himself from Alabama A&M University, was inspired to make the argument after he saw the stark differences between his own…
Erik Molvar (2021-08-24). The Fictions of Onaqui Expose Fatal Flaws in the BLM's Wild Horse Round Ups. counterpunch.org In July, the Bureau of Land Management rounded up the vast majority of Utah's Onaqui wild horse herd. Pressed by a lawsuit, the Bureau's Salt Lake Field Manager testified under oath that an emergency roundup was necessary because wild horses were in poor and declining health and would need to be euthanized if left in the wild. After removing the majority of the Onaqui herd from the federal lands, the agency admitted publicly that its narrative had been false: The captured Onaqui horses were in good body condition;there was plenty of forage on their Herd Management Area (HMA) to sustain the entire herd through the…
Ann Brown (2021-08-24). 5 Florida Cops Die Of Covid In A Week As Pandemic Becomes No. 1 Cop Killer In US. moguldom.com Florida cop Jennifer Sepot became the fifth police officer in Florida to die of covid-19 in one week. The pandemic is now the No. 1 killer of cops in the U.S. Fort Lauderdale Officer Sepot died on Aug. 14 and it is unclear whether or not the 27-year-old was vaccinated. Sepot was infected with the …
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MONROE, La. (AP)—Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight—an attack the trooper defended as "pain compliance." "I'm not resisting! I'm not resisting!" Aaron Larry Bowman can be heard screaming between blows on the footage obtained by …