Andrew Emett (2022-02-04). Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force. nationofchange.org Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to use of excessive force. During a protest against police brutality on May 31, 2020, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) …

Staff (2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-03). Black Woman President Of ABC News Suspends Whoopi Goldberg For Two Weeks Over Holocaust Comments. moguldom.com Iconic Hollywood star and TV host Whoopi Goldberg was suspended from popular morning show "The View" on Tuesday, Feb. 1, by ABC News President Kim Godwin after making inaccurate claims about the Holocaust. "Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments," Godwin said in a statement. "While …

Ann Brown (2022-02-02). BLM Finances And Leadership Are A Mystery: 5 Quotes From Experts In Nonprofit Industrial Complex. moguldom.com Black Lives Matter may have garnered worldwide attention during protests against police brutality including the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but there remain questions about the organization's leadership and finances. For many, BLM is shrouded in mystery. The organization raked in $90 million in 2020 alone, yet many of the chapters …

_____ (2022-02-01). Caravan For George Floyd As Federal Trial Begins For Officers Lane, Kueng, And Thao. popularresistance.org With a caravan of dozens of cars, protesters in St. Paul continue to demand justice for George Floyd as the federal trial begins for the three former Minneapolis Police officers who assisted Derek Chauvin while he murdered Floyd. Thomas Lane, Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao, all fired from the Minneapolis Police Department, face federal charges of violating George Floyd's civil rights. Opening statements began Monday, January 24.

In Contempt (2022-02-01). In Contempt #13: Hunger Strikes Spread; Eric King's Mail Ban Ends; Florida Prisoners Launch Sit-In; Arrests in Atlanta. itsgoingdown.org photo: Radical Graffiti We've got a jam packed installment of In Contempt this month! From updates on political prisoners, George Floyd uprising defendants, to news of prisoner resistance across the so-called US, along with birthdays, news, and ways to support those facing repression. There's a lot to cover, so let's dive in! Political Prisoner News…

_____ (2022-01-31). A Black Woman On The Supreme Court Won't Change Capitalist Oppression. popularresistance.org This week, Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he is retiring from the Supreme Court and President Biden promptly reiterated his promise to fill the seat—for the first time ever—with a Black woman. Breyer, who has served 27 years on the Court, is one of the three remaining "liberal" justices. In that sense, this resignation isn't a major earthquake: the makeup of the court will remain the same. Still, the announcement comes at an opportune time for the Biden administration. | A few months ago, Breyer himself said he was not ready to retire. The timing of his recent announcement to retire before the…

Staff (2022-01-31). Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors on Abolition & Imagining a Society Based on Care. democracynow.org We speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors about her new book, "An Abolitionist's Handbook," which lays out her journey toward abolition and 12 principles activists can follow to practice abolition, which she describes as the elimination of police, prisons, jails, surveillance and the current court system. "We have to imagine what we would do with these dollars, with these budgets, and they have to really be an imagination that's grounded in care," says Cullors. She also speaks about her community organizing in Los Angeles, which fought $3.5 billion worth of jail expansion, and her multi-year co…

Eric A. Gordon (2022-01-31). 'The Cultivators': African American art and history, a superb exhibition in Malibu. peoplesworld.org MALIBU, Calif.—If you are anywhere near Los Angeles, or plan to be from now until March 27, you will find a couple of hours no better spent than with a visit to Pepperdine University's Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art. Currently on exhibition, all through Black History Month and beyond, is "The Cultivators: Highlights from …

Chris Walker (2022-01-31). North Carolina District Bans Book on Racism After Just 1 Parent Complains. truthout.org A North Carolina school district has banned from its English curriculum a best-selling novel that depicts the life of a fictional Black teenager who struggles to deal with racism in his community while trying to follow the teachings of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. | Haywood County School District superintendent Bill Nolte