Scorinoco (2022-09-03). Sri Lanka: The Struggle Continues. orinocotribune.com By Rasika Ruwanpathirana — | Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe. | His latest attack took place on a peaceful protest on August 18 that was organized by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) in Colombo, along with other progressive forces and artists. Witnesses say they were attacked unprovoked, and individuals were chased, beaten and arrested. Some of them we…

Xiaolu Sun (2022-09-03). Ohio police release video of officer fatality shooting a Black man in bed. america.cgtn.com An unarmed Black man was shot and killed while in bed by a police officer, body camera video shows. The video has been released by the Columbus Police Department.

Scorinoco (2022-09-03). Sri Lanka: The Struggle Continues. orinocotribune.com Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe. | His latest attack took place on a peaceful protest on August 18 that was organized by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) in Colombo, along with other progressive forces and artists. Witnesses say they were attacked unprovoked, and individuals were chased, beaten and arrested. Some of them we…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-01). Police Repress Demonstration Against LUMA in Puerto Rico. orinocotribune.com Puerto Rican citizens demand the cancellation of the contract with the capitalist Canadian company LUMA Energy. | The Police of the State of Puerto Rico, a dependent territory of the United States, dispersed Thursday night a demonstration of dozens of Puerto Ricans in Old San Juan, who were staging a protest against LUMA Energy due to the constant power outages. | This is the most recent episode of the protests that have been shaking the Caribbean island for days, although it is the first one that culminated with a confrontation between demonstrators and police, and one person arrested. | Puerto Ricans are again…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-01). Police Repress Demonstration Against LUMA in Puerto Rico. orinocotribune.com Puerto Rican citizens demand the cancellation of the contract with the capitalist Canadian company LUMA Energy. | The Police of the State of Puerto Rico, a dependent territory of the United States, dispersed Thursday night a demonstration of dozens of Puerto Ricans in Old San Juan, who were staging a protest against LUMA Energy due to the constant power outages. | This is the most recent episode of the protests that have been shaking the Caribbean island for days, although it is the first one that culminated with a confrontation between demonstrators and police, and one person arrested. | Puerto Ricans are again…

WSWS (2022-09-01). Columbus, Ohio, cop fatally shot Donovan Lewis as he was sitting up in bed. wsws.org Columbus Division of Police bodycam video shows officer Ricky Anderson push a bedroom door open in the middle of the night and shoot 20-year-old Lewis while the young man was sitting up in his bed.

Staff (2022-09-01). VIDEO: US police kills Black man in his bed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) — Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in his bed.

WSWS (2022-09-01). Columbus, Ohio, cop fatally shot Donovan Lewis as he was sitting up in bed. wsws.org Columbus Division of Police bodycam video shows officer Ricky Anderson push a bedroom door open in the middle of the night and shoot 20-year-old Lewis while the young man was sitting up in his bed.

Ann Brown (2022-08-31). Black Pastor Handcuffed And Arrested By Police For Watering Neighbor's Flowers, Thought Of As Suspicious. moguldom.com Imagine doing a good deed for a neighbor and being arrested for it? That is what happened to a Black pastor in Alabama who was arrested on May 22 while watering his neighbor's flowers. Now Pastor Michael Jennings, who is a former police officer, is speaking out about the recently released body camera video from …

Staff (2022-08-31). Outrage After Ohio Cop Kills Unarmed Black Man Donovan Lewis in Bed. commondreams.org "Columbus police think that they are the judge, jury, and executioner," said one activist in response to the 20-year-old's killing. "It's time that this police department is held accountable."

WSWS (2022-08-31). Hate incidents targeting Quebec's religious minorities spike after passage of CAQ's Bill 21. wsws.org To counter mounting working class opposition, Quebec's ruling elite is using the campaign for the Oct. 3 provincial election to intensify its promotion of chauvinism and nationalism.