2023-01-17: News Headlines

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Tampa: Community speaks out against racist cop survey. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In late December, the Tampa Police Benevolent Association (PBA) sent out a survey to city council candidates for the upcoming municipal election asking both "Have you ever participated in a protest, whether physical, virtual, digital or online or advocated against, publicly or privately, police brutality?" and "Have you ever been a member of, donated to or supported Black Lives Matters whether financially, verbally, online or through social media?" | Community members spoke out at a recent city council meeting. Laura Rodríguez, an organizer with the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee, said, "This su…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Protesters demand release of video after Memphis, Tennessee man dies from injuries suffered at the hands of police during traffic stop. wsws.org Nichols' death has produced a number of protests and demonstrations demanding the release of body camera footage, while city officials feverishly attempt to contain the fallout.

WSWS (2023-01-17). Protesters demand release of video after Memphis, Tennessee, man dies from injuries suffered at the hands of police during traffic stop. wsws.org Nichols' death has produced a number of protests and demonstrations demanding the release of body camera footage, while city officials feverishly attempt to contain the fallout.

Bilal G. Morris (2023-01-17). GoFundMe For Black Man 'Tased To Death' By LAPD Surpasses $29K. newsone.com

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-17). Who Is Jamea Jonae Harris? Young Mother Died In Darius Miles Shooting 'Because She Wouldn't Talk To Him'. newsone.com Jamea Jonae Harris, the young Black woman killed in an Alabama shooting for which college basketball player Darius Miles is charged with murder, "wouldn't talk to him," her mother said.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). Remembering the legacy of Polly Mann, founder of WAMM. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Polly Mann, a leading force and giant in the Twin Cities anti-war movement, died on January 12, 2023 at the age of 103 in San Francisco, California where she had lived with her daughter Connie for a little over a year. | In 1981 she called her friend Marianne Hamilton, who in 2015 recalled, "The smartest thing anyone ever thought of and carried through with was a new name for war: military madness. Men who were against war had to flee the country to avoid arrest, so women protested in great numbers. Dear Polly gave us a name to live up to – Women Against Military Madness: WAMM." | Hamilton and…

americanthinker (2023-01-16). New poll reveals rising antisemitism in the Democrat party. americanthinker.com Moreover, the most stalwart Democrats—young people and Blacks—are also the most committed to that ugly ideology.

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