Ben Rosenfeld, CounterPunch. (2023-02-14). Police Accountability Is A 'Non-Starter' Without Discarding The Qualified Immunity Doctrine. popularresistance.org Some reps in Congress assert that dismantling qualified immunity ("QI")—a police officer's so-called good faith defense to a civil rights lawsuit—is a "non-starter" in negotiations to pass the George Floyd Civil Rights Act. In reality, meaningful police accountability is a non-starter without discarding QI. | QI is a regressive framework which has turned federal civil rights lawsuits into sheer games of chance with bad odds. Under QI, the Supreme Court instructs judges to apply a two-pronged analysis, in a specific order: first to examine whether the right sought to be vindicated was clearly-establish…

americanthinker (2023-02-15). Maybe the media should ask Mayor Pete why he supports prevailing wage laws. americanthinker.com Pothole Pete is worried about too many whites working construction, but doesn't oppose a law explicitly designed to keep blacks out of federally funded projects.

Staff (2023-02-13). Headlines for February 13, 2023. democracynow.org Earthquake Death Toll Tops 36,000 as U.N. Admits Failure in Delivering Aid to War-Torn Syria, Mass Protests Continue Amid Netanyahu Attack on Courts; Israel Announces More Illegal Settlements, U.S. Launches Somalia Airstrike, Killing 12 al-Shabab Fighters, According to Pentagon, U.S. Shoots Down 3 More Unidentified Objects Over North America, Lula and Biden Talk Political Violence, Climate Crisis on Lula's 1st U.S. Visit After Inauguration, NC Police Bodycam Shows Cops Tasering Unarmed Black Man with Heart Problems Before Death, 250,000 March in Madrid to Oppose Dismantling of Public Healthcare System, Scho…

Fight Back (2023-02-13). New York speaks out for Tyre Nichols and Manny Paez. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – The New York Community Action Project held a speakout on Saturday, February 11, at Herbert Von King Park in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. The speakout was to mark the police murders of Tyre Nichols and Manny Paez. Nichols was murdered in Memphis during a traffic stop, while Paez was killed by police while defending the land in Atlanta from the development of a police facility known as "Cop City." | | Speakers addressed both deaths, as well as local New York police crime cases, and the need for community control of the police to better hold the police accountable for killing people.

Staff (2023-02-13). Headlines for February 13, 2023. democracynow.org Earthquake Death Toll Tops 36,000 as U.N. Admits Failure in Delivering Aid to War-Torn Syria, Mass Protests Continue Amid Netanyahu Attack on Courts; Israel Announces More Illegal Settlements, U.S. Launches Somalia Airstrike, Killing 12 al-Shabab Fighters, According to Pentagon, U.S. Shoots Down 3 More Unidentified Objects Over North America, Lula and Biden Talk Political Violence, Climate Crisis on Lula's 1st U.S. Visit After Inauguration, NC Police Bodycam Shows Cops Tasering Unarmed Black Man with Heart Problems Before Death, 250,000 March in Madrid to Oppose Dismantling of Public Healthcare System, Scho…

Fight Back (2023-02-13). New York speaks out for Tyre Nichols and Manny Paez. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – The New York Community Action Project held a speakout on Saturday, February 11, at Herbert Von King Park in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. The speakout was to mark the police murders of Tyre Nichols and Manny Paez. Nichols was murdered in Memphis during a traffic stop, while Paez was killed by police while defending the land in Atlanta from the development of a police facility known as "Cop City." | | Speakers addressed both deaths, as well as local New York police crime cases, and the need for community control of the police to better hold the police accountable for killing people.

americanthinker (2023-02-12). There may have been a personal angle to Tyre Nichols's death. americanthinker.com One rumor suggesting a connection between Nichols and one of the officers involved may have some confirmation.

americanthinker (2023-02-12). There may have been a personal angle to Tyre Nichols's death. americanthinker.com One rumor suggesting a connection between Nichols and one of the officers involved may have some confirmation.

Monica Moorehead (2023-02-11). Class oppression is primary; national oppression is not secondary! workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Comrades and friends, Sam Marcy made the following quote at the end of his 1984 article "Black nationalism and white chauvinism: Marxism . . . |

WSWS (2023-02-11). Ottawa and Quebec intensify their efforts to block refugees from filing asylum claims. wsws.org Threatened by growing working-class opposition, the ruling class in Quebec and across Canada is whipping up chauvinism to scapegoat immigrants for the social crisis caused by capitalism and to split the working class along ethno-linguistic and religious lines.

Vicky Peláez (2023-02-11). The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? globalresearch.ca This incisive and carefully researched article was first published by Global Research 15 years ago in March 2008. | *** | Things have got worse since 2008. African-Americans and Latinos are routinely the victims of arbitrary arrest, incarceration and inhumane exploitation in …

Janice Lynn (2023-02-11). 'Reforms' can't get rid of police brutality, it's key to capitalist rule. themilitant.com ATLANTA — Since the Jan. 7 beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis cops that led to his death three days later, workers have been discussing the root cause of police violence and the road to prevent further cop brutality and killings. As part of this, Atlanta members of the Socialist Workers Party spoke with workers door to door in Riverdale, Ellenwood and here Feb. 4-5. | Janice Lynn and Marklyn Wilson talked with Latoya Walker in Riverdale Feb. 4. She is African American and works as an esthetician. "I think the police need better training," Walker said. | "The Socialist Workers Party explains that the police…

Dave Id (2023-02-11). "Skate Session and Healing Village" Held to Honor Tyre Nichols and Offer Community Support. indybay.org One of the core missions of the Anti Police-Terror Project is to provide relief to those traumatized by police killings, from affected families to the community at large. And so, following up on a January 29 emergency march and rally to demand justice for Tyre Nichols, two days after the Memphis police released video depicting the horrific violence perpetrated against Tyre, APTP held a Community Skate Session and Healing Village on February 4. Among many other qualities, Tyre Nichols was an avid and talented skateboarder.

Monica Moorehead (2023-02-11). Class oppression is primary; national oppression is not secondary! workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Comrades and friends, Sam Marcy made the following quote at the end of his 1984 article "Black nationalism and white chauvinism: Marxism . . . |

WSWS (2023-02-11). Ottawa and Quebec intensify their efforts to block refugees from filing asylum claims. wsws.org Threatened by growing working-class opposition, the ruling class in Quebec and across Canada is whipping up chauvinism to scapegoat immigrants for the social crisis caused by capitalism and to split the working class along ethno-linguistic and religious lines.

Vicky Peláez (2023-02-11). The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? globalresearch.ca This incisive and carefully researched article was first published by Global Research 15 years ago in March 2008. | *** | Things have got worse since 2008. African-Americans and Latinos are routinely the victims of arbitrary arrest, incarceration and inhumane exploitation in …

Janice Lynn (2023-02-11). 'Reforms' can't get rid of police brutality, it's key to capitalist rule. themilitant.com ATLANTA — Since the Jan. 7 beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis cops that led to his death three days later, workers have been discussing the root cause of police violence and the road to prevent further cop brutality and killings. As part of this, Atlanta members of the Socialist Workers Party spoke with workers door to door in Riverdale, Ellenwood and here Feb. 4-5. | Janice Lynn and Marklyn Wilson talked with Latoya Walker in Riverdale Feb. 4. She is African American and works as an esthetician. "I think the police need better training," Walker said. | "The Socialist Workers Party explains that the police…

Dave Id (2023-02-11). "Skate Session and Healing Village" Held to Honor Tyre Nichols and Offer Community Support. indybay.org One of the core missions of the Anti Police-Terror Project is to provide relief to those traumatized by police killings, from affected families to the community at large. And so, following up on a January 29 emergency march and rally to demand justice for Tyre Nichols, two days after the Memphis police released video depicting the horrific violence perpetrated against Tyre, APTP held a Community Skate Session and Healing Village on February 4. Among many other qualities, Tyre Nichols was an avid and talented skateboarder.

Florence CGTN (2023-02-11). One month since Tyre Nichols incident. america.cgtn.com It's been a month since Tyre Nichols died after a savage beating at the hands and feet of five Memphis police officers. The level of violence has evoked horror across the world and reignited a debate about how police officers treat Black people.