2022-02-24: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-24). Jury deliberations begin in the federal trial of three officers who assisted the murder of George Floyd. wsws.org The twelve-person jury in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers began deliberations on Wednesday.

Jim Spellman (2022-02-24). Reparations for African American. america.cgtn.com Are reparations critical to the well-being of African Americans? What should America do to right the wrongs against the Black community? Find out more.

JANET (2022-02-23). Dred Scott to Daunte Wright: same repression, same fight. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead February 22, 2022 "There was police brutality, and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police cover it up by propagating a false image across the country." These words weren't spoken today but almost 60 years ago by Malcolm X. The great Black Nationalist leader was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965, an act orchestrated by the U.S. government. Malcolm X connected the right to self-defense to the revolutionary liberation of Black people from the yoke of capitalism and imperialism. One can still apply the wisdom of Malcolm X to today's develo…

Staff (2022-02-23). Headlines for February 23, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Imposes Sanctions, Ukraine Calls for Stronger Action After Russian Recognition of Breakaway Areas, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 Murderers Guilty of Federal Hate Crimes, Trial for Ex-Cop Brett Hankison, Who Shot into Breonna Taylor's Home During Fatal Raid, Starts in KY, U.N. Report Warns of Climate Disaster-Fueled "Global Wildfire Crisis", Mining Companies, Foreign Investors Driving Destruction of Amazon, Violation of Indigenous Rights, Hong Kong to Conduct Mass COVID Testing on Entire Population; U.K. Removes All Pandemic Restrictions, Israeli Forces Kill 14-Year-Old Palestinian; Isr…

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