The killing of George Floyd was shocking. But to be surprised by it is a privilege African Americans do not have. A black person is killed by a police officer in America at the rate of more than one every other day. Floyd’s death followed those of Breonna Taylor, an […]
Louisville Police Breonna Taylor Murder
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The story of his assassination is harrowing in the shadow of the George Floyd Uprising. In the predawn hours, a heavily armed Chicago Police Team stormed Hampton’s apartment. The police had obtained a warrant ostensibly in search of illegal weapons, which they used as a pretext for killing Hampton. They […]
The Black Lives Matter movement continues to show up on Milwaukee buildings. Artists Ruben Alcantar and Chris Burke teamed up to create a mural of Breonna Taylor. Taylor was shot and killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky. CLICK
One late summer evening, Debbie cracked. After weeks of deliberating, she phoned Merseyside Police to report her partner for serious allegations of physical and verbal abuse. It was a decision she would soon regret. The problem, she says, is that he was an officer with the same force. “He used […]
The horror of a White Nationalist President rolling his eyes at Consent Decrees, the tyranny of Qualified Immunity & the profound necessity of the movement to Defund The Police. Trigger Warning: Tucker Carlson makes an appearance to spew violent hatred. Dedicated to: Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, […]
I think one of the mistakes made is to view “rioting” or “uprising” as political strategy. What you often see is this comparison between what’s happening right now or what happened in Baltimore or Ferguson with, let’s say, Martin Luther King in Selma. And people will say, what is most […]
Today would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday. Breonna Taylor was killed by police not long after midnight on March 13 in Louisville. The officers were serving a “no-knock” warrant that allows them to enter a home without warning or identifying themselves. CLICK
People are wishing Breonna Taylor a happy birthday on the day she would have turned 27. Taylor was shot and killed by police officers who entered her home in March. Black Lives In April, Taylor’s mother filed a wrongful death suit that alleging the police had no reason to enter […]