Grace Dess describes the Victoria Police rampage against anti-racist protesters in Melbourne on 19 October.
The post ‘It looks like a grenade was thrown at me deliberately’ first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Police Violence
In Los Angeles, police cornered and opened fire on protesters, then arrested journalists covering it. This is what a panicked empire looks like.
The post Free Speech Ends Here: What I Saw During the LAPD Crackdown appeared first on MintPress News.
New information surfaces following an autopsy.
The post No Gunpowder Residue Found on Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán According to DeKalb County Autopsy appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision to the DeKalb County Georgia Superior Court as the movement expands nationally.
The post Stop Cop City Movement Embraces National Strategy as Permit Appeal Is Denied appeared first on scheerpost.com.
We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent.
The post Anti-Protest Laws Are Not About Safety, They Are About Silencing Dissent appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Policing is neither reformable nor redeemable.
The post Policing Does Not Have Problems — It Is the Problem appeared first on scheerpost.com.
From the School of the Americas to Cop City, the U.S. has long been complicit in the death of environmental activists.
The post Why Tortuguita’s Murder is Only the Tip of the Iceberg appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Weeks since the police killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Tehran, residents continue to fight the planned construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Center. But the future they’re fighting to prevent concerns us all, not just the city of Atlanta.
The post Atlanta’s “Cop City” is a Blueprint for America’s Future appeared first on scheerpost.com.
By Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA — Fifteen of the twenty-three people arrested and charged with domestic terrorism on March 5 are now out of jail. The nearly two dozen people were arrested during the South River Music Festival for their alleged involvement in the ongoing effort to stop ‘Cop City’ and to defend the Weelaunee […]
The post Eight Remain in Jail from March 5 Weelaunee Forest Raid, 15 Released appeared first on scheerpost.com.
A new report finds that more than 121,000 people globally were injured or killed by crowd-control weapons since 2015.
The post Police Use “Less Lethal” Weapons to Crush Social Movements Across the World appeared first on scheerpost.com.