Tag: police violence
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 27
The 7 senators who will decide Kavanaugh’s fate, more police violence, a declaration from the third Kavanaugh accuser, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 25
Disneyland Resort raises minimum wage, a Dallas cop is fired after killing an innocent man, fourth Kavanaugh accuser comes forward, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 20, 2018
U.S. prisoners organize massive prison strike, Catholic leaders do damage control, ICE detains a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth, and more.
Police officer fired after tazing handcuffed man in video
Dashcam footage depicting the officer’s blatant use of excessive force against a handcuffed man who was not resisting was released.
The police will keep killing us until we stop criminalizing blackness...
The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, June 22, 2018
Bernie Sanders on income inequality, police shoot a fleeing 17-year-old in Pittsburgh, white supremacists plan more rallies, and more.
Jury awards 4 cents to family of man killed by sheriff’s...
“I think they were trying to insult the case,” the family’s lawyer, John Phillips, added. “Why go there with the $1? That was the hurtful part.”
Mexican police officers sentenced to 25 years for murdering journalist
The former mayor and deputy police chief remain in hiding along with many of the other officers suspected of murdering Sánchez.
Video shows off-duty officer punching unarmed man
“They should have terminated him, quite frankly. I mean, period.”
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Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf
Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.