Month: June 2020

When they learned their fathers led the reign of kidnapping, torture and murder that tore Argentina apart, their first reaction was disbelief. Their next was to take action.

 

Source: The Disobedient Children of Monsters

A second-term Mississippi county prosecutor posted — and then deleted — a Facebook comment in which she apparently expressed optimism that “the deadly strain” of coronavirus would spread among rioters protesting the death of George Floyd in police custody, according to a new report.

 

Source: Mississippi prosecutor says she hopes coronavirus ‘spreads in riots’

Protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota last week continued to intensify across the U.S. Sunday, as protesters broke local curfews to voice frustration over policing in America.

Source: U.S. police failing to respect right to peaceful protest: Amnesty International

 

I CAN’T MAKES THIS SH*T UP!!!

Mayor Richard Thomas of Mount Vernon, New York, recently discussed how staff at a local JP Morgan & Chase bank called the police on him, a staff member and a Mount Vernon police detective when he attempted to deposit a six-figure check and gain access to the city’s online banking records.

The employee called police on the three men April 25. Fortunately, officers who arrived on the scene recognized the police detective by Thomas’ side, EUR reports. Thomas believes race played a role in the phone call; the two men with him were Black and Hispanic.

 

Source: Chase Bank Calls Cops on Black Mayor in His Own City

Author and Christian activist Jim Wallis joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss his new book, America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America.

Wallis told Martin that original sin is not just slavery, but the “deliberate dehumanizing and debasing” of African-Americans and the attitude that “Black lives and bodies don’t matter.”

 

Source: America’s Original Sin: Slavery Never Ended, It Just Evolved | NewsOne

A sheriff is going viral after marching with protestors angry over the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died in police custody.

Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson asked the crowd in Flint, Michigan to tell officers what they needed to do – and they began chanting “walk with us.”

So he responded by saying “let’s walk.”

Footage posted to social media shows the sheriff giving hugs, handshakes and pats on the back to protestors.

“I want to make this a parade, not a protest,” Swanson can be heard saying on a video posted to social media.

 

Source: ‘Let’s walk’: Sheriff puts down weapon, joins protesters in march | Sunrise

Source: Seun Kuti On Black Lives Matter: “Black America Has a Right to Protect Itself Militarily, Financially & Politically” – OkayAfrica

Tou Thao is no longer in Minnesota, United States. The Asian-American cop involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd is represented by Robert Paule, one of the top-rated criminal defense attorneys in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On May 25, 2020, Thao was one of the four cops from the Minneapolis Police Department who responded to a report by an employee at Cup Foods at 3579 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis claiming that a customer was trying to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill. The other cops were Derek Michael Chauvin, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng.

It was a fatal arrest witnessed by several bystanders and streamed live on Facebook. Thao did not touch Floyd during the arrest.

 

Source: Tou Thao has left Minnesota: Lawyer – CONAN Daily

A group of Iranian people have held a candlelight vigil for the Black American man, George Floyd, who was killed by the US police.

Source: Iranian People Hold Vigil for George Floyd | Iran Front Page

As police brutality in France intensifies under coronavirus restrictions, we talk to the leader of “Justice for Adama” about her campaign to protect Black communities and get justice for her brother’s death.

Source: Interview with Assa Traoré, Leader of ‘Justice for Adama’ – OkayAfrica