Police Violence Reached an All-time High Last Year
In spite of the huge public attention on police violence since 2020, cops keep killing more people. Sonali Konali Kolhatkar Jan 20, 2023 Read the full article here Truthdig
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‘Justice Will Prevail,’ But Why Must We Die For Us To Come Out Ahead?
By Kevin L. Clark
Read the full article from Ebony here.
“As a rabble-rouser and fellow member of the Black community, it’s soundbites like this that make people like Nancy Pelosi believe that these police-sanctioned murders are “sacrifices” meant as steps to progress that will eventually liberate us from the oppressive and murderous intentions of the state and federal government.”
George Floyd, Cariol Horne, and the Duty to Intervene
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
Read the full article from Democracy Now! here.
“Horne organized a campaign to pass “Cariol’s Law” in Buffalo, New York. The law codifies the duty to intervene for police officers, whether on- or off-duty, when they see another officer using unreasonable force against a civilian. It also protects those officers who intervene from retaliation. As the protests sparked by George Floyd’s police killing swept the globe, the Buffalo City Council passed Cariol’s Law, and the mayor signed it into law.”
The Chauvin Verdict Represents an Absolute Minimum of Justice
By Elie Mystal
Read the full article from The Nation here.
“[I]f we ignore the structural changes, the hard changes, the necessary changes, we will be back here. We will not break the cycle of violence against people of color or the polarization over whether our lives matter. It is literally already too late for Floyd to be the last unarmed Black man to be murdered by criminal police action. It is already too late for this time to be the last time the country is divided over whether a cop should be held accountable for their actions.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Failed Chicago
By Jasson Perez
Read the full article from The Nation here.
“In the aftermath of the tragedy, the mayor, police, and attorney general followed their usual post-police-killing script: They minimized both the violence on the tape and police culpability. Mayor Lori Lightfoot tried to hold abstractions like ‘systemic forces’ responsible…We know who killed Toledo. It was the police, with an assist from mayors like Lightfoot who fund and empower them. This is why we have taken to the streets in Chicago, again.”