Protests and Resistance

Three people have been arrested – including a young girl, for disobedience and assault, the ministry said. The Catalan health service have confirmed that two people are in serious condition in hospital. And 319 polling stations have been closed by cops across Catalonia. The referendum today has been branded “illegal” by Madrid but Catalan authorities … Read more

A Friday night protest that began peacefully, with demonstrators dropping a banner inside Busch Stadium reading “Stop Killing Us,” changed tone rapidly less than two hours later when police made multiple arrests, appeared to taser at least one protester and pepper-sprayed several others. The arrests left protesters outraged and confused, and many took to social … Read more

The Black Lives Matter movement cannot be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dismissing a case against the group and an activist brought by a police officer injured during protests after the July 2016 fatal shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Black Lives Matter is not an entity, but a social movement, Louisiana … Read more

After a weekend of sideline demonstrations that roiled football fans and a divided nation, the Chicago Police Department is investigating a photo of what appears to be two uniformed officers who were photographed “taking a knee” in the lobby of a South Side precinct. The two African-American officers are seen kneeling beside a woman whose … Read more

There have been a lot of protests recently in St. Louis, Missouri after a judge declared a cop not guilty of murdering an unarmed black man that he shot with an assault rifle while the victim was in his car. The ACLU was fed up with police misconduct during the protests and has filed a … Read more

Earlier this week, Officer Jason Stockley of the St. Louis Police was acquitted of the murder of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, who he mercilessly gunned down without trial or charge after a car chase. This frustratingly unsurprising miscarriage of justice is particularly galling because Officer Stockley was caught planting a gun in the … Read more

Well, in case you had any doubt, or were curious as to what police officers make of citizens attempting to assert their rights to peacefully assemble and protest the seemingly inexplicable killings of unarmed black men that go unpunished, here you have it. Police apparently thought it was appropriate to chant “Whose streets? Our streets,” … Read more

Following a not guilty verdict in the Jason Stockley murder trial, people took to the streets of St Louis to protest the unjust decision. During the protests on Friday night, a bizarre act of vandalism was caught on camera. Culpepper’s Restaurant Chris Phillips recorded the incident, which occurred at approximately 11:32 pm and posted it … Read more

Just days after a white supremacist in Vancouver, Washington tried to run over Antifa protesters, this Washington sheriff decided to post a ridiculous meme suggesting no one cares about the lives of those willing to stand up against social injustices. The sheriff has apologized after a horrifying meme was posted Monday to his county’s Facebook … Read more

For any significant change to American policing to occur, we have to deal with upend police unions, which wield extraordinary power and influence. Most times police unions support their officers unconditionally, even when it’s more than obvious that police are in the wrong; they also tend to disparage victims of police brutality, as well as … Read more

While President Trump is still insisting that the violence at Charlottesville, Virginia’s “Unite The Right” rally was the responsibility of “both sides”, a recently uncovered video shows exactly who was responsible for armed violence aimed directly at anti-Nazi counter-protestors. According to a report in The New York Times, Charlottesville police have arrested a man for … Read more