Midtown Manhattan became a heated battlefield Thursday evening as thousands of protestors convened around Grand Central Station to protest a GOP fundraising gala at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, where all three remaining Republican presidential nominee hopefuls were in attendance. The NYPD was out in full force, prepared with riot gear, …
April, 2016
March, 2016
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22 March
US Citizen Detained By ICE Agents After Protesting Donald Trump
This past weekend, dozens of Arizonans shut down a major highway leading to a Donald Trump rally in political protest of his divisive stances, blocking supporters for several hours from attending his event. The direct action was coordinated in conjunction with a protest in New York City outside Trump Towers …
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17 March
Unarmed Man Killed By Deputies In Los Angeles Who Claim He Had Assumed A “Shooting Stance” Identified
Today authorities identified the man killed Wednesday in a deadly deputy-involved shooting as 23-year-old Cristian Rene Medina. The shooting occurred around 4:30 am Wednesday in the Florence area of Los Angeles. Deputies had been called to 64th Street and Holmes Avenue after reports of a “robbery in progress” and matched …
February, 2016
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11 February
Los Angeles Schools Ban ICE Agents — No Raids On Campus
In a unanimous vote by the school board of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, immigration agents will be barred from conducting their raids on school campuses. The vote was held after immigrant parents spoke out that they distrusted the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and were afraid to send their …
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1 February
Cops Mistake Cleaning Woman For Intruder, Chase Down And Tase Her, Have Her Charged With Evading Arrest
Two Collegedale, Tennessee police officers are under scrutiny for use of excessive force on a Guatemalan woman employed by a private cleaning company at Ooltewah Middle School. Sgt. Jamie Heath and Officer Brian Desmond had entered the school looking for a possible burglar on January 11th when they noticed an open …
January, 2016
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22 January
Watch: Latino American Protester Spit On At Donald Trump Rally Tells His Story
Donald Trump has tapped into the ugliest essence of America, but it is uplifting to see people continuing to speak out:
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14 January
Shame: Decorated US Veterans Deported From US
As the activity and rhetoric from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to increase, new details are emerging about cases of decorated veterans from immigrant families being deported due to improper status. Serving in the military has always, since America’s founding, been a fast-track for immigrants to gain …
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11 January
ICE-Free NYC coalition group rallies against deportation raids
By the sixth day of 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had confirmed 121 deportation-raids, mostly in Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been given orders by the Obama administration to forcibly remove immigrants from their homes and detain them for deportation. Rumors …
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7 January
Suffolk County alleged of widespread corruption after arrest of police chief and hate crimes trial for sergeant
In mid-December the FBI arrested former police chief James Burke of Suffolk County, NY shortly after his resignation. He is being held without bond while his abuses of power are investigated; they range from civil rights violations for torturing a prisoner to conspiracy charges. Before Burke is tried, retired sergeant Scott …