“At least 11” killed in the last month. Since the Black Lives Matter movement began gaining critical momentum following the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, a national discussion has raged about police brutality, use of force justifications, and the need for comprehensive criminal justice reform in the United States. …
Read More »U.S. Government Sues City Of Ferguson Over Police Reform
The U.S. government and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are tired of waiting on Ferguson to clean up its police department. Today the feds filed a lawsuit against the Missouri City for unconstitutional police misconduct after the Ferguson City Council changed the terms of a deal it had been negotiating with the …
Read More »Billionaires Report Buying Land With Airstrips In New Zealand In Case Of “Civil Uprising”
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Robert Johnson, president of the Institute of New Economic Thinking claimed that the world’s elite super rich are indeed worried about inequality in a big way. Not about solving it, but about having escape plans if growing unrest leads to a global uprising. “I …
Read More »NYPD Officer Peter Liang will stand trial for death of unarmed Akai Gurley
Via HuffPost Crime: ‘The manslaughter trial of a New York City police officer who fired the bullet that killed an unarmed black man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project is due to begin on Thursday. Officer Peter Liang is also charged with reckless endangerment, official misconduct and other …
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