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George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper

June 5, 2020

Trevor shares his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, the protests in Minneapolis, the dominos of racial injustice and police brutality, and how the contract between society and black Americans has been broken time and time again. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #GeorgeFloyd

LL Cool J Raps About George Floyd and Black Lives Matter

June 5, 2020

"For 400 years you had your knees on our necks ... "

Trey Songz - 2020 Riots: How Many Times

June 5, 2020

How many more marches? How many more signs? How many more lives?

George Floyd: Killer Mike Makes Emotional Speech About Protests

June 5, 2020

A rapper and activist speaks truth from the heart

June 5, 2020

“We Need You to Fight for Us to Breathe”

April Sims The Stand

Organized labor is a direct threat to white supremacy. We need to put that threat into action.

June 5, 2020

DeRay Mckesson on the 8 Reforms That Could Dramatically Reduce Police Violence

Alex Shultz GQ Magazine

Campaign Zero has a concrete, data-backed proposal for changing how police departments use force.

June 5, 2020

Movement to Defund Police Gains 'Unprecedented' Support Across US

Sam Levin The Guardian

Activists say the way to stop police brutality and killings is to cut law enforcement budgets and reinvest in services. Some lawmakers now agree.

June 6, 2020

Don’t Understand the Protests? What You’re Seeing is People Pushed to the Edge

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Times

Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible — even if you’re choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it’s everywhere.

labor

June 4, 2020

ATU Local 689 Statement on Black Lives Matter

ATU Local 689

This uprising is the result of repeated failures by leaders to take the problem seriously. This country has a 20% unemployment rate, a global pandemic, and racist police institutions. Ignoring these root causes of unrest won't make them go away.

books

June 3, 2020

5 Ways to Leave Behind the “Warrior Cop” Mentality

Norm Stamper Yes! Magazine

In this review from five years ago, a retired Seattle Police Department official writes about a book that addresses some of the problems of U.S. policing as an institution. Both the strengths and weaknesses of this review are revelatory.

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