Public Opinion Is On The Side Of The Protests. That’s New.
Americans support the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds, with most viewing Floyd’s death as part of a…
American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy
Alex S. Vitale has had a busy week. The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American…
Al Sharpton Announces March On Washington In August
Sharpton announced the plan Thursday while delivering a eulogy for Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly…
Police Budgets Have Long Been Untouchable. That Could Change.
Chants to “Defund the police!” have reverberated around the country, from New York City to Minneapolis and through the streets of Los Angeles, as thousands of people protested racist police…
White House Security Barred Clergy From Holding Vigil Outside Church
Federal security forces blocked clergy from having a prayer vigil in front of a Washington, D.C., church on Wednesday ― the same church that President Donald Trump freely strode up…
Law Enforcement Seizes Masks Meant To Protect Anti-Racist Protesters From COVID-19
WASHINGTON ― Law enforcement agents have seized hundreds of cloth masks that read “Stop killing Black people” and “Defund police” that a Black Lives Matter-affiliated organization sent to cities around…
States Have Put 54 New Restrictions On Peaceful Protests Since Ferguson
The historic wave of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd has spurred a new debate over the legitimacy of political violence as some demonstrators have turned to vandalism,…
DC Mayor Has ‘Black Lives Matter’ Painted On Street Leading To White House
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has decided to send a message to the White House that Black lives matter. On Friday, she had people paint the words “Black Lives Matter”…
Trump’s Occupation Of D.C. Fuels Calls For Statehood
The District of Columbia faced an overwhelming federal law enforcement presence this week as its residents protested police brutality against Black people. And the district could do little to stop…
James Mattis’ incredible excoriation of Trump, annotated
Mattis has avoided directly criticizing Trump since his ouster in December 2018, but that changed after the administration used strong-arm tactics and dispatched authorities in riot gear to clear peaceful…