"Nonviolence Chicago’s workers are guided by Martin Luther King’s principles and defuse conflict through mediation rather than by force. Whenever there is a shooting, outreach workers arrive at the scene within 30 minutes to advocate against retaliation — and even when they insert themselves in potentially dangerous situations, they do not wear bullet proof vests and refuse to carry weapons."
https://truthout.org/articles/community-peacemakers-in-chicago-offer-a-proven-alternative-to-policing/
He decided to take the bus downtown to talk with the officers. David, who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, wore his Navy sweatshirt and Navy wrestling hat, thinking they’d respect him because of he was a veteran.
“I thought the clothing would be a shield,” he said. “Turns out it had zero effect. They didn’t care.”
“I stood my ground at that point and just stayed there … I did nothing provocative. They just started wailing on me with batons [...] I wanted to ask them about the oath they took. Everyone was screaming. No one heard me. Then one of the officers hit me hit me and kept hitting me. It didn’t seem like any of them were trained for this. [...] Those officers were small. They seemed scared. They had no tactics, just seemed like a gang.”
https://truthout.org/articles/navy-veteran-speaks-out-after-being-attacked-by-secret-police-in-portland/
Seattle yesterday.
Watch as this unarmed person runs into frame, not a threat to anyone, gets pepper-sprayed in the face multiple times at point blank range, is violently thrown to the ground, then carried off and appears unresponsive.
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-disappeared-thousands
Читать полностью…Portland is out in huge numbers tonight. Live multistreams right now on http://twitch.tv/woke
Читать полностью…"DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS
do NOT try and play mind games with them, do NOT try and get info from them, their job is to use everything you say against you and to trick you into giving actionable or prosecutable information. invoke your right to remain silent and lawyer up.
this brochure from the CLDC is applicable to US law enforcement agents and officers including federal agents."
Source: https://twitter.com/swarmferal/status/1285297154651615233
Strike for Black Lives.
- IWW cartoon from July 1919 by "Sam," showing the popular leviathan of the general strike destroy the carceral state
https://libcom.org/blog/international-solidarity-social-revolution-rojava-22072020
Читать полностью…https://www.lawfareblog.com/dhs-authorizes-domestic-surveillance-protect-statues-and-monuments
Читать полностью…During a three-hour proceeding, Brennan told Grace that it was in her best interest to stay in the program after all of the progress she had been making.
"Give yourself a chance to follow through and finish something," Brennan said, according to the Detroit News. "The right thing is for you and your mom to be separated for right now."
Grace, however, told the judge that she wanted to go home: "I miss my mom. I can control myself. I can be obedient."
"Even in places far removed from the border, deep into the interior of the country, immigration officials enjoy broad—though not limitless—powers. Specifically, federal regulations give U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authority to operate within 100 miles of any U.S. "external boundary."
In this 100-mile zone, Border Patrol agents have certain additional authorities. For instance, Border Patrol can operate immigration checkpoints."
https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone
#Portland - After the crowd successfully broke through the boarded up federal courthouse and broked some windows, federal agents have begun chasing protestors through the streets, using plenty of teargas as well as firing pepper balls and other munitions: https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/1285479448565800960
Читать полностью…CALL TO ACTION
against the feds and their world
in solidarity with those resisting in portland
https://itsgoingdown.org/july-25th-day-of-action/
https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist/status/1285071657208385536 #Portland It's afraid!
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