By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been additional information which contradicts the state and local authorities’ statements in Atlanta, Georgia where an environmental activist was gunned down by the police. An independent autopsy requested by the […]
By Julia Wright For Keziah Nuissier, Madly Etile and Mumia Abu-Jamal, Three generations of anti environmental racism warriors who never met but who by breaking silence organically interconnect their struggle For our young ancestors, Tortuguita. […]
By National Conference of Black Lawyers The National Conference of Black Lawyers extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old son and father who was viciously murdered by Memphis police officers. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the midwestern city of Columbus, Ohio, 20-year-old Donovan Lewis was shot to death while lying in his bed during the early morning hours of August 30. Police claimed they were serving […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has been over a month since the police execution of Jayland Walker, 25, in Akron, Ohio on June 27. After public outrage over the death of Walker, who was shot 46 […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Protests have continued in Akron, Ohio after the June 27 police killing of Jayland Walker, 25, who had 90 bullets fired at him by officers, 60 of those rounds struck the victim. […]
By Fighting Words Staff Detroit Will Breathe co-founder Tristan Taylor pleaded no contest before the Macomb County Court to misdemeanor resisting and obstructing, which will be erased from his record after a 6 month non-reporting […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Patrick Lyoya, 26, an African immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was shot in the back of the head by patrolman Christopher Schurr on April 4. This act of police […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe This is a link to the police bodycam video of the encounter with Patrick Lyoya which led to his death: (18) Bodycam footage from fatal Grand Rapids police shooting of Patrick Lyoya […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Amir Locke, a 22-year-old African American youth, was shot to death on February 2 in his bed by a Minneapolis SWAT team which entered his apartment without a warrant. Locke was not […]
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