By Abayomi Azikiwe Over 100 people gathered outside police headquarters in a suburban municipality east of Detroit to demonstrate against the failure of local authorities to hold several police officers accountable in the shooting death […]
By Debra Simmons What should happen to a police officer, a detective and a prosecuting attorney that conspired to send a 14-year-old youth to prison for a quadruple murder he did not commit? Sadly, quite […]
By Fighting Words Staff – Rockford, IL In April 2016, Ryan Mattingly and Alijon Khalil murdered Valentia Jovan Fresco while working private security at Auburn Manor in Rockford, Illinois. Fresco, who was a beloved son, […]
By Fighting Words Staff – Rockford, IL An emotional court session held on April 11 explained, for the first time, a more detailed timeline of the killing of Valentia Jovan Fresco. It has been nearly […]
By Chris Fry On April 1, hundreds of Chicago cops demonstrated outside the downtown Chicago offices of Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx, a Black woman who was elected to her position in November 2016. […]
By Fighting Words Staff – Chicago On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, over 150 activists gathered in 10-degree weather to march in protest and to reflect on years of the struggle to secure some justice […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe France has once again been the scene of the gilet jaunes (yellow vests) demonstrations against the worsening social conditions of workers under the neoliberal policies of La Republique en Marche government of […]
By Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade SHARE WIDELY – RCMP have invaded and occupied our territory and are working to establish a police detachment on Gidumt’en territory without the consent of our people. Our chiefs have entered into […]
By Cassandra Devereaux On November 30, the City Council of Oakland, California, voted to approve a raise of 12.5 percent for the officers of the Oakland Police Department. They did this quickly and without soliciting […]
By Jason Lambert Roanoke, Virginia — The struggle for justice for Kionte Spencer exposed the entire system. It showed us in Roanoke how things really run in this system, as well as the power of […]
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