Police brutality

At Watertown Pride July 27, 2024
Domestic News

Wisconsin Pride Activists Support Palestine

July 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Dorothy Brown, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement On July 27, a Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WI BOPM) delegation participated in the 3rd Annual Watertown Pride. WI BOPM helped to promote the […]
Vickie Camille speaks at DCPTA press conference
Domestic News

Detroit Press Conference on Continuing Law-Enforcement Misconduct

July 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe St. Peter’s Episcopal Church was the scene of an extended press conference held by the Detroit Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability (DCPTA) on July 24. The DCPTA was founded in July […]
Julia Wright on the Trump assassination attempt
Domestic News

Bread, circuses…and assassination attempts

July 26, 2024 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Minutes after the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin said to a passer-by that “he was too big, too excited, certainly high on something”. The police officer’s defense was early on that […]
WSU students say 'No Genocide on Our Dime'
Domestic News

Detroit’s Wayne State U Encampment Shut Down by Police

June 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After seven full days of an encampment at the center of Wayne State University in Detroit, campus police raided and removed the encampment which has demanded the complete divestment from corporations which […]
SJP WSU encampment
Domestic News

State Repression and Palestine Solidarity

May 31, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A nationally coordinated effort to shut down Palestine solidarity encampments across the United States on university and college campuses has further exposed the links between imperialism and the ongoing genocide which has […]
Nahel (l) and his mother
International News

NAHEL’S FRANCE: NEO COLONIALIZED AND PAN AFRICAN VOICES SPEAK UP

July 15, 2023 fwstaff
By Julia Wright Two days ago, my client told me he was thinking of committing suicide because his profession has been attacked for two to three weeks now even though he is convinced he acted […]
France struck by rebellion after police killing of North African youth
International News

Police Brutality, Racism and Poverty Underlie Youth Rebellion in France

July 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A 17-year-old youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent named Nahel M was gunned down by the French police on June 27 sparking a nationwide series of mass demonstrations and rebellions throughout the […]
French victim's mother of police killing
International News

France Erupts in Rebellion After Police Killing of North African Youth

July 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A young person was brutally shot to death during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27 prompting mass demonstrations and rebellions in various areas in France. On […]
Domestic News

Justice for Nizar Banat: National Tour for Palestine

June 18, 2023 fwstaff
  By Fighting Words staff Supporters of Palestine liberation gathered in Detroit tonight to hear the brother of slain Palestinian activist Nizar Banat and members of Lawyers for Justice who are touring the United States. […]
Atlanta Cop City banner at City Council meeting on June 5, 2023
Domestic News

Atlanta Struggle to Stop “Cop City” Continues After Council Approval

June 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There is much at stake for the ruling class and its law-enforcement surrogates in the mass campaign taking place in Dekalb County, Georgia to prevent the construction and operation of a police […]