Police brutality

Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition banner at daily demonstrations outside police headquarters downtown
Domestic News

Detroit Holds Daily Demonstrations to Denounce Police Brutality and Racism

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff Since May 29, thousands of people in Detroit and surrounding suburbs have held demonstrations in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the overall struggle against racism. Detroit officials responded to […]
George Floyd's brother addresses the UN Human RIghts Council on June 18, 2020
International News

United Nations Human Rights Council Holds Session on Racism in the United States

June 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe “We beseech independent African states to help us bring our problem before the United Nations, on the grounds that the United States Government is morally incapable of protecting the lives and the […]
ILWU Local 10 marching against police terror on May Day 2015, Oakland, California.
Domestic News

Labor Call to Down tools to Honor All Victims of Police Murder

June 13, 2020 fwstaff
By ILWU Local 10 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Coast Longshore Division, representing locals at all 29 West Coast ports, will stop work and lay down their tools on Tuesday, June 9 at […]
Detroit cops attack anti-racist demonstrations
Domestic News

13 Killed and 9,300 Arrested as United States Attempts to Halt National Unrest

June 4, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced in a press conference on June 3 that additional charges would be brought against the Minneapolis police officers involved in the brutal execution of 46-year-old George […]
Abayomi Azikiwe
Domestic News

Trump Fueling Racial Animosity to Stay Another 4 Years in Office: US Analyst

June 2, 2020 fwstaff
 By FW Editorial Staff TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American political analyst based in Detroit said US President Donald Trump is seeking to divide the country through fueling racial animosity between African Americans and whites in […]
George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police
Domestic News

Outrage Mounts Over Racist Police and Vigilante Killings

May 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Four Minneapolis police officers have been terminated from their jobs in the aftermath of the videotaped exposure of the blatant killing of George Floyd. This act of police violence which has no […]
Steven Taylor
Domestic News

San Leandro Police Execute Black Man in Walmart

April 27, 2020 fwstaff
By  Anti Police-Terror Project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2020 Anti Police-Terror Project Contact:  aptpinfo@gmail.com San Leandro Police Execute Black Man in Walmart As white nationalists gather across the country wielding assault rifles in protest […]
Cassie with ICE Kills sign at SF ICE Dentention Center Close the Camps rally
Domestic News

Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly, District 14

December 3, 2019 fwstaff
By  Cassandra Devereaux My name is Cassandra Devereaux and I would like to announce my candidacy for the office of California State Assembly for District 14 under the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. I am […]
Community protest the murder of Ronell Foster by
Domestic News

Whom do police serve, and what do they protect?

October 25, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux A 2014 Washington Post piece has been making the rounds on the internet of late. It bears a title you might hear in a bad Hollywood film from a bloviating villain: “I’m […]
Domestic News

Demonstration Held Condemning Police Killing of African American in Detroit Suburb

August 16, 2019 fwstaff
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 […]