Michael Brown

Racist Murder in America: Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and the Pandemic

May 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Racism

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, May 26, 2020 Black Georgia jogger, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, was murdered in cold blood by three white racists on February 23. Arbery’s family attorneys, led by Benjamin Crump, have charged that his murder was premeditated. Local police, on the scene soon after the murder, accepted the testimony of the killers. They were considered[…]

The Conviction of Amber Guyger and Fear of a ‘Racial Powder Keg’

October 8, 2019 UNAC Editor Police Corruption, Racism, Resistance

By Makasi Motema posted on Workers World, October 8, 2019 Five years after the murder of Michael Brown, the people have achieved an apparent victory: the indictment, conviction and impending imprisonment of a white police officer for the murder of an unarmed Black man. Botham Jean, 26 years old, was gunned down in his own apartment in Dallas, Texas, by[…]