Police Murders

U.S. Systemic Racism: From Slavery to George Floyd and Tyre Nichols

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Racism, The War at Home

by Malik Miah, published on Socialist Action, March 9, 2023 Tyre Nichols, 29, was murdered by police in yet another modern-day lynching in Memphis, Tennessee on January 7. The city is nearly 70 percent African American, including a Black female police chief. What was unexpected and a surprise to many is that the five police officers were all African American.[…]

Capitalism in Black and Blue

February 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, Racism

by John Parker, published on Black Agenda Report, February 8, 2023 Policing is inextricably linked to racism and to capitalism. There are two very frightening realities faced by the capitalist ruling class – their smaller numbers in relation to the majority, and their inability to derive profit without exploited human labor. Since they are the sole owners of the means[…]

Protesting for Jayland Walker

July 8, 2022 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Anti-Imperialism, Police Brutality, Racism, White Supremacy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 6. 2022 The number of bullets used to kill Jayland Walker have sparked an outcry, but police kill one Black person every day in this country. If systemic change is not the demand all protest is for naught. Jayland Walker was killed by police in Akron, Ohio when he was shot more[…]

Gun Violence Starts at the Top

April 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Gun Violence, Militarism, U.S. Aggression

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 21, 2021 If the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit. “No one should be surprised when a well-armed population makes use of their personal arsenals.” Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough[…]

Justice for Walter Wallace!

October 31, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Police Brutality

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, October 27, 2020 Outrage over the police killing of Walter Wallace, Jr., a Black husband, father, son, and twin, erupted throughout his West Philadelphia neighborhood on Oct. 26, as news of the incident spread. Wallace was shot multiple times by police on his block in front of his mother and neighbors who frantically[…]

The Role of Police in Gentrification

September 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Political Corruption, War on the Poor

by Brenden Beck, published on Consortium News, September 24, 2020 A lawsuit alleges Breonna Taylor died because Louisville was trying to arrest its way toward economic redevelopment. Research shows this is common. This piece is a commentary, part of The Appeal’s collection of opinion and analysis. The circumstances surrounding Breonna Taylor’s killing by police in Louisville, Kentucky, are by now[…]

Protests for Daniel Prude in second week in Rochester, N.Y.

September 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Protest, Resistance

by R.J. Red, published on Workers World, September 15, 2020 Sept. 13 – Nearly six months ago, Daniel Prude was murdered by police officers in Rochester, N.Y., while experiencing a mental health crisis. Initially, the details of the case were swept under the rug by Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary and Mayor Lovely Warren. However, on Sept. 2, body camera[…]

NBA Strike Explodes into Sportswide Protest Against Police Shooting of Jacob Blake

August 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Featured, Protest, Racism, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, August 27, 2020 Kenosha, Wis., became the epicenter of the anti-racist struggle after a 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back at point-blank range by a white police officer on Aug. 23. Kenosha is 40 miles from Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s biggest city. A recorded video showed that the unarmed[…]