Portland (AFP) – Bev Barnum never imagined what she was setting in motion when she posted a message online last week after coming across a video of federal officers in Portland, Oregon, pulling a protester into an unmarked car. “It said something to the effect of, ‘I don’t know if […]
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Peaceful Protesters Targeted By Wave Of Vehicle-Ramming Attacks
Protesters ran for their lives early Saturday as a man drove past a police barricade and barreled toward them in the wrong direction on a closed stretch of a Seattle freeway, where they had been peacefully demonstrating against police brutality. His car struck 32-year-old Diaz Love and 24-year-old Summer Taylor, […]
Hong Kong’s protesters ‘prepare for long fight’ as China tightens grip
Riot police detain people protesting against new security law: REUTERS Despite the sweltering summer temperatures, a cold new atmosphere settled on Hong on Thursday. Local businesses around the city were cowed into tearing down the posters on their walls supporting the pro-democracy movement and the “Lennon Wall” post-it notes scrawled […]
‘Beat it, little f***er.’ Officers laugh after shooting rubber bullets at protesters.
Warning: This article contains profane language. Fort Lauderdale police officers laughed and celebrated after shooting protesters with rubber bullets at a May 31 George Floyd rally in Fort Lauderdale, newly released body camera footage shows. “Beat it, little f***er,” Detective Zachary Baro, leader of a Fort Lauderdale SWAT team unit, […]
How the FBI Is Using T-Shirts, Online Shopping Accounts, and Tattoos to Track Down Protesters
The phrase “Keep the Immigrants, Deport the Racists” appears all over Etsy. Variations on the saying are proudly emblazoned on coffee cups, pins, leggings, and even needlepoint. T-shirts with Black Power fists bursting through the midsection or with thoughtfully designed fonts or squished American flags all carry the message, too. […]