State Violence

Rosselló’s Gone, But Puerto Rico’s Fight Against Police Repression Continues

July 27, 2019 Marisol LeBrón and Mari Mari Narváez, Truthout.org Resist! Class Struggle, Protests, Puerto Rico, Repression, State Violence

On Monday night, protesters were gathered outside of the governor’s mansion in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as they had been for more than a week, in order to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. Although the protesters had been demonstrating in a peaceful manner all evening, around 10 pm, the police suddenly announced that a few protesters had become “aggressive” and then used their own claims as a pretext for a brutal crackdown. The police told members of the crowd that they had 10 minutes to evacuate before the police would start firing tear gas and forcibly removing protesters.

Beyond Moral Persuasion In The Struggle For Migrant And Refugee Justice

July 23, 2019 William I. Robinson, Versobooks.com Educate! Immigration, Refugees, Repression, State Violence

The United States is currently ground zero in the war against migrants and refugees waged by the global police state. Yet, it is also central to the resistance to that war. Yet, this resistance has so far been driven mainly by a moral outrage and appeals to social justice. In this essay, William I. Robinson offers 5 thesis to considerations necessary to put forward an analysis of the political and structural forces that drive the war against migrants and refugees. The United States is currently ground zero in the war against migrants and refugees waged by the global police state.

Colombia Worldwide Protests Called Against Murder Of Colombian Social Leaders

July 23, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Colombia, Protests, Repression, State Violence

The Defenders of Peace Movement said Monday that in the last one month at least 10 social leaders were killed in Colombia and called for an international march on July 26 in protest of the murders. “We invite all citizens to walk with us and make a presence in the events scheduled for that day for the life of those who defend life and peace in the territories,” the organization said in a statement. Another social leader was killed in Colombia last week. Humberto Diaz was a community leader and president of the Community Action Board of the Guadalupe District. He was shot by intruders in his home.

Police Turn Violent In Massive Protests In Hong Kong Over Controversial Extradition Bill

June 14, 2019 Christopher Bodeen, AP Resist! China, police brutality, Protests, Reform, State Violence

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police fired tear gas and high-pressure water hoses against protesters who had massed outside government headquarters Wednesday in opposition to a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control and erosion of civil liberties in the semiautonomous territory. The afternoon violence marked a major escalation in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s biggest political crisis in years. It came after protesters earlier in the day forced the delay of a legislative debate over the bill...

NYPD Apologizes For 1969 Raid Of Stonewall Inn

June 8, 2019 Jennifer Peltz, AP.org Create! History, NYPD, State Violence

NEW YORK — Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York’s police commissioner apologized Tuesday for what his department did. “The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple,” Commissioner James O’Neill said during a briefing at police headquarters. “The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive,” he added. “And for that, I apologize.” The apology comes weeks ahead of the milestone anniversary of the raid and the rebellion it sparked the night of June 27-28, 1969...

A Michigan College-Bound Student Was Among The 35 Beheaded By Saudi Arabia

April 26, 2019 Tyler Huckabee, Relevantmagazine.com Educate! Higher Education, Michigan, Saudi Arabia, State Violence, Students

Mujtaba al-Sweikat was only 17 years old when he was detained by the Saudi Arabian government in 2012 for the alleged crime of attending a pro-democracy rally. He’d been planning on leaving the country to attend Western Michigan University, where he’d been accepted as a student, and was in fact detained at the airport as he was preparing to board an international flight to the United States. But al-Sweikat was convicted based on a confession extracted via torture and beheaded on Tuesday along with more than 35 other men who were executed for various crimes — most having to do with pro-democracy demonstrations and denouncing the authoritarian regime, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

US & Its Afghan Trainees Now Killing More Civilians Than The Taliban

April 26, 2019 By Alexander Rubinstein, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Afghanistan, State Violence, Trump Administration, US Imperialism

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — For the first time in recorded history, the U.S. and the Afghan government, whose forces are trained by Americans, killed more civilians than did the Taliban in the first quarter of 2019, according to a United Nations report. Increased bombing campaigns by the U.S. and increasingly reckless search operations by pro-government forces have fueled the trend reversal. While the U.S. war in Afghanistan was bloodiest in its infancy, little data is available until 2009, when the UN started keeping track of civilian casualties and the U.S. started accounting for the bombs and munitions it drops on the country.

Puerto Ricans Are Resisting Policing As A Solution To Crisis

April 25, 2019 Anton Woronczuk, Truthout.org Resist! Police, Puerto Rico, State Violence

In Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico, author Marisol LeBrón shows how Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship with the U.S. has shaped policing in the archipelago as a form of “colonial crisis management.” Her new book exposes the ways policing harms marginalized communities and deepens social inequality. In this interview, LeBrón discusses the legacy of punitive “solutions” and the various ways Puerto Ricans are challenging state violence and building alternative forms of justice.

Urgent-Colombia Minga Betrayed, Uribe Defends Possible Massacre Of Protesters

April 11, 2019 Staff, Afgj.org Resist! Colombia, Indigenous Peoples, State Violence

The Alliance for Global Justice is saddened and enraged that Colombia’s President Iván Duque, just 200 yards away, decided to abandon his visit with indigenous and popular movement leaders in Cauca. After weeks of protests for land rights and against political violence, the government had reached preliminary accords to address the concerns. President Duque was supposed to finalize the accords on Tuesday, April 9 2016.

Over 450 Brazilian Jurists Call For Release Of Lula

March 30, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Brazil, Electoral Politics, State Violence

A manifesto signed by 464 Brazilian jurists calls for the release of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been held as a political prisoner since April 7, 2018, after being sentenced on the second instance for passive corruption and money laundering without any evidence against him. The document is addressed to the ministers of the Fifth Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Felix Fischer, Jorge Mussi, Reynaldo Soares da Fonseca and Ribeiro Dantas. In the text, jurists point out that Lula is a victim of injustice and violence practiced by the state.

Venezuela: Communication Minister Shows Truth Of Border Violence

February 26, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Border, Latin America, State Violence, Venezuela

On Sunday, Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Jorge Rodriguez revealed the truth of the violence on the Simon Bolivar-Venezuela border bridge. His revelations show the falsification of reports by mainstream media related to Saturday’s violence. "We have to denounce to the world the immense and powerful operation of false flags attacking Venezuela," stated the Bolivarian politician. Rodriguez revealed videos made from the protests which evidently shows that the burning of the two vehicles, which the mainstream media blamed on members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), which occurred on the Colombian side, but was in fact caused by Molotov cocktails thrown by opposition youths, or Guarimbas.

Dakota Prayer Ride And Water Walk

January 3, 2019 Stephanie Dodaro, Nativenewsonline.net Resist! History, Indigenous Peoples, State Violence

MANKATO, Minn. — On Wednesday, the Dakota Prayer Ride and Water Walk reached its destination, Mankato’s Reconciliation Park, concluding the ceremony that started in Sisseton, South Dakota on December 10. The 17-day walk and ride, organized by women of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, followed the path their ancestors took fleeing the 1862 Dakota Uprising. Participants joined the 38+2 Wokiksuye (Memorial) Ride, the overnight Mankato Run from Fort Snelling, well wishers, and dignitaries including Lakota spiritual leader Arvol Looking Horse and Minnesota Governor-elect Tim Walz for a ceremony honoring the people.

Banishing Truth

December 26, 2018 By Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com Educate! Journalism, State Violence

The investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, in his memoir “Reporter,” describes a moment when as a young reporter he overheard a Chicago cop admit to murdering an African-American man. The murdered man had been falsely described by police as a robbery suspect who had been shot while trying to avoid arrest. Hersh frantically called his editor to ask what to do. “The editor urged me to do nothing,” he writes. “It would be my word versus that of all the cops involved, and all would accuse me of lying. The message was clear: I did not have a story. But of course I did.” He describes himself as “full of despair at my weakness and the weakness of a profession that dealt so easily with compromise and self-censorship.”

Eight Year Old Boy Dies In Immigrant Detention On Christmas Day

December 26, 2018 Nomaan Merchant, Apnews.com Educate! Detention Centers, Immigration, Migrant Children, State Violence, Undocumented

HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump’s request for border wall funding. The boy, identified by Guatemalan authorities as Felipe Gómez Alonzo, had been in CBP’s custody with his father, Agustin Gomez, since Dec. 18. CBP said in a statement late Tuesday that an agent first noticed the boy had a cough and “glossy eyes” at about 9 a.m. Monday.

After 7 Year Old Migrant’s Death US Investigates, Call For End To Child Detention

December 26, 2018 Staff, Ohchr.org Resist! Children, Immigration, Investigation, Migrant Children, Murder, State Violence

GENEVA (24 December 2018) ‑ A UN expert* today expressed his deep concern about the death of a seven-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl while she was in the custody of immigration authorities in the US. The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, called for a thorough investigation into how Jakelin Ameí Caal died. He also emphasised that the US should stop detaining children based on their migratory status. Although there have been different versions on the sequence of events and the health status of Jakelin, it is not disputed that the girl died in custody of US Customs and Border Protection...

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