Video

Viral Video Illustrates What’s Wrong With Policing In America

October 18, 2016 Aaron Rupar, www.thinkprogress.org Educate! Policing, United States, Video

By Aaron Rupar for Think Progress - Last Wednesday, a black man was walking down a street in suburban Edina, Minnesota, when a plain clothes officer grabbed him and refused to let go. The officer’s conduct drew the attention of a bystander, who took out her phone and started filming. As the officer forcibly pulls the man toward his police car, he yells, “For what?… You can’t just put your hands on me like this!”

What Police Videos Teach Us About Wars

October 18, 2016 David Swanson, www.worldbeyondwar.org Educate! police murder, Video

By David Swanson for World Beyond War - Before people had an easy way to see video footage of police murders, headlines crediting the police with just and noble actions couldn’t be effectively questioned. We’re still back there in the dark ages when it comes to war murders, but we can overcome the lack of quickly shared videos if we choose to. When the headlines celebrate some sort of “victory” in Mosul or anywhere else, we can point out that the videos of people being blown up in their houses would be truly horrific if we had them. This is not, after all, a point on which there can actually be any question.

ACLU Condemns Arrests Of Organizer And State Representative

September 5, 2016 American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, www.urbanmilwaukee.com Resist! Arrest, Police abuse, Video

By American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. “The Milwaukee Police Department has once again demonstrated its preference for occupation, excessive force and belligerence over genuine engagement, civil dialog, and de-escalation,” said Larry Dupuis, Legal Director of the ACLU of Wisconsin. “People have a right to stand on a street corner – to observe and record the police, as Jarrett was doing, or for any other reason. Unfortunately, rather than protecting people and their rights, law enforcement in this community all too often engages in the sort of destructive behavior to which Jarrett and Jonathan were subjected last night. Although no one deserves to be treated like this, the police made the mistake this time of abusing people who were in a position to insist on their rights.” Jarrett English said, “The situation was confusing, because I really did not know what I was being arrested for. It was embarrassing and dehumanizing . . . "

Jurors Ask About Jury Nullification

December 20, 2015 Patrick Browne, www.pressfirtruth.ca Resist! Criminal Justice, Jury Nullification, Police, Video

By Patrick Browne for Press for Truth. Twenty-eight year old James Cleaveland was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct back in 2014, after a state trooper had instructed him to walk away from an incident that involved a standoff with a man who had a gun. The 4-1/2-hour standoff with the man eventually ended with him allegedly shooting and killing himself. Cleaveland was told by the trooper to back up and to go around the corner of a building while they were dealing with the incident. Audio recording from the event allegedly demonstrated that Cleaveland had clearly stated that he wasn't resisting arrest. The trial finally came to an end this week, with a hung jury on one charge and a not guilty verdict on the other.

New App For Police Encounters By The ACLU

November 8, 2015 the ACLU of Maryland, www.aclu-md.org Resist! ACLU, Police abuse, Police violence, Video

By the ACLU of Maryland. Denial is over. Videos of police encounters are changing perceptions about biased policing and police brutality and sparking reform of police practices. That's why the ACLU has launched Mobile Justice, an app that makes it easy for you to record interactions with police. It'll be available for download in Maryland, as well as 10 more states on Friday, November 13! The Mobile Justice app (for iPhone and Android) will allow you to take secure video of police interactions and send it to the ACLU so it cannot be deleted or lost if your phone is confiscated by police. It will also have an intake survey where you can describe the details of the incident, and a Know Your Rights section that offers an overview of your rights when stopped by law enforcement.

Man Who Recorded Freddie Gray Video Arrested

May 1, 2015 Carlos Millerin, www.photographyisnotacrime.com Resist! Police abuse, Video

The man who recorded one of two videos showing Baltimore cops dragging a screaming Freddie Gray into the back of a police van was arrested Thursday night, two days after voicing concerns that police were trying to intimidate him by plastering his photo all over the news, saying they wanted to interview him. The law caught up to him Thursday night, handcuffing him and two friends at gunpoint during a traffic stop that involved two police helicopters, one armored car, a police SUV and plenty of military looking cops with guns. “It looked like something out of a video game,” he said during a telephone interview withPhotography is Not a Crime Early this morning. “We asked them why are we being detained. They said it was because we made an illegal turn.” That illegal turn, according to police, consisted of the driver using a left turn signal to make a right turn, which Moore finds very dubious. Moore said he did not have identification on him, but when he told them his name, a flash of recognition crossed their faces and they ordered the paddy wagon.

VIDEO: 310,000 Storm NYC For Climate March

September 22, 2014 Dennis Trainer Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Acronym TV, Climate Change, Dennis Trainor Jr, Video

The People's Climate March had at least 310,000 people attending. The following is an Acronym TV dispatch by Dennis Trainer featuring interviews with Immortal Technique (Hip Hop legend), Kshama Sawant (Socialist City Council member, Jill Stein (for Green Party Presidential candidate), Pat Scanlon (Vets for Peace), Art, Shegonee (Federation of United Tribes), and other artists, activist, children, and street revelers. Could this be the beginning of a new chapter for the Climate movement?

Preserve The Evidence: Activists Guide To Video Archiving

August 31, 2014 Staff, www.http://archiveguide.witness.org/ Strategize! Media, Police abuse, Video

As we have seen recently with the police abuse cases across the country and as we saw during the occupy encampments, citizens video is critical not just to creating our own media but for documenting what occurs. Repeatedly citizens video has the made the difference between whether people are aware an injustice occurred and has been critical evidence in achieving justice. This guide describes how video should be archived. Who is this Guide for? You are a human rights activist, a small or grassroots human rights organization, or media collective; You are creating or collecting digital video to document human rights abuses or issues, and; You want to make sure that the video documentation you have created or collected can be used for advocacy, as evidence, for education or historical memory - not just now but into the future.... But you are not sure where to begin, or you are stuck on a particular problem. If this is you, then this Guide is for you.

Greenpeace Movie Pulled from YouTube

July 12, 2014 Jon Queally, www.commondreams.org Educate! Arctic, Greenpeace, Lego, Protest, shell, Video

After initially having Greenpeace's super viral “Lego Movie” parody pulled from YouTube, Warner Bros. has withdrawn its complaint and the clip has been put back up on the video site. The video, which drowns characters from WB's mega-hit film in oil, was made as a protest against the toy company's $116 million sponsorship deal with Shell Oil. It had reached over 3 million views on YouTube in just a couple of days, before it was taken down late Thursday. UPDATE (1:02 PM EST): Statement sent by Greenpeace to its member regarding the banned video: It looks like LEGO and its corporate pals are more offended by a video than by the idea of Shell’s plan to drill for Arctic oil. Despite the real risk of a terrible and unstoppable oil spill in icy, pristine waters, Shell is determined to plunder every last drop of oil it can. Just like it’s not OK for a tobacco company to market to children, an oil company has no place promoting its brand on kids’ toys. So that's why we’re asking LEGO to show the world - and our children - that an ethical company won't work with Shell.

In Iraq, U.S. Is The Problem…

June 27, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Government, Iraq, Syria, Video, Wars and Militarism

The oil rich country of Iraq is facing a possible collapse. Again. Sunni militants, largely shut out of the new government installed by the U.S. after our illegally invasion and occupation are overtaking large parts of Iraq in a quickly developing story. U.S. foreign policy seems to lack the imagination to do anything but intervene militarily. How that intervention takes shape, whether it be in aid, advising, air strikes, boots on the ground, or the kind of shock and awe only a Nobel peace prize winning Commander in chief can deliver remains to be seen. Joining Dennis on Acronym TV this week to discuss the situation in Iraq are Lila Garrett and Dr. Dennis Loo. Lila Garret is a two time Emmy winner for her work in TV comedy as a writer/producer. For her progressive political activism, in 1991 she was the recipient of Senator Barbara Boxer’s WOMEN MAKING HISTORY AWARD. . In 2004 she was So. Cal. Chair of the Kucinich for President campaign. For the last 9 years she has hosted the radio political talk show, “Connect the Dots” heard every Monday morning at 7 on Pacifica’s KPFK in Los Angeles and on line atKPFK.org.

Does U.S. Have A Moral Obligation To Iraqis?

June 25, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Human Rights, Solidarity, Syria, Video, Wars and Militarism

Lila Garrett with Dennis Trainor, Jr in part one of Acronym TV this week. ~Topics Discussed ~ ISIS in Iraq, Barack Obama as a War President, The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Litigating the past and planning for the future, The sitcom All in the Family (and what would Meathead and Archie do now?), and Satire as a tool for the peace movement

NEW VIDEO: Justice For Aboriginals – It’s Time

June 15, 2014 Staff, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Educate! colonization, First Nations, Indigenous Rights, Video

Why don’t you people just get over it? Well, umm…. Hello? That’s the gist of this video put together by Canada’s largest labor union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which celebrated National Aboriginal Day on June 21 by launching a new campaign,Justice for Aboriginal Peoples—It’s Time! “Aboriginal Peoples in this country have endured centuries of oppression and face many challenges in their struggle for justice. This struggle is not only for the First Peoples of this nation to take on,” the union says on its site. “Treaties were signed between First Nations and the Government of Canada—the people we elected to represent us. So we all have a responsibility to ensure that the terms and conditions of those treaties are met.”

CODE PINK Mocks Egyptian Dictator Sisi Outside Of US Chamber Of Commerce

April 16, 2014 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance Resist! CODE PINK, Egypt, Video

The Egyptian military government is one that US corporations should not do business with: “No more business as usual.” That was the message of a CODE PINK protest inside and outside of the US Chamber of Commerce when the Egyptian Finance Minister, Hany Kadry Dimian, was speaking. CODE PINK described the Egyptian government as the “Egyptian Junta” and expressed their solidarity with Egyptian people who want real democracy not a military dictatorship. Since the military took over in July 2013 over 2,000 people have been killed who have protested the government; and 16,000 protesters have been imprisoned. Outside the Chamber of Commerce CODE PINK mocked General Sisi, the dictator of Egypt, who recently resigned his position in the military to run for president in an election that very few will be legitimate. CODE PINK has started a twitter handle for the election of Sisi: #VoteForThePimp

Mobilizing For The Common: Some Lessons From Italy

April 14, 2014 Jerome Roos, www.roarmag.org Strategize! Austerity, Guaranteed income, Housing, Video

Saturday’s protest in Rome was the latest in a series of actions around a common project. What can organizers elsewhere learn from Italy’s movements? "The Italian movements may provide us with at least one clue on where to start: by sitting down together and carefully spelling out a common project behind which disparate political groups, autonomous movements and isolated individuals can unite. What is needed is a single banner capable of sustaining a broad popular coalition behind a set of shared aims and principles." Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Rome this Saturday to denounce the austerity measures and economic reforms of Matteo Renzi’s new government and to restate their call for income, housing and dignity for all.

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