Hundreds of Vehicle Ramming Attacks Mark New Norm in America’s Civil Unrest

There were 104 separate incidents of drivers crashing into protests between May 27, the date of the George Floyd killing, and September 5, including 96 civilians and 8 police vehicles.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Civil Unrest United States

Last week a black pickup truck plowed into a large crowd of anti-racist demonstrators protesting the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Hollywood. Video of the incident shows the driver hit a young man, subsequently accelerating over his body to escape a crowd converging on him. In Seattle, a man in a black sedan car barreled into a large

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$15,000 Bail for Breonna Taylor Killers. $1 Million Bail for People Protesting Police Violence

The lenient treatment that Brett Hankinson and other killer cops have received is in direct contrast to those protesting police violence.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod

Brett Hankinson, the sole Louisville police officer indicted Wednesday over his role in the killing of African-American ER technician Breonna Taylor, posted his $15,000 bail within hours of being booked. Hankinson is being indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment over the March 13 incident, where a squad of police conducted a no-knock raid

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Kenosha Sheriff’s Racist Rant Follows Pattern of Fraternizing with White Supremacists

In 2018, Sheriff David Beth went on a bizarre eugenics rant, claiming that the police’s job should be to stop “these males” from “getting ten other women pregnant and having small children,” among other troubling comments he made on video.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Police Shooting Wisconsin

The Kenosha Police Department has come under heavy scrutiny in recent days after one of its officers shot Jacob Blake multiple times in the back at close range. Later, after protests erupted, its officers stood shoulder-to-shoulder with local militia, one of whom — a 17-year-old boy — would go on to shoot three people, returning to police lines,

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Police Told Right-Wing Kenosha Killer “We Appreciate You” Just Before Deadly Shootings

Coordination between police and far-right groups is far from abnormal but as yesterday’s killings show, it is becoming much more dangerous.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod

Three people were shot and two died last night in Keshona, Wis, as right-wing militias hit the streets, shooting demonstrators protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday. After two nights of angry demonstrations, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, who originally described the event as a “merciless” act of police cruelty, called in the

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Tomato Gardeners: The Latest Victim in the Government’s War on Drugs

Merely growing a vegetable garden on your own property, or in a greenhouse on your property, or shopping at a gardening store for gardening supplies—incredibly enough—could set you up for a drug raid sanctioned by the courts.

John Whitehead
By John Whitehead
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A journal entry from a California resident describes the government’s aerial searches for marijuana plants:  They came again this morning at about 8:00 o’clock. A large cargo-type helicopter flew low over the cabin, shaking it on its very foundations. It shook all of us inside, too. I feel frightened … I see how helpless and tormented I am

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“Paid Vacation” for Kenosha Cops Who Shot Unarmed Jacob Blake in the Back

Being in the midst a summer of unprecedented racial and political unrest was apparently not enough to stop Kenosha police from emptying seven rounds into the back of yet another unarmed black man.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Kenosha Wisconsin Feature photo

The police officers responsible for shooting unarmed black man Jacob “Jake” Blake yesterday have been placed on administrative leave, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul confirmed today. The officers involved in what Kaul terms an “officer involved shooting” were said to be cooperating with investigations, according to police. This, for many, was

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