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• «Movements Work»: As Activists Occupy Seattle’s Capitol Hill, City Bans Tear Gas, Expels Police Union

  18 de junio, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  In Seattle, the fight to demilitarize and defund the police continues as the King County Labor Council voted to expel the Seattle police union Wednesday, following weeks of protest. Seattle police sparked outrage for responding to massive protests against police brutality by using pepper spray, (...)

• «Tear Gas Is a Weapon»: Amnesty Report Reveals Police Use of Tear Gas Fuels Rights Abuses Worldwide

  18 de junio, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  As police officers in nearly 100 U.S. cities and towns have fired tear gas on protesters in recent weeks and left many with severe injuries, a new Amnesty International report finds the use of tear gas continues to grow each year, and fuels police human rights violations against peaceful (...)

• Rashad Robinson on Recent Spike in Hanging Deaths, the Cancellation of «Cops» & Boycotting Facebook

  18 de junio, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  For more than a decade, the racial justice organization Color of Change led a push to cancel the long-running TV show "Cops," which glorifies police aggression. Now the show has been cancelled, along with A&E's "Live PD." "The thing about these shows is that they call themselves reality (...)

• Murder Charge for Atlanta Cop Who Shot & Killed Rayshard Brooks Shows the «Power of a Movement»

  18 de junio, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Prosecutors have charged the Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks with felony murder, and accuse Garrett Rolfe of twice shooting Brooks in the back and then kicking him as he lay dying. A second officer, Devin Brosnan, faces four charges, including assault. We talk to (...)

• Headlines for June 18, 2020

  18 de junio, puesto en línea por mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged with Murder, Rayshard Brooks Described Struggles with Criminal Justice System in Video Recorded Before His Killing, Trump Calls Protesters "Anarchists, Terrorists and Looters" as Vigilantes Attack Peaceful Marches, George Floyd's (...)

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