Police once again showed their true colours on July 6, shooting in the face and killing 36-year-old Black mother, Sonya Massey, in her home in Springfield, Illinois, reports Malik Miah.
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In the March 5 primary elections in San Francisco, a city long hated by conservatives for its liberal and progressive image, voters adopted two propositions (E and F) to increase police powers. Both passed by large margins, reports Malik Miah.
Aunty Gail Hickey marched through Redfern with her family and supporters to demand justice for her son TJ Hickey, who was killed in a police pursuit 20 years ago. Isaac Nellist reports.
Vigils and protests for Aubrey Donahue are being held in Western Australia and Queensland following the police killing of the 27-year-old man from Mareeba, east of Cairns. Kerry Smith reports.
Auntie Gail Hickey, her family and supporters marched聽through Redfern聽to demand justice for TJ Hickey, 19聽years after the 17-year-old Kamilaroi youth died while being pursued by NSW Police.聽Peter Boyle reports.
Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.
It took a mass civil rights movement to end legal racial segregation in the United States, writes Malik Miah. The same must happen to abolish policing and the corrupt criminal 鈥渏ustice鈥 system.
Malik Miah reviews His Name is George Floyd, a new book that places George Perry Floyd jnr's life and death at the hands of police in the context of the racial history of the United States.
Barry Healy reports that thousands of people from across Perth attended a vigil in Midland聽to commemorate the life of 15-year-old Noongar man Cassius Turvey.
Thousands of people across the country are turning out to celebrate and mourn聽Noongar boy Cassius Turvey, who聽died after being set upon and beaten by youths with an iron bar on October 13. Isaac Nellist听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
The family of Porter Burks, a young Black man from Detroit, Michigan, who was shot dead by cops, is demanding justice, reports Malik Miah.
Four Kentucky police officers have been arrested and charged over the shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, following a two-year campaign, reports Malik Miah.
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