ACLU TESTIFIES AT INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON POLICE EXECUTION OF MILTON...
ACLU TESTIFIES AT INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON KILLING OF MILTON HALL IN SAGINAW, MI From the Michigan ACLU October 27, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union of...
View ArticleAS ELECTION APPROACHES, ANTI-FORECLOSURE ACTIVISTS RAMP UP FIGHT VS. TROTT
Trott’s former law firm, Trott & Trott, is accused of using unethical and deceptive practices to foreclose on homes. By Sarah Cwiek Michigan Radio David Trott’s “former” firm foreclosed on 80,000...
View ArticlePLANTATION DETROIT: PUBLIC ASSETS ON AUCTION BLOCK THIS WEEK
Detroit “public auction” advertised on freeway side of now abandoned Herman Kiefer Health Complex. Vehicles, equipment from privatized DPW, PLD on the auction block Slavemaster Rick Snyder has...
View ArticleALL WHITE JURY CONVICTS REV. PINKNEY OF 5 FELONY COUNTS–PROSECUTOR WANTS LIFE...
Above: Rev. Edward Pinkney of the Black Autonomy Network of Community Organizations speaks in Detroit at Moratorium NOW! meeting Oct. 20, 2014. Nationally-known Benton Harbor freedom fighter vows to...
View ArticlePALESTINIAN HEROINE, TORTURE VICTIM RASMEA ODEH CONVICTED, JAILED IN DETROIT;...
UPDATE NOV. 10, 2014: Rasmea Odeh taken to jail in handcuffs; defense to appeal Judge Gershwin Drain’s repeated refusal to allow Odeh to testify re: torture that elicited false confession key to...
View ArticleZOMBIE DEMS VS ZOMBIE REPUBS: ZOMBIE CONSENSUS WINS AGAIN
The zombies come out to play again. Midterm Madness! Zombie Dems VS Zombie Repubs, Zombie Consensus Wins Again! Bruce Dixon by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Nov. 5, 2014 “Democratic zombie...
View ArticleMISSOURI GOV. VOWS MILITARY CRACKDOWN AFTER MICHAEL BROWN GRAND JURY...
Ferguson protester throws tear gas canister back at police. Missouri gov. vows to stop any violence after Ferguson decision Michael Brown’s parents meet with United Nations Killer cop Darren Wilson...
View ArticleDETROIT ACTIVISTS VOW TO FIGHT “ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL” BANKRUPTCY PLAN
Detroit retirees fight bankruptcy cuts Aug. 19, 2103 outside Federal courthouse. By Sarah Cwiek MICHIGAN RADIO Rev. Bill Wylie-Kellerman speaking at bankruptcy protest Sept. 2, 2014. Having secured...
View ArticleDETROIT BANKRUPTCY PLAN: GENOCIDE IN USA’S LARGEST BLACK-MAJORITY CITY; RICH...
Objector James Cole called it another Greenwood massacre Banks, corporations recover 95.9%; Detroit retirees get 13.5% City carved up for corporate profit as water shut off to 31,300 households By...
View ArticleMISSOURI GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FERGUSON
By Mariano Castillo and Dana Ford, CNN November 18, 2014 (CNN) — Ahead of a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict a police officer in the killing of Michael Brown, Missouri has both called in...
View ArticleJUDGE DENIES ALL BUT PA 436 LAWSUIT EQUAL PROTECTION CLAIM, AFTER DETROIT...
23 Jun 1963, Detroit, Michigan, USA — Martin Luther King Jr Leading March in Detroit — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS WHAT WOULD DR. KING SAY ABOUT THE RACIST WAR ON DETROIT? Plaintiffs’ complaint was...
View Article9 WHITES, 3 BLACKS ON GRAND JURY IN MIKE BROWN CASE; POLICE UNION BELIEVES NO...
Ferguson demonstrators outside police station with photo of Mike Brown’s killer, cop Darren Wilson, projected on wall Oct. 22, 2014. Photo: Scott Olsen/Getty Where Is Ferguson Jury? Who Are They?...
View ArticleHOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: MAILAUNI WILLIAMS BACK WITH MOM AFTER 6 MONTH KIDNAPPING
Mailauni, holding her pet dog Holly, and mother Lennette Williams relax at home Nov. 24, 2014. Holly had just barked out “I wuv you” at Mailauni’s urging, “I’m happy now” – Mailauni “I WUV YOU” — Holly...
View ArticleCLEVELAND POLICE KILL 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE AT PLAYGROUND; PROTESTERS BLOCK...
Tamir Rice, 12, killed by Cleveland police at playground. Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed: “How did a 12-year-old go from the rec center to the morgue?” Child had toy gun but did not point it;...
View ArticleMIKE BROWN’S STEPFATHER LOUIS HEAD REACTS TO VERDICT: BURN THIS PLACE DOWN!
Stepfather Louis Head speaks for many grassroots Black youth Enough of officials calling for peace–where were they when Mike Brown was killed? By Diane Bukowski Commentary November 25, 2014 Aiyana...
View ArticleU.S. KILLINGS BY POLICE, PRISON CONDITIONS TROUBLE UNITED NATIONS
Alessio Bruni (l) of Italy, Committee expert on U.S. Review, and Claudio Grossman, of Chile, Chairperson of the UN Committee against Torture, during news conference by UN Committee Against Torture....
View ArticleREV. PINKNEY: LYNCH MOB MENTALITY IN ST. JOSEPH AS HE AWAITS SENTENCING DEC. 15
Rev. Edward Pinkney of BANCO speaks at Moratorium NOW! meeting in Detroit Nov. 17, 2014. Pinkney spoke in Detroit again Nov. 17 Attorneys filing pretrial motions: “We’re going to rock their world”...
View ArticleRAMS RAISE HANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH FERGUSON, RECALLING 1968 OLYMPICS BLACK...
St. Louis Rams Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook and Chris Givens raise their hands in gesture symbolizing the mass movement against the killing of Mike Brown: “Hands Up, Don’t...
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