Reddit Executive Chairman Resigns From the Site’s Board, Posts Cringe
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday, Alexis Ohanian, one of Reddit’s co-founders, said that he’s stepping down from the site’s board because it is “the right thing.” He wants the company to appoint a Black board member in his place. I co-founded @reddit…
Here’s What Gig Companies Say They’ll Do If You Get Arrested for Delivering Past Curfew
A video of a Caviar delivery person being arrested for violating curfew, as the man yelled that he is an essential worker, prompted a swift backlash on Thursday night. Even Mayor Bill DeBlasio, who has seemed ready to lick the boot of the cops kettling, beating, and harassing protestors, called out the arrest. Same goes for journalists…
Buffalo Cops Resign in Protest After 2 Officers Were Suspended for Shoving Elderly Man
In Denver, a protester holds an American flag upside down. David Zalubowski/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last night, a graphic video of Buffalo, New York, cops shoving a 75-year-old peace activist to the ground went viral—revealing that he did not, in fact, trip and fall, as the…
Here’s Graphic Video of Buffalo Cops Shoving a Protester They Say “Tripped and Fell”
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A man protesting police violence today in Buffalo, New York, in defiance of curfew was violently pushed to the ground by officers, who walked over his bleeding body to rough up other demonstrators. The moment was captured on video, which you can…
Trump Is Being Sued For Police Firing Tear Gas At Protesters
Alex Brandon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, police fired tear gas at peaceful protesters so that President Donald Trump could pose for a photo. Trump was condemned widely—even by former Defense Secretary James Mattis. Now, he’s being sued. The ACLU of DC, on behalf of the…
Democrats Think Officers Policing Protests Need to Identify Themselves. Bill Barr Disagrees.
Unidentified federal security forces block 16th Street at I Street on June 3.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few days, Mother Jones and other media outlets have noted the presence of armed personnel with no visible identification confronting…