The St. Louis Gun Couple Can Stand Their Ground on a Racist Legal Doctrine
A day after cameras caught him and his wife waving guns at peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters walking near their gaudy $1.15 million mansion, Mark McCloskey went on local news and dropped the analogy of the year. “I really thought it was storming the Bastille,” said McCloskey, who like his wife Patricia is a lawyer.…
Republicans Use Congressional Hearing to Defend Trump Tear Gassing Peaceful Protesters For Photo Op
PPI/via Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The events that transpired in Washington, DC’s Lafayette Park on June 1—in which US Park Police assaulted peaceful protesters so that President Trump could pose for a photo op in front of a church—have drawn universal outrage. But during a…
A New Report Paints a Damning Picture of Police Killings in the Bay Area
Protesters block the Golden Gate Bridge on June 6.Vivian Lin/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Just 7 percent of the population of the San Francisco Bay Area is Black, yet 27 percent of the people killed by the police in the region since 2015 were Black, according…
Racist N.C. Cops Caught on Video Calling for a “Civil War” to “Wipe ‘Em off the Fucking Map”
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On June 4, a little over a week after the death of George Floyd, a Wilmington, North Carolina, police sergeant conducting routine checks of dash-cam footage found video of two cops discussing, among other things, the arrival of “martial law.” “We are…
Aunt Jemima Is Not a Black Role Model
Benno Schwinghammer/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last Tuesday, at a Students for Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona, a Turning Point USA ambassador explained the ultimate significance of Aunt Jemima. “She was the picture of the American dream,” Reagan Escudé told the crowd, referring to Quaker Oats’…
Trump’s Speech: 0 Mentions of George Floyd. 5 Minutes on Nearly Falling Down a Ramp.
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At his first public rally in 110 days in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a day after Juneteenth, President Trump did not mention George Floyd. He did not mention Breonna Taylor. He did not mention Ahmaud Arbery. He did not mention Rayshard Brooks.…