Mayors Won’t Even Denounce Police Violence at Police Violence Protests
Sipa USA/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At protests of police violence across the country this weekend, police were—again—violent. In Salt Lake City, an armed officer pushed a man walking with a cane. In La Mesa, California, a woman peacefully protesting was shot in the head with…
“Let’s Stop Thinking That Our Voice Don’t Matter”: George Floyd’s Brother Speaks Out
Yahoo Finance/YouTube For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In Minneapolis on Monday, Terrence Floyd delivered an emotional tribute to his brother George Floyd, whose death a week ago sparked protests against police brutality nationwide. “My brother moved here from Houston and I used to talk to him on…
“It Sounds Like a War Zone Down Here”— On the Ground at Demonstrations Sunday Night
Police form a line on H Street as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Sunday, May 31, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Alex Brandon, AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the sixth-straight day, demonstrators took to the streets across the country Sunday…
As Protests Grip Cities Across the Country, Scooters Take a Starring Role
A scooter smashed through CVS window in Portland, Oregon.Screenshot/Fox 12 Oregon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As protests have erupted across the country following the police killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, demonstrators have deployed all the traditional tools of urban unrest to smash things up: bricks, bottles,…
Nationwide Demonstrations Turn Violent as Police Attack Protesters
Mike Stewart/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For the fifth night in a row, demonstrators across the country took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man in Minneapolis who was killed by a white police officer who kneeled on his…
Will Urban Uprisings Help Trump? Actually, They Could Be His Undoing.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.My career as a historian of white backlash might have begun the day that, as a teenager precociously obsessed with people like Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, and Eldridge Cleaver, I asked my parents if they had any interesting stories to tell me…