Let’s Be Clear: Park Police Hit DC Protestors With Tear Gas
Milk is poured into a demonstrator’s eyes to neutralize the effect of pepper spray as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd near the White House in Washington on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/ZUMA) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Trump administration has issued…
Curfews “Definitely Work”—If We Define “Work” as Increasing the Possibilities for Police Violence
Police move in to begin arresting people at a protest in Los Angeles June 1, 2020.Fernanda Echavarri For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Monday afternoon, while I was out reporting at a protest in Los Angeles, a young man grabbed a megaphone and began telling the crowd that…
Follow Our Reporters in DC and NYC as They Cover Tuesday Night’s Protests
Lenin Nolly/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters in New York City and Washington, DC, gathered hours before curfew Tuesday to demonstrate against police violence and, in some cases, clean up after some businesses had been vandalized. In DC, today’s protests follow…
Republicans Won’t Even Criticize Trump for Gassing Protestors for a Photo Op
Jay Mallin/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, federal law enforcement officials gassed peaceful protestors so President Donald Trump could have a photo op. The crackdown in Washington’s Lafeyette Park earned widespread condemnation, including from former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen and from…
They’re Trying to Gaslight Us to Death
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Yesterday afternoon, after protests and uprisings over police brutality had rocked the nation for nearly a week, President Donald Trump delivered a short speech from the Rose Garden. While he spoke ominously about sending the military into American cities, the sounds…
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…