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…
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…
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…
De Blasio Just Commended NYPD for “Tremendous Restraint” After Police Van Plows Through Crowd
Twitter For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After another day of mass protests across the country over the police killing of George Floyd, one image stands out above all the rest: a video of a police van plowing through a throng of protesters in New York City Saturday night.…
Minnesota Gov: Protesters Likely Included People From Other States and White Supremacists
A protester runs past burning cars and buildings early Saturday morning in St. Paul.John Minchillo/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Some of the people protesting in Minnesota last night came from other states, and they likely included members of white supremacist groups, Gov. Tim Walz said in…