The Police Killing You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week
A Black trans person was killed in a police encounter in Florida, the “epicenter of anti-transgender violence.”Sipa USA via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday evening, while Minneapolis burned, several dozen mourners held a candlelight vigil in Tallahassee, Florida for Tony McDade. McDade, a Black…
The Coronavirus Has a Disparate Impact on Black Grief, Too
Mortician Cordarial O. Holloway, foreground left, funeral director Robert L. Albritten, foreground right, and funeral attendants Eddie Keith, background left, and Ronald Costello place a casket into a hearse on April 18, 2020, in Dawson, Ga. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As of Wednesday…
Minneapolis Banned Warrior-Style Police Training. Its Police Union Kept Offering It Anyway.
Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, at a Trump rally in October 2019.Richard Tsong-Taatarii/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.George Floyd’s killing on Monday at the hand of a white police officer is sparking intense scrutiny of the Minneapolis Police Department—an institution long…
Biden’s “Breakfast Club” Comment About Black Voters Was Off. So Were These 5 Claims About the Crime Bill.
Joe Biden speaks on “The Breakfast Club” with host Charlamagne tha God.screenshot For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went viral in a bad way Friday morning, when, at the end of a radio interview with The Breakfast Club, he told host Charlamagne…
Breonna Taylor Is One of a Shocking Number of Black People to See Armed Police Barge Into Their Homes
Breonna TaylorTaylor family photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In mid-March, police officers barged into Breonna Taylor’s home in Louisville, Kentucky, in the middle of the night and discharged a spray of bullets that struck and killed the 26-year-old EMT. More than two months later, leaders in…
He Didn’t File Charges in the Arbery Case. But He Spent Years Accusing a Black Grandma of Voter Fraud.
Artist Theo Ponchaveli paints a mural of the likeness of Ahmaud Arbery in Dallas.Tony Gutierrez/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Olivia Pearson knows what it’s like to be caught up in the criminal justice system in southern Georgia. In 2016, a local district attorney’s office indicted Pearson,…