“One Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Satisfy That Appetite for Actual Change”: Why Derek Chauvin’s Trial Is Not the End of the Fight
Protesters demonstrate outside the Hennepin County Government Center on March 9, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ImageSpace/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Late Tuesday afternoon, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin delivered its verdict: guilty on…
Video: Cops Draw Guns on a Black Army Officer, Pepper Spray Him, Force Him to the Ground
Caron Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, after he was pepper-sprayed by police during a traffic stop in Windsor, Virginia, on Dec. 20, 2020, from newly released body cam video. Windsor Police via AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter…
“Totally Unnecessary”: Veteran Police Officer Denounces Derek Chauvin’s Use of Force
Pool Video/Court TV/New York Times/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The most senior police officer in the Minneapolis Police Department testified Friday that Derek Chauvin’s use of force against George Floyd was “totally unnecessary” and violated…
The Myth of the Supernegro Comes to Derek Chauvin’s Defense
Eric Nelson, Derek Chauvin’s attorney.Court TV Pool/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.“This was not an easy struggle,” said Eric Nelson, the attorney for the cop who killed George Floyd. In his opening statement Monday in…
Inside the Community Patrols in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Last Tuesday evening in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Forrest Liu, 27, spotted a blue sedan with four passengers idling at the curb outside a barbecue restaurant, where a woman in a red…
The Worst People Keep Stealing the Language of Black Struggle
Gabriele Holtermann/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Recently, one of the three Black Republicans serving in Congress, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) compared white supremacy to “woke” supremacy, using the term as a stand-in for a group…