One Year Ago, Chauvin Murdered George Floyd & OT 5/25
One year ago today, Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.
One year ago #GeorgeFloyd's life was taken by Minneapolis Police. The nationwide attention and the guilty verdict would not have been possible without the bravery of bystanders, including teenager Darnella Frazier who filmed. pic.twitter.com/d3YJi0i6Bx
— The People’s Party (@PeoplesParty_US) May 25, 2021
https://t.co/BxJ5Kpma1L pic.twitter.com/vNpeQOr2yt
— The People’s Party (@PeoplesParty_US) May 25, 2021
Before his name became a hashtag, #GeorgeFloyd was a human being who mattered.
A brother, a father, a friend. A person.
I’m praying for his family today. pic.twitter.com/jxLFAnx82a
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) May 25, 2021
Minneapolis police murdered #GeorgeFloyd one year ago today.
U.S. police:
▪️ Have killed over 1,000 people since
▪️ Are over 3x more likely to kill Black people
▪️ Are only charged in 1.7% of police killings pic.twitter.com/FeFixvBJXI— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 25, 2021
There are so many and as we remember him, I want to remember to advocate for uprooting the police force as we now know it. Bring in one of those corpse downsizers TPTB are so proud of and get rid of all racists and bullies. Completely change the training and dive into the real meaning of “protect and serve.” Fully fund the new humanist, and of course, force as a last resort, police force.
unclear who fired the gun. one person in the hospital for injuries. nasty comments under this tweet. guess a lot of racists follow reuters?
This is disappointing.
wow. no kidding. 🙁 :teardrop:
In reality, all six squad members were voting no only if it didn’t cause the bill to go down. It was a protest vote. In any case, there’s that Senate filibuster to get by.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/20/house-congress-capitol-security-489792
I would like to think Omar, Bush, and Pressley(??) have some spine instead, but you may be right.
The fact that there is a group who actually votes like that is significant! Plus, elections next year. More progressives will be elected. This is why it is SO important that Nina wins her race. ✊
but why have a “protest only” vote in the first place?
block bad bills. imho.
Good point.
picking up the brush again when i return from the kiddos. lol
Norm Finkelstein is a well known scholar and activist on the issues Israel/Palestine
He was stunned at the demonstrations in Brooklyn in support of Palestinians
Most of the people on the street were in their 20’s, a few in their 30’s. He had never seen anything like this. A festive demonstration. Police watched and let the demonstrators do what they wanted.
There were no pro Israel demonstrations around the world during the recent assault on Gaza.
Finkelstein thinks that Israel lost the war.
He makes the point that Gaza is roughly 5 miles wide by 25 miles long and 2 million live in an open air prison.
“Israel has right to defend itself” BS. See how he handles this.
This is a hard hitting interview about an ongoing war crime, actually a crime against humanity which is worse than a war crime. And the world is finally, sorta of, getting ready, maybe to not let this continue.
It will take the US to stop blocking the UN to finally act. Biden has been a decades long strong supporter of Israel, but things have changed.
Finkelstein: Gaza assault a disaster for Israel, while Palestine solidarity is revived
The youtube videos have suggestions of other videos on the right margin. The video below on Finkelstein had this video of Operation Paperclip.
This video has 4 million views! (if the counters are accurate)
I had sorta heard about operation paperclip when German scientists came to the US. When I was a professor, I attended 2 Summer Scholar programs which ran for 10 weeks at NSA facility in Alabama. The hero of that location was Werner VonBraun. The guy behind the V2 rocket.
The video below is a book presentation about the US embraced war criminals – inventor of Saran gas, chemical weapons experts, people who used slave labor, etc., really bad actors. Many very close to Hitler.
But, national security!!
There was the possible war with Russia after WWII and WE NEEDED GERMAN SCIENTISTS! Rockets. Chemical weapons. Bombs. Medical knowledge for pilots to fly at high altitudes, the results of human experiments that murdered people.
I apologize for two videos back to back, but this is truly shocking and the war empire of the US is alive and well.
Will humans lay down their war machines and return to earth?
The video is from 2014 but it says so much about who we are and putting scientists on the pedestal without raising the issue of morality.
Annie Jacobsen, “Operation Paperclip”
no need to apologize, Don. we love your stuff! :o)
HELL YEA !!!!!
✊👍
That is a big endorsement because Porter comes more from the Warren wing
i mean, we all knew the “feminist” thing was BS, but nice of her to prove it.
Sally Albright is just like the many in the KHive. Twitter can’t seem to make up its mind to keep them banished or just reappear under another name.
oh yeah, i was thinking of Madelaine. i have some trip packing & prep insanity going on. that’s my excuse.
YEOW-WHOOO!! 😊👍
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555332-sanders-wants-government-to-get-piece-of-us-semiconductor-companies-in
Interesting. This would change corporate charity into a vehicle that could facilitate nationalization of critical industries.
This is so long overdue and absolutely terrific! The Bernster is also calling out Senate GOPukes. The CARES Act passed cos quite a few of them voted for it. ✊👏
yup. tech is part of the mic.
Yet I saw this ad when I opened the WaPo site this AM:
gotta laugh…
How about taxing the yahoo to death so he’ll leave this country for good!
not even the $10,000, the smug @*$!
Yep, they have to bail out Bezo’s space firm.
Congress can put it right back in. Will they?
No surprise. Remember: SloMoJoe is still a craporate RWinger.