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“We’re going in”: Trump moves to deploy troops to Chicago

City leaders denounce the plan, activists prepare mass resistance, and data shows crime is falling even as Trump paints Chicago as “the most dangerous city in the world”

Following Trump’s threats against “Democrat-run” cities, voices around the country unite in opposition

From Chicago to Oakland, local leaders and civil rights groups denounce the president’s plan to deploy federal forces beyond DC

National Guard Washington DC Republican governors send 1,100 National Guard troops to back Trump’s DC takeover

People across the country express opposition to the further militarization to DC law enforcement

Trump takes over US capital’s police force, deploys National Guard in effort to restore “law and order”

Police date points to a downward trend in crime as Trump declares “crime emergency” in Washington, DC

Former police officers acquitted of charges in fatal beating of unarmed Black man Tyre Nichols

The killing of unarmed Black man Tyre Nichols ignited nationwide protests and rekindled the movement against police brutality

A year after the police killing of Eddie Irizarry, charges dropped against killer cop

Irizarry’s family and local Philadelphia community outraged after first-degree murder charge dropped and former officer Mark Dial released on bail

A mass grave of hundreds of poor and oppressed people found in Mississippi

The extent of the mass grave became widely known after a Black man was run over by a police vehicle and buried in an unmarked grave, unbeknownst to his family

Medact_Prevent Prevent: Health workers resist UK’s ‘counter terrorism’ strategy that weaponizes public services 

Public sector workers in the UK have a statutory duty under the ‘Prevent’ strategy to report ‘signs of radicalization’. The program is notorious for targeting Muslims and uses key services like healthcare to implement discriminatory ‘counter-terror’ tactics

NYC Mayor Eric Adams evicts hundreds from homeless encampments

Despite crackdown, Adams presented no clear alternative to the streets and transit system for unhoused people afraid to use unsafe shelter system