Protests spread in Illinois over the police killing of teenager
The shooting of the 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and his partner in a Chicago suburb has prompted massive protests across the state of Illinois
No indictment for Breonna Taylor’s killers
The protests were triggered after a jury in the US State of Kentucky refused to charge the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of medical worker Breonna Taylor.
Black Lives Matter protests continue in cities across the US
Over a month after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, protests continue to rage on in dozens of cities across the United States with demands for structural change
US protests: The critique on the ground is systemic
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News talks about the sentiment on the ground in the United States where voices that have been marginalized are coming to the fore. He explains the nature and demands of the #DefundThePolice campaign and also talks about the possibilities in the coming weeks and months when it comes to organizing.
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