Home Police Brutality

Police Brutality

What if Trump was able to reshape America without Congress or the courts being able to check his power, what would this country look like? Let's call it Trumptopia, a regime resembling Russia but with a Trumpian twist.
Youth arrest is a new form of Jim Crow without the masked riders in the middle of the night with torches — the use of the judicial system to negate any progress or potential progress of young Black children.
We vehemently bid goodbye to this nightmare of a year, the quarantines, empty shelves of toilet paper, nurses forced to wear garbage bags, and ignorant white people declaring in public places that wearing a mask and sanity is oppression. So, to review the year that never should have been, we offer a selection of graphics that have appeared on PlanetPOV during 2020, in chronological order.
Baltimore. My city. Gearing up for reaction to the first verdict in the trial of the officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. To say things are tense here would be an understatement. No one knows how people will feel, how people will react.
ICE and the D.A. endangered small children, after planning for months, and never thought of the safety or welfare of the kids that would obviously be traumatized and left without care providers! Whether or not the District Attorney had a valid legal goal or purpose; they behaved monstrously to attempt to achieve it.
It's that time of year when magical wishes are in the air and people believe that fantasies can come true...no, it's not Rand Paul's Presidential campaign launch, it's Christmas!
For some strange reason, police invoke some unwritten rule whenever they encounter a Black man or Woman. The circumstance of the encounter is immaterial. It is as if those who are Black, Brown are instantly dismissed as less-than. Or what I call negation of the concept of being created in the image of God.
Instead of our usual Weekend Music Thread, the historic March For Our Lives has taken place today (and is continuing in some places) so in this post we present exclusive video and photos from today's march in Los Angeles.
To put it very simply, there wasn't any need for a Gestapo style raid, they were on their way to work. They were trying to support their families, put food on the dinner table.
No attempts by any of the other officers to have Chauvin remove his knee from the neck of Floyd,

RECENT POSTS

Vox Populi – 03-28-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week's events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib3 hours ago Hey TW! AdLiban hour...

Democracy Dies Through Thunderous Applause

0
I had told myself that I would not watch Trump’s speech, if you can call it that. I saw it as his official announcement...

In Trump Land, 2+2 = 5

0
“His thoughts wandered again. Almost unconsciously, he traces with his finger in the dust on the table: 2+2 = 5” — 1984  I had no intention of...

Vox Populi – 03-21-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib4 hours ago I may...

Vox Populi – 03-14-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib7 hours ago Hey TW! I'm...