These exceptionally long sentences and criminalization of protest is the latest mutation in the sprawling U.S. policing and incarceration apparatus, writes Hannah Riley Fernandez.
Prairieland Crackdowns Are Trump’s Palmer Raids
Tag: Minneapolis
Donald Trump’s Death Cards
Trump’s ICE agents have resurrected the Ace of Spades death cards inserted into the mouths of dead Vietnamese by U.S. troops in Vietnam more than 50 years ago, writes Nick Turse.
How Minnesota ‘Nice’ Turned Against ICE
Ann Wright reports on how Minneapolis neighborliness is organized, block-by-block, to mobilize and defend communities from a deadly immigration crackdown.
Does the US Still Have a Constitution?
There have been times when the U.S. Constitution protected Americans. Functionally today, those days are gone. We have seen in Minneapolis why the U.S. needs to have a Fourth Amendment, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Judge Dismisses Bid to End ‘Occupation’ of Minneapolis
Marjorie Cohn reports that twelve days before the execution of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents, plaintiffs asked the federal court to stop the deployment by injunction.
Spinning the Truth Until We Are All Dizzy
Stephanie Martin repeats the warnings of philosopher Hannah Arendt in the wake of the many lies told by authorities about ICE shootings in Minneapolis.
The Police States of America
The U.S. government, like authoritarians throughout history, is seeking to silence the speech it hates and fears, writes Judge Andrew P. Napolitano.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Imperial Boomerang
In the videos of a jumped-up ICE agent murdering Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis we see the violence of the American empire coming home to preserve itself.
Minneapolis City Council’s Attempt to Defund Police Thwarted by Unelected Charter Commission
Contrary to reports, most City Council members — who won by pledging to advance racial equity — tried to do the right thing, says Scott Shaffer.
UPRISING: Urban Planning as Tool of White Supremacy – The Other Lesson from Minneapolis
The legacy of structural racism was laid bare at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, writes Julian Agyeman.