Category: Police
🦄 Police, Racism & Far-Right
“The fight is not over:” CO Brown Berets Rally on Inauguration Day
Denver, CO — Shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Wednesday in D.C., a combination of groups came together in downtown Denver to proclaim their ongoing demands and concerns of the federal government—explicitly its mistreatment of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people.
“We’re…
🦄 Police
Jay Kolls: False Reporting From George Floyd Square to D.C.
Minneapolis, MN – After the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, newsman Jay Kolls falsely reported “antifa” was involved in the violence. Kolls, a Twin Cities-based KSTP-TV (ABC) newsman, routinely becomes a part of the stories he reports. Before spreading lies…
“The Building’s Yours” – Search for Clues in Capitol Riot Reveals a Stand-Down Moment
Washington, D.C. – A short video clip from the minutes before the U.S. Capitol was overrun on January 6 shows how federal Capitol Police in armored riot gear descended a crowded staircase, away from the building’s east entrance, while someone next to the videographer claims…
🦄 Police, Social Control
PSS Spy Plane Plan Slides Sneakily into St. Louis
St. Louis, MO – Aerial surveillance company Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS) negotiated a plan in secret with a member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen with hopes of flying multiple spy planes simultaneously over the city’s metro area in 2021. The plan that PSS…
🦄 Police
Authorities Kill Man, Raid Family’s Home, Quickly Release Bodycam Video
Minneapolis, MN – Minneapolis authorities released body camera footage showing the December 30 police killing of a young man on the day after the killing. The 27-second video appears to show the man shoot a gun from inside of his car towards police as officers…
🦄 Police
Minneapolis Police Kill Man Blocks From George Floyd Square
Minneapolis, MN – An evening before New Year’s Eve 2021, police fatally shot a man while in a South Minneapolis gas station parking lot, reportedly during a traffic stop.
In a somewhat contentious press conference near the scene of the killing outside the Holiday gas…