Ep. 17: #StockMarkets #ChinaMeltdown #NYSE #Stingrays #MansurBallBey #BlackLivesMatter #Macedonia #Greece #RefugeeCrisis #Nauen #Heidenau #YouStink #Beirut #ClimateChange #COP21 #China #AirPollution #MidwestUnrest #MinneapolisPolice
EPISODE 17:
#China #NYSE | This past Monday China’s stock market took a free fall, diving 8.5% and losing all of its 2015 gains.…
“At the end of the day, we don’t need police to protect our community, because we’re going to protect our community ourselves.” – LittleJohn (Baltimore Bloods member)
The publicized deaths of young black men like Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Freddie Gray at the hands…
On Sunday night in Indianapolis, 15 year old Andre Green was driving a car that was targeted by police as being stolen. According to police, they attempted to pull the car over and some passengers fled, they shot Andre as he exited the vehicle. The…
To commemorate the anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown, a weekend of healing, organizing, and actions occurred in Ferguson and throughout St. Louis. Although the peaceful marches and vigils for Mike Brown, Vonderitt Myers, and the countless others who fell victim to police killings…
On July 31st, 2015, hundreds of Minneapolis residents marched through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota to raise awareness around the death of Sandra Bland other Black women who died in police custody or were killed by police.
The ‘Sandra Bland Solidarity Action’ was led by Black women…
“This Black Lives Matter movement, and what I saw at this convening, was that it’s really helping people be on this journey to really loving ourselves as Black people.” – M. McDowell
Michael McDowell, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis was kind enough to…
The Intercept reported that Black Lives Matter activists were tracked by federal agencies. The information release from The Intercept states that Federal agencies were tracking anyone who associated themselves with the Black Lives Matter movement and pulling information from a wide variety of public social…
On July 19th, Sam Dubose, became 639th person that the police have killed this year nearing an all time record according to the website “Killed by Police”, the a 43 year old Cinncinati man was shot in the head by University of Cincinnati campus police…
We catch up with Unicorn Riot Producer Pat in Denver after he’s been released from jail. Pat was targeted and pulled out of a group of videographers as he documented a Paul Castaway protest. We learn he was held for 14 hrs and the police…
Samuel Dubose, a 43 year old Cinncinati man was shot in the head by University of Cincinnati campus police during a traffic stop. University of Cincinnati Officer Ray Tensing tussled with Sam through his window and as Sam attempted to drive away, Ofcr. Tensing shot…
May 21, 2015
The Black Liberation Project in Minneapolis organized a #BlackWomenMatter rally in Minnehaha park. They created a space for black women to have their voices uplifted. The rally ended with participants planting flowers, some for those taken for the police, other for black…
May 13, 2015 – #Mpls2Madison – Minneapolis, MN
The Black Liberation Project organized a #MPLS2Madison rally in solidarity with Tony Robinson, an unarmed black man killed in Madison, and other black lives taken by the police.
The night’s rally started at the Government Center in…
May 1, 2015 – #MOA36 – Edina, Minnesota
Community members gather during a court date in solidarity with organizers and protestors who were arrested and charged during a #BlackLivesMatter rally at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The #MOA11 are organizers who were catfished…
Unicorn Riot presents “DEprogram”, a live show hosted by Lorenzo and Niko that attempts to examine the roots of the struggles that preside throughout different communities.
The first episode recaps the events leading up the the #BaltimoreUprising, exams police tactics used against social movements, and…
Minneapolis to Baltimore Solidarity MarchMinneapolis, MN
On April 29th, 2015, thousands in Minneapolis joined in on nationwide marches in solidarity with the Baltimore Uprising which spawned from police brutality and the recent killing of Freddie Gray by the police. The action in Minneapolis started at…
‘In the Heart of the Beast’ 41st Annual MayDay ParadeSunday, May 3, 2015#MayDayMinneapolis, MN
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May 1, 2015 – MLK Park – Minneapolis, MN
Middle School & High School students in the Twin Cities metro area converged at MLK Park in South Minneapolis to demand that #BlackLivesMatter. The students organized the #MNStudentWalkout under #RevoutionaryYouth. The students not only demanded that…
April 27, 2015 – #BlackWomenMatter – Minneapolis, MN
Black Women Matter Vigil in Minneapolis’ Sculpture Garden organized by the Black Liberation Project.
Community members gathered to uplift black women’s voices by holding a vigil to provide a healing space in the face of police brutality.…
4/29/15 Minneapolis, MN join cities across the United States to march in solidarity with Baltimore and the Black Lives matter movement.
A short video of an upcoming longer piece.
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