Prosecutors announced that they would not pursue charges against Arturo Gamboa, an activist in Utah who was arrested in June after a volunteer “peacekeeper” opened fire at a large "No Kings" protest injuring Gamboa and killing Arthur “Afa” Folasa Ah Loo.
Salt Lake City, UT — When friends of Arturo Gamboa heard that he had been shot at a protest last Saturday, they were shocked.
A fixture in the punk and activist scenes of Salt Lake, Gamboa is a known leftist and musician who regularly carries…
Colorado Springs, CO – In the days since the Nov. 19 shooting at Club Q that left five dead and 25 more injured, the local queer community and their allies have been commemorating the lives lost and comforting those affected. Billed as an all-inclusive nightclub,…
Richfield, MN – Community and family members of Jahmari Rice gathered for a vigil on February 2, 2022, outside the South Education Center (SEC) in Richfield, Minnesota. 15-year-old Jahmari Rice, son of community activist Cortez Rice, was a student at SEC for only two days…
Aurora, CO — On Saturday evening during the rally and march for justice for Elijah McClain and in solidarity with Portland, a teal Jeep drove through the massive crowd on the northbound side of Interstate 225. The Jeep narrowly missed fleeing protesters, causing one person…
Minneapolis, MN – An armed far-right attack on protesters in North Minneapolis in November 2015 started a new chapter in America’s long history of white supremacist violence. Allen Scarsella, an “alt-right” neo-Nazi indoctrinated on 4chan, shot five unarmed Black men at a protest against the…
On June 17, 2015, 20-year-old Dylann Roof shot and killed 9 people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof, an avid reader of neo-Nazi websites such as Stormfront and the Daily Stormer, quickly admitted to the killing and later …
Washington, DC – After the deadly ‘Unite the Right‘ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, researchers have kept advancing investigations and documentation of the violent neo-Nazi and white supremacist network that attended. James Alex Fields, Jr., the white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd of…
Harrisburg, PA – The controversial social network Gab, closely linked with white supremacist and fascist organizers since its launch, has drawn public scrutiny and had hosting difficulties since Robert Bowers, a prolific Gab user, shot and killed 11 people worshipping at a Jewish synagogue in…
Gainesville, FL – Thousands of protesters converged outside the Phillips Center on University of Florida campus early Thursday afternoon ahead of the scheduled private speaking event booked by Richard Spencer and his white supremacist National Policy Institute. Hundreds of police were also on hand, as…
Mahaska County, IA & Lincoln County, SD – Authorities in both South Dakota and Iowa have confirmed that alleged acts of sabotage against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) are being investigated in both states.
The Associated Press reports:
Authorities in South Dakota and Iowa confirmed…
Disappointment could be heard from supporters of the #Justice4Jamar camp as the white supremacist group that shot five people last week drew relatively weak charges from Hennepin County prosecutor Mike Freeman on Monday morning.
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Here is the criminal complaint:
The criminal complaint against one…