The guitarist for little-known Detroit band MC5 has a second musical life helping prisoners in more than 140 U.S. jails and prisons tap their creative energies and express their emotions while they serve their time.
The loudest and most repeated message in New York City’s protest was ‘No justice, no peace.’ Protesters rallied in a number of cities nationwide.
“Burn that flag,” chanted some participants as a group of young activists soaked an American flag with lighter fluid and set it ablaze.
19-year police veteran Derek Chauvin is seen on video kneeling on forgery suspect George Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes. Rioters torched buildings and looted stores during protests Wednesday night.
Masked vandals smashed windows, slashed police car tires and threw bricks in a standoff that lasted until 5:00 a.m. The Minneapolis Police Department fired four police officers who arrested Floyd. The 46-year-old died after anofficer pinned him down by the neck with one knee.
A lawyer and a former prosecutor remain ‘cautiously optimistic’ that justice will be served.
The Sindh govermnent invoked a public order law to prevent Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh and his three co-defendants from walking free while prosecutors appeal the surprising acquittals to the nation’s Supreme Court.
J. Wyndal Gordon says black Americans might know they’ll never commit a crime, but they can never be sure they won’t be charged with one.
A schoolteacher’s fiance has already seen his life sentence slashed to 30 years. She wants more mercy, saying presidents take pardon advice from the same prosecutors who overwhelm defendants