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Michael Harriot

Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant on Their Shooting Victims

“Maybe Baltimore is indicative of police departments all over the country. Maybe they’re like the one in Cleveland, which hired the cop who killed Tamir Rice after he was fired by another police department.”

January 30th, 2018

By Michael Harriot

Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant on Their Shooting Victims

In April 2016, a 13-year-old boy was shot by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. The boy ran when faced with the police, so they gave chase. During the chase, the police spotted the boy holding a gun, and when he turned, they shot the teenager. The youngster wasn’t critically injured, and it seemed like an open-and-shut

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St. Louis Police Declare All-Out War On Protesters, Media And Even Themselves

St. Louis Police have been engaged in a quasi-state of martial law, arresting and assaulting bystanders, member of the media and even an undercover police officer.

September 26th, 2017

By Michael Harriot

St. Louis Police Declare All-Out War On Protesters, Media And Even Themselves

Before Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Police Officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, St. Louis activists and religious leaders warned that it could get ugly. They said they were going to “shut it down.” They were right about the “ugly” part. Since then, every

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Teargas canisters fired from Israeli drones fall on Palestinians during a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel, in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

If Israel Were Not an Ally, US Would Be Working to Overthrow its Government

Palestinians attend a demonstration near the Gaza Strip border with Israel in eastern Gaza City, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP/ Khalil Hamra)

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High school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest gun violence, March 14, 2018. About 200 students joined the march as a sign of solidarity with students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the scene of a recent school shooting in Florida in which 17 students and educators died. (AP/Martha Irvine)

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