Police Supporters Destroy Mike Brown ‘Memorial Tree’

“The tree was dedicated by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association on Saturday, but was found vandalized on Sunday morning.”

S. Wooten
M. David for Counter Current News
By S. Wooten
And M. David for Counter Current News
"Mike Brown tree dedicated yesterday, decimated today"

"Mike Brown tree dedicated yesterday,  decimated today" It was only one day after a tree was planted in Ferguson, Missouri, in honor of Michael Brown, that it was destroyed by a supporter of Officer Darren Wilson. Along with vandalizing the tree, the accompanying memorial plaque was stolen. Local KMOV news explains that “the tree was

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Ferguson To Solve Budget Crisis By Ordering Their Police To Be More Aggressive

Reports: Ferguson, Missouri – While controversy about the police killing of teenager Michael Brown has been the primary focus in Ferguson this year, the city’s government is also facing a massive budget crisis, which they are hoping to solve by ordering their police officers to write more tickets. Many residents in Ferguson have already pointed […]

John Vibes
By John Vibes

Reports: Ferguson, Missouri – While controversy about the police killing of teenager Michael Brown has been the primary focus in Ferguson this year, the city’s government is also facing a massive budget crisis, which they are hoping to solve by ordering their police officers to write more tickets. Many residents in Ferguson have already pointed

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Cleveland Police Demand Apology After Browns Player Protests Tamir Rice Shooting

“He’s an athlete. He’s someone with no facts of the case whatsoever,” said Jeff Follman, the president of the Police Patrolman Union in Cleveland.

Travis Waldron For Think Progress
By Travis Waldron For Think Progress

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins became the latest player to join on-field protests against recent police shootings of black men on Sunday, when he walked onto the field with a t-shirt that read “Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford” over his jersey. Rice was the 12-year-old who Cleveland police shot in November after they

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‘The Alarm Bells are Ringing’: From Athletes To Environmentalists, A Universal Call For Racial Justice

While the protests over deaths of Eric Garner and Mike Brown refuse to stand down, leading environmentalists, labor protesters and others show their solidarity saying: “These issues are not separate.”

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

With the nation's streets still filled with protesters and a plan for thousands to march on Washington brewing, the call for justice for Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and other black victims of police violence has only grown stronger. In the days and weeks since two grand juries failed to indict the police officers who killed the two men, expressions of

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Justice Is Blind To Those Who Can’t Afford It

MintPress explores the two vastly different prosecutory worlds available to those with money, power and influence, and those without it, finding discrepancies between how the U.S. justice system handles corporate and street crimes.

Sean Nevins
By Sean Nevins

WASHINGTON --- Two days after a Staten Island grand jury acquitted NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, banking and financial services giant BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP) was able to delay sentencing that would force it to pay $8.9 billion for pleading guilty to violating U.S. sanctions regulations. Nobody at the global banking

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