Tag: George Floyd protests

Officers slashed tires on vehicles parked amid Minneapolis protests, unrest

Two law enforcement agencies acknowledged Monday that officers patrolling Minneapolis during the height of recent protests knifed the tires of numerous vehicles parked and unoccupied in at least two locations in the midst of the unrest.

Video and photo images posted on the news outlet Mother Jones show officers in military-style uniforms puncturing tires in the Kmart parking lot at Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue on May 30.

Images from S. Washington Avenue at Interstate 35W also showed officers with knives deflating the tires of two unoccupied cars with repeated jabs on May 31. Department of Public Safety spokesman Bruce Gordon confirmed that tires were cut in “a few locations.” Continue reading.

Ben Carson belittles George Floyd protests: ‘I grew up at a time when there was real systemic racism’

AlterNet logoSecretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson once again showed the public he is really drinking the president’s Kool-Aid on racism in America. The respected neurosurgeon turned laughable President Donald Trump apologist piled comparison on top of comparison Sunday on CNN in order to paint George Floyd’s death as an exception and not the rule on police brutality. Video shows a white cop kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes before he later died in Minneapolis police custody.

Following his death and the mass protests it triggered throughout the nation, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Carson, “do you think systemic racism is a problem in law enforcement agencies in the United States.”

Let’s say this. I grew up at a time when there was real systemic racism,” Carson responded. Continue reading.

Coronavirus stalks nation focused on George Floyd protests

The Hill logoThe protests over the murder of a black man at the hands of police officers have dominated news headlines for a week, even as the death toll from the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to mount in the United States and across the world.

Nearly 11,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in the 11 days since George Floyd died on a Minneapolis street corner, and more than 200,000 people have tested positive.

There are encouraging signs out of early epicenters like the New York City area, which did not report a coronavirus-related death on Thursday for the first time since March. Continue reading.