BY Monica Gold | Jacksonville, FL | 7/20/20
On Saturday July 18, the Jacksonville Community Action Committee organized a drive-in protest to demand a People’s Budget, a Jacksonville Police Accountability Council (JPAC) and an end to the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBOR). Protesters were joined by the families of Jamee Johnson, Kwame Jones and Leah Baker; all of whom were killed by Jacksonville Sheriff Office (JSO) cops.
BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/20/20
About 500 people and at least 200 cars responded to the call from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression for a caravan on Chicago’s South Side, July 18.
BY staff | United States | 7/15/20
Frank Chapman, a longtime leader in the Black liberation movement and Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, talks about the upsurge against police crimes and the need for community control of the police.
BY Eithne Silva | Tampa, FL | 7/06/20
On July 2, students gathered at the gates of the on-campus residence for the president of the University of South Florida (USF) to demand that the university take measures to increase Black enrollment.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/03/20
The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) will be joining the massive demonstration that is set for August 27 at the Republican National Convention (RNC), in Jacksonville, Florida.
BY Satya Stark-Bejnar | Tallahassee, FL | 7/02/20
Tallahassee residents assembled at 12:30 p.m. at Cascades Park, June 28 to launch a march to the capitol.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 7/02/20
A proposal to amend faculty senate bylaws and create a new Campus Safety Committee failed to garner enough votes to pass during a June 29 University Senate meeting, open only to voting members.
BY staff | Aurora, CA | 6/28/20
Denver Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) joined thousands in Aurora on June 27 to demand justice for Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man murdered by police in August of 2019.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 6/27/20
The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (TCC4J) has come out against the city council’s proposed Community Safety and Violence Prevention charter amendment (2020-00668), that would rename the Minneapolis police department and would give the city council and mayor the power to anoint the head of the newly-named “Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention.”
BY Frank Chapman | Chicago, IL | 6/24/20
When it comes to police reform, the powers that be in Chicago have been negligent in their response to the demands of the people of this city and this nation.
