BY staff | Denver, CO | 7/30/22
About 200 people took to the streets on Thursday, July 21, protesting Denver police officers opening fire into a crowd of people early Sunday morning, injuring seven people.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/21/22
The Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) Coalition held a press conference on July 20, to demand that Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoint the Interim Commission for Public Safety and Accountability immediately. According to the ECPS ordinance passed on July 21 last year, the Interim Commission should have been appointed in December.
BY Loretta VanPelt | Minneapolis, MN | 7/15/22
Minneapolis police once again proved that Black lives in this city do not matter when they shot and killed a 20-year-old man, Tekle Sundberg, who was having a mental health crisis, July 14.
BY staff | Brooklyn, NY | 7/12/22
On July 10 community organizers hosted a speak-out in Brooklyn to demand justice for Jayland Walker and other victims of police crimes while raising the demand for community control over the NYPD.
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 7/10/22
After a series of storms this week, the skies cleared up and the sun shone down on a lively Milwaukee crowd of 30 people gathering for a vigil on July 9 at Lucille Berrien Park hosted by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR).
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/08/22
200 protesters marched in Chicago's Federal Plaza, Wednesday evening, July 6, to demand justice for Jayland Walker, who was murdered on June 27 by Akron Ohio police.
BY National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression | United States | 7/05/22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.
BY staff | Tampa, FL | 7/05/22
Tampa community members protested July 4 to demand Justice for Jayland Walker and community control of the police.
BY Colt Hutchinson | Akron, OH | 7/04/22
On July 3, hundreds of people took to the streets and participated in marches demanding justice for Jayland Walker, an African American man who was murdered by Akron police on June 27.
BY Carlos Montes | Los Angeles, CA | 6/24/22
On the two-year anniversary of the murder of Andres Guardado, June 17, UNITE HERE Local 11 and the Check the Sheriff Coalition held a press conference to call for a Los Angeles County Charter Amendment.
