(2022-02-04). Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force. nationofchange.org Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to use of excessive force. During a protest against police brutality on May 31, 2020, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) …
(2022-02-04). Amnesty: 'Israel' Imposing 'Apartheid' on Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 'Israel' is carrying out "the crime of apartheid against Palestinians" and must be held accountable for treating them as "an inferior racial group", Amnesty International said in a new report. | Released on Tuesday, the 278-page report by the leading rights group details how Israeli occupation authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinians. | The damning investigation sets out how massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Pales…
(2022-02-04). Colombian Court Postpones Debate on Abortion Decriminalization. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Colombian Constitutional Court postponed the debate on the total decriminalization of abortion, as new disqualification petitions were filed against the tie-breaker judge of last January ¥s vote. | RELATED: | The legal debates commenced with two lawsuits presented in 2020: the first one was filed by Andres Sanchez in July, and the second one by the "Just Cause," a coalition of women's rights groups. Both of them…
(2022-02-04). Sean Swain's Finger Chopped Off While in ODRC Custody. itsgoingdown.org An update on long-time anarchist prisoner, Sean Sean from his partner. For more information on Sean, go here and here. Sean's partner writes: Sean Swain is an infamous anarchist prisoner currently held in the state of Ohio. Before I get into writing about this three-ring circus I wanted to give some background on Sean to…
(2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…
(2022-02-04). Ex-Chicago Cop Jason Van Dyke Freed Early over Murdering Laquan McDonald; Activists Seek Fed Charges. democracynow.org 
We go to Chicago, where protests erupted Thursday over the early release of the white ex-police officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of killing a Black 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald in 2014. Van Dyke — who was the first police officer in the United States to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting — was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison but was freed early for "good behavior" after only serving a little over three years of his sentence. He was only convicted of murder a year after the shooting, when community activists pushed the Chicago police to release video footage of the i…
(2022-02-03). ABC Releases Special On Exonerated Norman 3X Butler: Here's Why Researcher Karl Evanzz Says He Was Part Of A Conspiracy To Kill Malcolm X. moguldom.com The ABC News network is airing a special on Feb. 3, 2022 about one of the two men who was recently exonerated in the murder of civil rights icon Malcolm X after decades of imprisonment. "X/onerated: The Murder of Malcolm X and 55 Years to Justice" will focus on Norman 3X Butler (known as Muhammad …
(2022-02-03). Edna Griffin and the fight to integrate a Des Moines drug store. cpusa.org 
Over 10 years before the civil rights sit-ins of the 1960s, like the one at the Woolworth's in North Carolina, a coalition organized by a Communist Party member and others fought to desegregate a drug store in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1948 Iowa had a problem with racism. The state was north of the …
(2022-02-03). 'Police used Bogota bus terminals to torture protesters'. colombiareports.com Bogota police used bus terminals in Colombia's capital as illegal detention centers during protests last year, according to opposition politicians. The accusation made by two Bogota city council members was…
(2022-02-03). Jorge Rodríguez: Deputies Failing to Fulfill their Oath Will be Jailed. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, February 2, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) Jorge Rodríguez, warned that deputies who fail to comply with their oath will go to prison. This was said after referring to the case of PSUV parliamentarian, Taina González Rubio, who was arrested in Falcón for her alleged involvement in a drug trafficking network. | "Jail will be the destination for any deputy failing to fulfill their oath, thus becoming a despicable traitor. Everyone who deviates from the right path will be sent to jail," he asserted during his speech at the session this Tuesday, in which the parliamentary immunity o…
(2022-02-03). More than two dozen major lawsuits are putting a price tag on the climate damage caused by fossil fuel companies. nationofchange.org Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy—owner of the only oil refinery in the state—for climate change-related damages and adaptation expenses. Boulder and its co-plaintiffs, Boulder County and San Miguel County, home to Telluride, estimated the damage caused by extreme weather events would cost them more than $100 million by 2050. As …
(2022-02-03). Mexico Has Become A 'Roofless Prison' For Haitian Refugees. popularresistance.org Monterrey, Mexico —Wilson sits, constantly refreshing his phone, waiting for COMAR, the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, to reschedule his appointment, originally set for Oct. 13, 2021. A day prior he received a cancellation through email. "I'm still waiting for the new date," says Wilson, who asked not to use his full name for protection, with his gaze fixed on the phone. | The Casa Indi migrant shelter in Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico, received 1,600 Haitian migrants in September 2021, a month after a tropical storm damaged large swaths of the island and contributed to the destabilization th…
(2022-02-03). Instead of Freeing Palestinian Prisoners, New Scheme Aims at Punishing Their Families. dissidentvoice.org 
A scheme is underway to withhold or to reduce payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinian prisoners. According to Israeli media, the Biden Administration has requested that the PA entirely overhauls its support system of Palestinian prisoners. The Palestinian leadership had already expressed willingness to engage the US in a 'discussion'. …
(2022-02-03). Why wouldn't Biden grant clemency to Leonard Peltier? mronline.org 
Last Friday, it became known that the 77-year-old Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was sick with COVID-19. Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years, which makes him the oldest political prisoner in the United States.
(2022-02-03). Fertilizer plant fire in North Carolina threatens to ignite massive explosion, putting thousands at risk. wsws.org Authorities have called for the evacuation of about 6,000 people, including Wake Forest University students and more than 200 inmates from a nearby prison and urged residents to stay indoors as the fire continues to burn.