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2022-10-06: News Headlines

____ (2022-10-06). China urges U.S. to end police violence against Black Americans during UN session. ecns.cn A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday urged the U.S. to take concrete action to address systemic racism, racial discrimination and police violence in the country.

_____ (2022-10-05). John Kiriakou: A Depressing Journey. popularresistance.org I had occasion to visit London and Jerusalem to meet with members of the (establishment) media, of the two respective parliaments and people from think tanks and universities. | I took this trip to talk with interested parties about a human rights case. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of a group called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is being held in solitary confinement in a prison in Nigeria. His crime? He gave an interview to the BBC in which he said that Nigeria's 70 million Biafrans want a referendum on independence. | Nnamdi is a British citizen; his wife and child live in Manchester, England. He renounced…

Dana Sanchez (2022-10-05). Virginia NAACP Leader Murdered By Group With Automatic Weapons In Turks And Caicos. moguldom.com Kent Carter, vice president of the Arlington, Virginia NAACP branch, was fatally shot while celebrating his 40th birthday in Turks and Caicos Sunday after gunmen "indiscriminately" opened fire on a vehicle in which he was taking a tour, local authorities said. Carter was returning from an excursion in Long Bay when several men with automatic …

Sammie Lewis (2022-10-05). Faulty Shotspotter gun crime surveillance system doesn't meet needs of Detroit's people. peoplesworld.org I still remember the common occurrences of police brutality as a frontliner throughout the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings. I can still feel the trauma sinking to the pit of my stomach and making my skin crawl with the tingling sensation of goosebumps when I think about it. I flashback to Aug. 22 and 23 …

Elliott Wallace (2022-10-04). Gang violence plagues Ecuador's prison system. america.cgtn.com While the government has blamed gangs for this violence, activists and families affected by the crisis have argued that government negligence and inaction are making the problem worse.

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