White "back the blue" family shocked after suffering #police #abuse
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/8/2192222/--I-back-the-blue-white-family-suddenly-outraged-at-police-brutality-directed-at-them
https://www.krqe.com/news/investigations/video-family-rushing-to-save-dogs-life-held-at-gunpoint-by-police/
#policeBrutality #FTP #ACAB @aclu

Today in Labor History September 10, 1897: A sheriff and deputies killed 19 striking miners and wounded 40 others in Lattimer mine, near Hazelton, Pennsylvania during a peaceful mining protest. Many of those killed were originally brought in as strikebreakers, but then later organized and joined the strike. The miners were mostly Polish, Lithuanian, Slovak and German. The massacre was a turning point for the UMW. Working and safety conditions were terrible. 32,000 miners had died from 1870-1897, just in the northeastern coalfields of Pennsylvania. Wages had dropped 17% since the mid-1890s.

The strike began in mid-August, when teenage mule drivers walked off the job to protest the consolidation of stables, which had forced them to walk much further just to get to work. After a scuffle between drivers and supervisors, two thousand men walked out, as well. Soon, all the mines in the region had joined the strike. Most of the men who weren’t already members of the UMW quickly joined the union. Up to 10,000 miners were now on strike. The mine owners’ private police, known as the Coal & Iron Police (miners called them Cossacks, for their brutality), was too small to quash the strike, so they called on the sheriff to intervene. He mustered a posse of 100 Irish and English immigrants, who confronted the miners as they marched toward Latimer, on Sep 10. Along the way, they joked about how many miners they were going to kill.

The massacre provoked a near uprising. The sheriff called for the deployment of the National Guard, which sent 2,500 troops to quell the unrest. 10 days later, a group of Slavic women, armed with fire pokers and rolling pins, led 150 men and boys to shut down the McAdoo coal works, but were stopped by the National Guards. The sheriff, and 73 deputized vigilantes, were put on trial. However, despite evidence clearly showing that most of the miners had been shot in the back, and none had been armed, they were all acquitted.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #coal #mining #union #strike #latimer #massacre #police #PoliceBrutality #PoliceMurder #immigration

Shocker! #policebrutality #policeviolence

https://boingboing.net/2023/09/09/white-back-the-blue-family-shocked-after-suffering-police-abuse.html

Today in Labor History September 9, 1968: In a press conference about the brutality of the Chicago police during the Democratic Convention, Mayor Daley admitted what we’ve known all along: "The policeman isn't there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOOrgQeRF34

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #police #PoliceBrutality #chicago

#policebrutality: #Settlement mandates that #NYPD refrain from crowd control tactics like kettling & implement a new response system that deemphasizes #police presence at #protests, deescalate...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-05/new-york-police-department-to-reform-tactics-in-george-floyd-protest-deal?cmpid=BBD090723_CITYLAB&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230907&utm_campaign=citylabdaily

#AbolishQualifiedImmunity #GeorgeFloyd #CopAGanda #HumanRightsViolations #StateSanctionedViolence

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From the archives: My most controversial podcast on #PoliceBrutality & #ActuallyAutistic.

Still relevant, still urgent. 🚨🎙️

Listen now on #ApplePodcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-im-still-autistic-i-still-fear-cops-one-year/id1576867981?i=1000529279344 🎧

Transcript & more: https://autisticaf.me/2021/07/18/podcast-im-still-autistic-i-still-fear-cops-one-year-after-linden-cameron/

#AuDHD #ADHD #accessibility

#PoliceReform cannot change Prince George's County Police Department. Thuggery is in their blood. #policebrutality #PoliceViolence #police #PrinceGeorgescounty

https://themessenger.com/news/wife-of-suspended-maryland-cop-says-shes-not-doing-ok-after-seeing-my-husband-and-his-mistress-on-my-f-king-newsfeed

1/? #Golda, #feminist icon? #girlboss-ing #warcrimes.

I'm sorry this film exists & that this theater supports it, though I'm not necessarily saying one should ban a movie. I will say that The Carolina Theater promoting this without education/context is like celebrating #Confederatemonuments ("history" or "heritage" minus the necessary education on their context& legacy of #slavery, murder, jim crow, #policebrutality).
#humanrights #FreePalestine #blacklivesmatter #palestine #palestinesolidarity

1/? #Golda, #feminist icon? #girlboss-ing #warcrimes.

I'm sorry this film exists & that this theater supports it, though I'm not necessarily saying one should ban a movie. I will say that The Carolina Theater promoting this without education/context is like celebrating #Confederatemonuments ("history" or "heritage" minus the necessary education on their context& legacy of #slavery, murder, jim crow, #policebrutality).
#humanrights #FreePalestine #blacklivesmatter #palestine #palestinesolidarity

Today in Labor History September 5, 1917: Federal agents attacked Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) halls and offices in 48 cities across the nation as part of the Palmer raids against the left.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #IWW #union #PalmerRaids #RedScare #police #PoliceBrutality

Global News BC: Another inquest jury recommends police body cameras after B.C. man fatally shot https://globalnews.ca/news/9938036/waylon-edey-castlegar-coroners-inquest-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCCoronersService #Coroner'sInquest #Policebrutality #PoliceShooting #PoliceViolence #CastlegarNews #WaylonEdey #Castlegar #MylesGray #Crime #News

My publisher just sent me the formatted ebook copy of my new novel: ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL!

Just have to correct any errors and then it'll be ready to launch, later this week or next!!

Curious?

Check my website for details: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/

Order it soon from Historium Press: http://wix.to/M9gMx11

#AnywhereButSchuylkill #HistoricalFiction #novel #books #LaborHistory #WorkingClass #author #writer #coal #mining #police #PoliceBrutality #WorkplaceSafety #ChildLabor

Activist’s toddler is at center of LAPD Commission controversy https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-03/activists-toddler-at-the-center-of-lapd-commission-controversy

The problem isn’t #PoliceBrutality: It’s bringing a toddler to hearing where #commissioners ignore a string of recent shootings.

#AbolishQualifiedImmunity

"Anywhere but Schuylkill" by Michael Dunn - coming soon from Historium Press! Check it out!! http://wix.to/M9gMx11

“The Banshees of Inisherin and 1917 are two of the best historical films I’ve seen in recent years, particularly the cinematography. Yet the visuals Michael Dunn creates in Anywhere But Schuylkill, are richer, more vivid, more imaginative, and more haunting and indelible than what I recall in those brilliant films. It’s like the author transports himself to each scene and brings to life each physical detail, each expression, each emotion, and each word of dialogue with the care of a Renaissance painter.”

—David Aretha, award-winning author of Malala Yousafzai and the Girls of Pakistan and Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington.

#AnyWhereButSchuylkill #HistoricalFiction #fiction #novel #author #writer #coal #miners #union #strike #pennsylvania #WorkingClass #LaborHistory #ChildLabor #PoliceBrutality #capitalism @bookstadon

Bodycam video shows #Ohio police fatally shooting #pregnant black woman

#PoliceBrutality #US #USpolicekillings

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66690408

What is certain is the need to end qualified immunity and raise the bar for probable cause. American police are out of control. Police will violate our constitutional rights knowingly and willingly. Know your rights.

#policebrutality #fourthamendment #firstamendment #police #endqualifedimmunity #knowyourrights

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/09/02/kansas-aclu-seeks-strict-boundaries-to-end-khps-unconstitutional-vehicle-searches/

Painful death in Ohio
Two souls lost that tragic day
Justice we demand

#ohio #justice #policebrutality #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-ohio-release-body-camera-video-showing-officer/story?id=102864170

Today in Labor History September 2, 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain ended on this date in 1921, with the U.S. government bombing striking coal miners by plane, the second time the U.S. government used planes to bomb its own citizens (the first was in the Tulsa riots, earlier that year). The Battle of Blair Mountain was one of the largest civil uprisings in U.S. history and the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The uprising lasted 5 days and involved 10,000-15,000 coal miners confronting an army of scabs and police. The battle came as mine owners tried to crush attempts by coal miners to unionize the southwestern West Virginia coalfields. From the late 1800s, mine owners forced workers to live in company towns, where rent was deducted from their wages and they were paid in scrip, which was accepted only at the overpriced company stores and was worthless everywhere else. The work was very dangerous and safety equipment and precautions were minimal. The mine owners had a long tradition of using private detectives and goons to spy on workers, infiltrate their meetings, rough them up, and block any attempts to unionize. The battle began after Sheriff Sid Hatfield (an ally of the miners and hero from the Battle of Matewan) was assassinated by Baldwin-Felts agents. Much of the region was still under martial law as a result of the Battle of Matewan. Miners began to leave the mountains armed and ready for battle. Mother Jones tried to dissuade them from marching into Logan and Mingo Counties, fearing a bloodbath. Many accused her of losing her nerve. The miners ignored her and a battle ensued between miners and cops, private detectives, scabs and eventually the U.S. military.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #coal #mining #strike #union #BlairMountain #WestVirginia #matewan #police #PoliceBrutality #massacre #PoliceMurder #Riot #MotherJones

TN Kuravan families allege torture and sexual assault by Andhra police

Entire families from the Kuravan tribe routinely face arrest and torture for crimes they are unconnected to, revealing the police’s reluctance to shed their prejudice against what were earlier called ‘criminal tribes’.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ground-report-tn-kuravan-families-allege-torture-and-sexual-assault-andhra-police-181742

#AndhraPradesh #kuravas #tribals #PoliceBrutality #APPolice #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #caste #torture #HumanRights #TamilNadu #kuravar #india

The threat of harm to the elderly, those with mental health issues, disabled from the police are extremely high. As an elderly autistic disabled person this is exactly why I say fuck the police. America needs to end police brutality.

#policebrutality #CorruptCops #Police

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WOiNT0mUOHo&si=CEzlgkVA-D7CwVS9