> “Walking while Black” laws, first created in California in 1925 as a safety measure and lobbied by the automobile industry, are controversial due to racist enforcement and because they shame pedestrians while giving more protections to cars on the road
🚨🚨 🚨 "Trump’s DEMENTED PLAN has MAJOR RAMIFICATIONS"
"Trumps violent rhetoric is leading to THOUSANDS OF IMMEDIATE DEATH THREATS against judges and their families. Michael Popok explores pro-Trump MAGA websites and social media platforms where death threats are posted every minute of every day against law enforcement and judges just after Trump uses 'call to arms' violent rhetoric to attack his judges, just like what happened on Jan6."
#NYC's corrupt mayor (redundant phrase) had the #NYPD attack/assault Columbia students protesting #Gaza genocide after a private call with several pro-#Israel billionaires who promised political donations for his reelection campaign. Such a succinct example of how the sequestration of capital, political power, and violence within a tiny elite is the norm in this country.
Unleash the litigation gates! These universities calling the police on their students will be in litigation for years. And those costs don't include the $ NYC is bleeding paying for these cops.:
AFTER RAIDS, NYPD DENIED STUDENT PROTESTERS WATER AND FOOD IN JAIL
STUDENTS ARRESTED DURING the police crackdown on protests at universities in New York City last week were denied water and food for 16 hours, according to two faculty members at Columbia University’s Barnard College who collected reports from students who were inside.
Other students reported that they were beaten by New York City Police Department officers after their arrests and taken to the hospital for injuries before being returned to central booking. Photos of the injuries were provided to The Intercept.
"The NYPD’s New Sizzle Reels Aren’t Just Dumb. They’re Dangerous"
This is police propaganda "to justify crackdowns..on dissent while allowing police to portray themselves as heroic."
NYC Mayor Eric Adams repeatedly referred to "professional outside agitators", as police pointed to protestors' supplies: "We got water..supplies..cups..this is very, very organized... There is definitely a mastermind behind this.”
Arrest of journalist Olga Fedorova (Alex Kent, New York, May 8 2024) (kbin.earth)