George Floyd, a Black man, was killed on May 25, 2020, by a white Minneapolis police officer. The cop, who was eventually found guilty of murder, pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes while he lay handcuffed on the ground, pleading that he couldn’t breathe.
A young woman bystander filmed the killing on her phone, as others shouted at the police to release Floyd.
The Heritage Foundation developed a blueprint to destroy the burgeoning pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, by claiming “all critics of Israel” are agents of Hamas. Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah report.
Police once again showed their true colours on July 6, shooting in the face and killing 36-year-old Black mother, Sonya Massey, in her home in Springfield, Illinois, reports Malik Miah.
In the March 5 primary elections in San Francisco, a city long hated by conservatives for its liberal and progressive image, voters adopted two propositions (E and F) to increase police powers. Both passed by large margins, reports Malik Miah.
Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.
Malik Miah reviews His Name is George Floyd, a new book that places George Perry Floyd jnr's life and death at the hands of police in the context of the racial history of the United States.
February 14 marks 18 years since young Kamilaroi man TJ Hickey died after being chased by police. No one has been charged; his family is yet to receive any justice, writes Isaac Nellist.
Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd is a relief, but does not change the urgent need to end policing and the corrupt criminal justice system, argues Malik Miah.
The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's killer has been handed down. Malik Miah looks at the trial, the Black Lives Matter movement and the changes needed to policing in the United States.
Large and angry protests were held in several cities across the country to mark 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its findings, reports Isaac Nellist.
Sue Bolton argues only a sustained mass movement, led by First Nations people, will have a chance of dismantling the racist and repressive system which criminalises people on the basis of their skin colour.
Paul Gregoire lays out the context to the massive and youthful Stop Black Deaths in Custody — Black Lives Matter protest that took over the centre of Warrang-Sydney.