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[Link] Proud Boys leader arrested on US Capitol attack conspiracy charge
Read: 9/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
Enrique Tarrio, a leader of the Proud Boys far-right group, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy over the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
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[Link] Amir Locke shooting: hundreds protest in Minneapolis after police killing of Black man
Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis on Saturday demanding justice in the fatal police shooting of a young Black man, Amir Locke, during a “no-knock” raid on an apartment earlier this week.
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[Link] Ex-National Guard Official Accuses Army of ‘Stalinist’ Lies About Jan. 6
Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com
A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and covering up their roles in delaying a military response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Col. Earl Matthews, a senior National Security Council and Army official who was the top attorney for the D.C.
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[Link] Arizona students seek Kyle Rittenhouse removal from online nursing classes
Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A small but vocal alliance of left-leaning students at Arizona State University (ASU) is demanding Kyle Rittenhouse be removed from online classes, despite the teen’s acquittal this month on charges of murdering two men and injuring another during protests for racial justice in Wisconsin last year
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[Link] Paramedic Shot by Rittenhouse Believed He ‘Was Going to Die’
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
The high-profile Rittenhouse trial has now entered its second week.
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[Link] California town declares itself a ‘constitutional republic’ to buck Covid rules
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A northern California town has declared itself a “constitutional republic” in response to Covid-19 health restrictions imposed by the governor, in the latest sign of ongoing strife between the state’s government and its rural and conservative regions.
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[Link] Netflix hit with unfair labor charge from suspended and fired employees
Read: 31/10/2021 www.avclub.com
After weeks of controversy surrounding its release of—and then vocal high-level support for—the transphobic material in Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, streaming giant Netflix now faces an unfair labor charge from two of its current/former employees.
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[Link] Amazon ‘Delivery Partners’ Hit Amazon With $150 Million Lawsuit
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two Amazon delivery companies in the Portland area sued Amazon Monday, claiming that the e-commerce giant controls nearly every aspect of their business and penalizes them for circumstances beyond their control. The companies are seeking $15 million in damages.
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[Link] This Black Cop Got Kicked Out of Her Union for Supporting BLM
Read: 23/10/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] ‘Save Australia’ protest erupts in New York
Read: 5/10/2021 www.news.com.au
Australia became the surprising focal point of an American anti vaccine mandate protest march for teachers in New York City overnight, with hundreds of demonstrators chanting “Save Australia” and some waving Aussie flags.
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[Link] Activists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrest
Read: 5/10/2021 www.vice.com
Imagine waking up and checking your phone after several evenings of mass demonstrations. You try scrolling through your Twitter feed, but it won’t load. You turn your router off and on to no avail. You try texting a friend to complain, but the message fails to send. Frustrated, you walk outside.
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[Link] Capitol attack committee issues sweeping requests for official records
Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The House select committee tasked with investigating the 6 January attacks on the Capitol has issued its first round of sweeping demands for records from multiple US government agencies.
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[Link] It’s Back to School in the Apocalypse, and Parents Are Losing Their Minds
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. It’s back-to-school season during the apocalypse, and Americans are celebrating by losing their minds.
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[Link] Ann Arbor, MI: Landlords Try to Play Games, Tenants Win
Read: 15/8/2021 itsgoingdown.org
Tenants mobilize against picnic in Ann Arbor organized by landlords. Originally posted to Black Ink. On Thursday, a group of tenants gathered for a cookout and speakout at Frissinger Park in opposition to a landlord picnic and Kickball game, hosted by the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association.
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[Link] An Oil Company Paid Police $2 Million to Defend Its Pipeline From Protests
Read: 9/8/2021 www.vice.com
Calgary-based oil giant Enbridge set up a fund called the Public Safety Escrow Trust in May, 2020 as part of its permitting process for the Line 3 pipeline route, which carries tar sands oil from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin.
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[Link] QAnon Thinks Cop Suicides After the Capitol Riot Are a Cover-Up
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. QAnon conspiracy theorists firmly believe that pretty much everything is fake or a cover up. The stolen election, the COVID-19 pandemic, and of course, the Capitol riots, in which QAnon followers played a central role.
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[Link] Cop Fired For Proud Boy Protests Blames 'Woke Witch Hunt'
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
In the livestream, Proud Boy Eddie Block signalled familiarity with Fitzgerald, calling him “Rick” and implying he was a member of law enforcement. Fitzgerald was wearing sunglasses and a jersey emblazoned with the numbers 76.
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[Link] Texas soldier who shot protester indicted on murder charge
Read: 3/7/2021 abcnews.go.com
AUSTIN, Texas -- An Army soldier who shot and killed an armed protester after driving into a crowd demonstrating against police violence in the Texas capital last summer has been indicted on murder charge, authorities said Thursday. Sgt.