The Kenyan government, under the orders of the dictator William Ruto, has been brutalizing, abducting and killing Kenyan citizens. #RutoMustGo
In this case, and not for the first time, he's attacking children.
'Kenya police fire tear gas during school drama competition'
#Tasers & Excited Delirium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ
#JohnOliver discusses whether Tasers are as safe and effective as the company that makes them claims, the broader effect Tasers have had on #policing, and why you shouldn’t test Tasers out on any of your family members. You’d think that goes without saying, but clearly it doesn’t.
"What's Going On" is a song by the American singer-songwriter #MarvinGaye, released on January 21, 1971, on the #MotownSubsidiary Tamla. It is the opening track of Gaye's studio album of the same name. Originally inspired by a #policeBrutality incident witnessed by #RenaldoObieBenson, the song was composed by Benson, #AlCleveland, and Gaye and produced by Gaye himself. The song marked Gaye's departure from the Motown Sound towards more personal material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M
Child and Teen Deaths by São Paulo's Police Increase 120%
#politics #brazil #PoliceBrutality https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/saopaulo/2025/04/child-and-teen-deaths-by-sao-paulos-police-increase-120.shtml?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=comptw
Today in Labor History April 6, 1905: The Teamsters launched a sympathy strike with clothing cutters in Chicago. The strike started on December 15, 1904, at Montgomery Ward. The company locked out the workers and tried to starve them. The strike quickly spread to other unions. By April 6, 1905, there were 5,000 clothing workers on the picket lines. The teamsters added another 10,000 of their own. The bosses tried to ram through armed wagons full of scabs. The strikers fought back. Things grew increasingly violent. By the time the strike ended in May, twenty-one people were dead, mostly workers.
Today in Labor History April 6, 1968: Oakland police attacked the Black Panthers headquarters and assassinated Bobby Hutton, an unarmed teenager.
George Monbiot, “It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent.” #UK #protest #LabourParty #Gaza #ClimateChange #democracy #PeacefulProtests #PoliceBrutality #HumanRights #HeritageFoundation #Starmer #GeorgeMonbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/protest-britain-activists-quaker-meeting-house
#Texas Law Would Make Law Enforcement Misconduct Records More Secretive https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-04-04/texas-law-would-make-law-enforcement-misconduct-records-more-secretive/ #Fascism #PoliceBrutality
Today In Labor History April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike that had started in February, 1968, for better working conditions and higher pay. The strike began 2 weeks after 2 workers were crushed to death when their truck malfunctioned, intensifying the already high level of frustration and anger over working conditions and safety. King led a protest march on March 28. Over 20,000 kids cut class to join the demonstration. Some members of the march began smashing downtown windows and looting. The cops intervened with mace, tear gas, clubs and live gunfire, killing 16-year-old Larry Paine, who had his hands in the air when he was shot. On April 3, one day before his assassination, King gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.
Brazil Supreme Court to resume “ADPF of the Favelas” case
#politics #brazil #favelas #PoliceBrutality #crime
https://valorinternational.globo.com/law/news/2025/04/03/supreme-court-to-resume-adpf-of-the-favelas-case.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=compartilhar
Today In Labor History April 3, 1913: Pietro Botto, socialist mayor of Haledon, N.J., invited the Paterson silk mill strikers to assemble in front of his house. 20,000 showed up to hear speakers from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Upton Sinclair, John Reed and others, who urged them to remain strong in their fight. The Patterson strike lasted from Feb. 1 until July 28, 1913. Workers were fighting for the eight-hour workday and better working conditions. Over 1800 workers were arrested during the strike, including IWW leaders Big Bill Haywood and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Five were killed. Overall, the strike was poorly organized and confined to Paterson. The IWW, the main organizer of the strike, eventually gave up.
Today In Labor History April 3, 1917: After the U.S. declared war, sailors, escorted by police, destroyed the IWW building in Kansas City. The action inspired similar attacks in Detroit, Duluth and other towns that had a large IWW presence.
Today in Labor History April 2, 1903: Mexican police fired on more than 10,000 protestors, killing 15 and wounding many more. People had been protesting the reelection of General Bernardo Reyes as governor of Nuevo Leon, who was aligned with Mexico's brutal dictator, Porfirio Diaz.
#Columbia Campus Occupation Could Have Ended Without #Police, Report Says
A university senate review concludes that some demonstrators who occupied Hamilton Hall were willing to leave voluntarily.
#RightToProtest #dissent #mediation #PoliceBrutality #NYPD
https://senate.columbia.edu/content/sundial-report
Today in Labor History March 31, 1949: The Canadian Seamen's Union launched a strike that would last six months.
Not a Dad Joke (but relevant to this post):
What's stiff and full of seamen?
.... A submarine.
We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change. #NYPD #corruption #PoliceBrutality
https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse
