Quilombo City – Cemetery City: Death and Black Resistance in Jacarezinho
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An NYPD cop in the subway, who openly flouts rules for mask-wearing, tries to intimidate a civilian & brags about how he’ll face no consequences.
Then, without any shame, the cop unironically says that he thinks the problem with the USA is that it’s too “free.” https://twitter.com/alex_fermin_/status/1431629591202893824
NYPD officer Powell and his buddies harassing me at 46th St. station after I took a perfectly legal photo of them not adhering to mask guidelines… he said “what are you gonna do about it” and “you know what’s the problem with you guys… it’s because America is so free”
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This article in @CopwatchMedia intertwines the history of Rio de Janeiro's murderous police forces, slavery, racism and how Black youth are finding creative ways to resist the ongoing brutal violence and oppression.
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Quilombo City – Cemetery City: Death and Black Resistance in Jacarezinho
May 6th, 2021, Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro - Foto: Fabiano Rocha On the morning of May 6th, the civil and mili...
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Brazil | "On the morning of May 6th, the civil and military police of Rio de Janeiro carried out a military operation of about nine hours in Jacarezinho... leaving 29 dead, several injured, destruction and the whole favela traumatized" [via @CopwatchMedia]
Quilombo City – Cemetery City: Death and Black Resistance in Jacarezinho
May 6th, 2021, Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro - Foto: Fabiano Rocha On the morning of May 6th, the civil and mili...
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.@CopwatchMedia has a new piece on a murderous May 6 police raid on a favela in Brazil, its connection with Brazil's history of colonialism & racism, & how folks in favelas are making their own media to expose state violence & combat propaganda.
Quilombo City – Cemetery City: Death and Black Resistance in Jacarezinho
May 6th, 2021, Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro - Foto: Fabiano Rocha On the morning of May 6th, the civil and mili...
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