Chicago police face being kicked out of their union if they kneel in solidarity with protesters, organization chief warns…
June 12, 2020
Catanzara argued that it 'wasn't the time or the place to be doing that'. His comments attracted criticism from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Officers have been videoed across the globe kneeling in solidarity with demonstrators...
‘We could have the summer of love!’: Seattle mayor says she doesn’t know when CHAZ occupation will conclude…
June 12, 2020
Seattle Mayor says, about the anarchists takeover of her city, “it is a Summer of Love”. These Liberal Dems don’t have a clue. The terrorists burn and pillage our cities, and they think it is just wonderful, even the death. Must end this Seattle takeover now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2020
Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant Says Warlord-Controlled CHAZ Should Remain In Public Hands…
June 12, 2020
... says she plans to introduce legislation which would officially convert the neighborhood into a 'community center for restorative justice... On Tuesday evening, Sawant opened the doors to City Hall, allowing over a thousand protesters inside who loudly demanded that Seattle defund the police department and ban the use of chemicals such as tear gas. The protesters also called for the immediate resignation of Mayor Jenny Durkan.
Our movement needs to urgently ensure East Precinct is not handed back to police, but is turned over permanently into community control.
My office is bringing legislation to convert East Precinct into a community center for restorative justice. https://t.co/YGSOG0MXU3
— Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) June 12, 2020
Kasama Sawant is a Socialist Alternative party member.
Black Lives Matter protesters say Seattle’s autonomous zone has hijacked message…
June 12, 2020
Protesters inside the self-declared autonomous zone in downtown Seattle booed and heckled members of the African American Community Advisory Council Thursday afternoon as the group told demonstrators they had "hijacked" the message of Black Lives Matter.
“Not On My Island”: More Allies Reject Hosting US Missiles In Pacific Aimed At China…
June 12, 2020
Japan's Okinawa lashes out against Pentagon plan to essentially encircle China...
Retired generals who denounced Trump could be recalled to active duty and prosecuted, experts say…
June 12, 2020
School calls cops on 11-year-old after seeing his BB gun during virtual lesson…
June 12, 2020
Police told Lancaster “someone had seen the guns in her son’s bedroom during a Google Meet class on his laptop” and had made a screenshot of the image. After trading emails with a school administrator, Lancaster discovered Seneca’s principal had been notified, and then the school’s “safety officer” called the cops. She said the principal “compared bringing a weapon to a virtual class to bringing a gun to school.”
Two-thirds of Americans oppose ‘defund the police’ movement: poll…
June 12, 2020
According to the findings, 64 percent of Americans oppose calls to defund police agencies, compared with 34 percent who support the movement. Meanwhile, 60 percent specifically oppose reducing the budget for law enforcement to reallocate it to other public health and social programs, while 39 percent support that move.
After Snapchat CEO said it would no longer promote Trump’s content, Snapchat Refuses To Release Diversity Report Amid Racism Complaints…
June 12, 2020
At the meeting, Spiegel said releasing diversity data would reinforce the idea that minority groups are underrepresented in the tech industry. The implication, one source told Business Insider, was that the report would make the company look bad at a time of increased focus on representation.
Spiegel told employees that the company's diversity numbers were in line with those at other tech companies, which have long skewed white and male.
Removing “Annoying” Windows 10 Features is a DMCA Violation, Microsoft Says…
June 12, 2020
Ninjutsu OS, a new software tool that heavily modifies Windows 10 with a huge number of tweaks, mods and extra tools, has been hit with a DMCA complaint by Microsoft. According to the copyright notice, the customizing, tweaking and disabling of Windows 10 features, even when that improves privacy, amounts to a violation of Microsoft's software license.