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"Enough is enough already."

99 4 minutes read On June 3, Minneapolis-area authorities carried out an escalation in the ruling-class war on Black lives, beginning with an attempted eviction of George Floyd Square in the morning and continuing with the murder of 32-year-old Black man Winston Boogie Smith, Jr. in the afternoon by U.S. Marshals.  Shortly after 4:00 a.m., city workers told organizers at the square that they were there to start tearing down the community-held area so that the street could be opened to car traffic. George Floyd Square has been held by participants in the movement for Black lives for more t...

Walter Bailey, the original owner of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, left Room 306 vacant after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on its balcony on April 4, 1968. Now preserved at the National Civil Rights Museum, the site of the social justice leader's final moments is both a beacon and a reminder. It speaks to its visitors, asking them to remember. Near the vintage cars underneath the commemorative wreath that adorns the balcony where King lingered before an assassin's bullet struck him, I stood silently and reflected on my first trip there five years ago. That spiritual experience is one I'...

Minneapolis police fire tear gas as protests break out over dismantling of George Floyd Square and fatal shooting by cops of black man who pulled gun The suspect was shot by a US Marshals task force attempting to arrest him on a state arrest warrant on Thursday, according to the Sheriff's Department. Authorities said he pulled out a gun before he was shot   The shooting came on the same day crews in Minneapolis began to dismantle concrete barriers which had been placed around George Floyd Square since he was killed in May 2020 Community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resume...

Unrest in Minneapolis Thursday Night Rioters in Minneapolis reportedly smashed windows and lit a dumpster on fire Thursday night near a parking garage where an officer fatally shot a suspect wanted for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon earlier. The suspect, accused in a homicide, didn’t follow commands from the U.S. Marshal Service taskforce –  made up of local law enforcement  – and pulled out a gun during the attempted arrest, FOX 9 in Minneapolis reported, citing authorities. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The dumpster eventually melted into a "puddle of fire,...