Inanimate Objects and Human Bodies
The following is an excerpt from the zine One Four Seven: Some Notes on Tactics and Strategy from Durham’s Recent Anti-Police Marches. On Friday, December 5th protesters in Durham, NC took over the Durham Freeway (Rt 147). What follows is a reflection on the tactic used there of pulling objects into the streets to aid in […]
Berkeley, MO // December 23, 2014
A line forty or fifty cops long blocked the Mobil parking lot in Berkeley, MO where Antonio Martin had been shot and killed several hours earlier. It was chilling to see his body still lying covered on the ground when we got there. The horror, loss and pain felt palpable watching his body placed on […]
The Police Serve, Young People Die…An Open Letter on Calls for “Peace” in Response to Police Murder
The letter that follows was written by Farid El Yamni, the brother of Wissam El Yamni, murdered by the police in Paris, France on New Year’s Day 2012, and is addressed to the mother of Rémi Fraisse, murdered by police during a protest in France on October 31st of this year. He wanted it to […]
Act Two: St. Louis Erupts After Another Police Murder
Just after dusk on Wednesday night in St. Louis, a cop killed 18 year-old Vonderitt “Drew” Myers. This is the third incident of cops killing black men in two months – sadly this is not above average. What is above average, though, is people’s response to it. Like Mike Brown, there has been debate about […]