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Mexico: US: Police Brutality and the Normalization of Hate

Robin Koerner - February 1, 2023. Published in La Jornada

It’s impossible to separate police brutality and institutionalized racism from the normalization of figures like Trump or Taylor Greene.

Cuba: 2 Evil Endemics in the United States

Rejeanne Lacroix - January 31, 2023. Published in Radio Havana Cuba

China: Why Are US Police So Violent?

Robin Koerner - December 15, 2022. Published in Guangming Daily

The government’s ineffective measures have allowed the number of African Americans killed by the police in the U.S. to increase rather than decrease in the two years since the Floyd case.

Poland: George Floyd’s Killer Sentenced to 22 1/2 Years in Prison; A Major Change in America

Robin Koerner - June 30, 2021. Published in Polityka

The reasons behind the extreme inequality in the U.S. ... are only partially racial.

Japan: The Tireless March toward Defeating Prejudice in America

Robin Koerner - June 3, 2021. Published in Mainichi Shimbun

America's racial issues are deeply embedded in history.

Switzerland: The Tulsa Massacre: The Ghosts of Collective Amnesia

Robin Koerner - June 1, 2021. Published in Le Temps

U.K.: The Guardian View on George Floyd’s Legacy: Change Hearts and Minds

Lalatendu Das - May 25, 2021. Published in The Guardian

Joe Biden wants people to come together over racial issues while Boris Johnson wants them to come apart.

U.A.E.: George Floyd and the Sacred Role of Anniversaries

Lalatendu Das - May 25, 2021. Published in The National

It propelled the Black Lives Matter Movement forward, gave rise to hundreds of protests and caused a shift in the consciousness of more than 330 million people.

Iran: The US Legal System Props up Racists

Robin Koerner - May 2, 2021. Published in Basirat

When these cases are revealed, police officials simply claim they acted because the victim was dangerous, and that the cops had no choice but to kill them!

Poland: Verdict in George Floyd Killing: Derek Chauvin Guilty

Danuta Kowalska - April 29, 2021. Published in Polityka

Canada: A Seminal Verdict in Minneapolis

Robin Koerner - April 24, 2021. Published in Le Devoir

Chauvin treated Floyd like a dog. Justice was served, but there is much more left to do.

Canada: George Floyd and Us

Reg Moss - April 22, 2021. Published in La Presse

For all the other cases, without witnesses, without video, will justice be served? I am not so sure.

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