Racism, anti-racism, police in the USA

This 10 July 2020 video says about itself:

Corrupt Prosecutors In Bed With Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor

It’s time for police reform. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

“LOUISVILLE — Previously unheard audio of interviews from the investigation of the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor reveals new details about the events leading to her death, as well as the sympathetic approach investigators took while scrutinizing one of their own.

In the interview with Louisville police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who led the late-night raid in March, the investigator questioning Mattingly describes a raid involving at least seven officers and a battering ram as “the most passive way in””

From daily The Morning Star in Britain:

Strike for Black Lives set for July 20 in 25 US cities

STRIKES against systemic racism and police violence are set to take place in at least 25 US cities later this month, unions announced on Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of fast-food, care-home and airport workers will walk out in a 24-hour stoppage on July 20 for marches and rallies.

The Strike for Black Lives has been co-ordinated by organisations and trade unions including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents more than two million workers in the US and Canada.

Protests erupt after Detroit, Michigan police shoot and kill 21-year-old man. By Stephen Fuller, 11 July 2020. Tensions are high in the city after weeks of protests against police brutality in which hundreds have been arrested and police have rammed into protesters with their vehicles.