Category: Political Protests

Surprisingly few anti-Trump protesters showed up to disrupt the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. While it had been reported that as many as ten thousand demonstrators would be in attendance, the Tuesday July 19th demonstration produced no more…

Laquan McDonald Shooting Protest “Fuck the Police!” NOT TRUE: “This guy is having a silent protest with this police officer,” said Fowler. “This is his First Amendment right.” (Raw Story) [fvplayer src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/pliticalpodast/the-other-story.mp4″] Megyn Kelly was correct – – “silent confrontation”…

Around 300 protesters took to the streets of Chicago in the wake of first-degree murder charges that were brought against police officer, Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014. A dashcam video of the…

CHICAGO, IL. Aug. 29, 2015 – Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Chicago to demand that the Chicago City Council create a civilian police accountability council, which would have the power to conduct community oversight of the Chicago…

Mansur Ball-Bey, a black 18-year-old suspected drug dealer, made a really bad mistake when he allegedly pointed a gun at two St. Louis police officers who were waiting in an alley during a warrant search of a home in a…

CHICAGO, IL. Aug. 17, 2015 – Today in Chicago, members of the Bob Avakian Revolutionary Communist Party joined forces with the Chicago branch of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, to participate in a political protest. The march, which included around…