Colorado cop convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023
Violinists from around country played at march of thousands in Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 2020, demanding justice for Elijah McClain, killed by cops in Aurora, Colorado, in 2019. Concerts elsewhere honored McClain, inset, who played his violin to soothe animals at local shelters.

More than four years since Elijah McClain died after being brutalized by police in Aurora, Colorado, a jury Oct. 12 unanimously found police officer Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. He will be sentenced Jan. 5.…


March in Jersey City protests cop killing of Drew Washington

Vol. 87/No. 37 - October 9, 2023

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Chanting “Say his name: Drew Washington!” 100 people marched and rallied at City Hall here Sept. 20 protesting the Aug. 27 police killing of Andrew Jerome Washington. He suffered from bipolar disorder. Handwritten signs included “Schizophrenia…


NJ march protests cop killing of Najee Seabrooks

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

PATERSON, N.J. — Hundreds took part in a vigil, march and rally outside City Hall here March 7 protesting the police killing of 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks four days earlier. The action was organized by his family and the Paterson Healing…



A working-class road to end cop brutality

Vol. 87/No. 7 - February 20, 2023

The following statement was released Feb. 6 by Lisa Potash, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia in 2022. Working people across the country were outraged when they saw the video of cops in Memphis savagely stun with…


Memphis cops charged with murder in killing of Tyre Nichols

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023

ATLANTA — Five members of a Memphis police specialized “crime suppression” unit were fired and charged with second-degree murder and other felonies Jan. 26 after city authorities reviewed videos showing them brutally beating Tyre Nichols 19 days earlier. The 29-year-old…


Atlanta cop attack, antifa riot lead to ‘terrorism’ charges

Vol. 87/No. 5 - February 6, 2023

ATLANTA — Georgia State Patrol cops shot and killed Manuel Teran as they cleared out an encampment in Intrenchment Creek Park in Dekalb County Jan. 18. Teran was part of a group of middle-class radicals and anarchists attempting to block…


Fort Worth cop convicted for killing of Atatiana Jefferson

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023
Hundreds have protested cop killing of Atatiana Jefferson three years ago, finally winning conviction of Aaron Dean for manslaughter. Parade in her honor in Fort Worth, Oct. 9, 2021.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Three years after he shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her own home, police officer Aaron Dean was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years, 10 months and 12 days in prison. He will have…


Akron protests: ‘Charge cops who killed Jayland Walker’

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

AKRON, Ohio — Hundreds came to the Civic Theatre here July 13 to pay their respects to Jayland Walker. A DoorDash driver with no criminal record, Walker, 25, died June 27 when eight police officers fired dozens of shots at…