On this day two years ago, December 6, 2018, we reported from Athens, Greece as heavy clashes occurred between thousands of police and black-clad protesters took place on the 10-year anniversary of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos being killed by Greek police in #Exarcheia.
The 2008 police killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos sparked a massive insurrectionary revolt in #Athens with weeks of riots that were the largest in Europe since 1968.
Epamidondas Korkoneas, the ex-special police guard of the Greek police who killed 15 y/o #AlexisGrigoropoulos had his life sentence overturned in July 2019.
In case you didn't know, Energy Transfer (which partially owns the Dakota Access Pipeline) has been trying to subpoena Unicorn Riot since March 2021.
This 🧵thread🧵 will summarize our ongoing legal battle and explain ways you can support us.
The March 2021 subpoena was part of Energy Transfer's federal racketeering lawsuit filed in 2017 against a range of defendants including environmental groups Greenpeace USA, BankTrack and Earth First!.
As of December 2023, both Unicorn Riot and Energy Transfer filed appeals, extending our years-long court case.
Minneapolis - Around 1:45 pm as pro-Palestine demonstrators held a 'die-in' at Lyndale/Hennepin, an alleged counter-protester drove into the crowd, possibly firing a a gun or firecracker while driving away.
Our drone footage paired w/ audio from on the ground shows the incident:
There were about 1000-2000 people at the rally before this happened. Chants heard included "Free Palestine", and "Up with Palestine, down with occupation", calling an end to the Israeli occupation and "genocide" of the Palestinian people.
Correction: the car incident in the first tweet took place around 3:45pm central time, we regret the error
6 yrs ago on Aug. 11, 2017, UVA & Charlottesville Police allowed 100s of neo-nazis with torches to trap & brutalize students holding an anti-racist rally.
It was a prelude to the #UniteTheRight rally which killed local activist Heather Heyer the next day: https://t.co/MaT8Z5p7psunicornriot.ninja/2017/white-sup…
The premeditated attack at UVA was planned over Discord chats obtained & leaked by Unicorn Riot.
Message logs proved various "alt-right" groups and leaders sought violence to engage in racial intimidation & usher in a genocidal fascist street movement: https://t.co/cgfSJvfCBrunicornriot.ninja/2017/charlotte…
Discord chats & texts/emails divulged in court showed wannabe-fuhrers like Richard Spencer, Matt Heimbach, Nate Damigo & Brad Griffin helped incite the mob - this evidence was part of a suit that hit them w/ millions in damages for civil rights violations: unicornriot.ninja/2021/jury-26m-…
@robin4mpls In an exclusive interview Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley said Mayor Frey & his allies have conceded on their plans to re-open MPD's 3rd Precinct after community members overwhelmingly expressed opposition in 'community engagement' sessions & a public survey. 2/
@robin4mpls Robin Wonsley, the first Black democratic socialist to get elected to the Minneapolis City Council was previously a community organizer who co-founded the Seward Police Abolitionist Group, made up of neighbors who opposed rebuilding the 3rd Precinct and supported defunding the… https://t.co/Fv7I4zyPYVtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
NEW: On June 3, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe hosted the U.S. Department of Interior’s seventh “Road to Healing” session in Onamia, MN.
survivors of federal Indian boarding schools were invited to share their experiences with the Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“To this day, I call it the ‘hell place’,” said Grace T. Andreoff Smith at the listening session about her time at the Holy Cross Mission Boarding School, a place of trauma for her. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In conjunction with the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, the Secretary of Interior directed the Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs to lead the first department-wide investigation into the federal Indian boarding school system.
Prior to a planned "March For the Forest" at Gresham Park in DeKalb County, GA, police in tactical gear are seen walking on the bridge over Intrenchment Creek on Constitution Ave, with one officer carrying a black equipment case.
Wednesday is the 5th day of the 6th 'Week of Action' in Atlanta, GA organized by a myriad of Atlantans and their supporters who have been working to protect the forest and its neighbors from the Atlanta Police Foundation's construction of 'Cop City' for over two years.