2 years ago today, ex-@MinneapolisPD officer & convicted murderer, Derek Chauvin & 3 others, brutally killed #GeorgeFloyd over an alleged fake $20 bill, leading to the world's largest mobilizations in history against anti-Black racism & police terror.
The impacts of George Floyd's murder were dynamic. Anti-Black racism was brought to the forefront of societies across the globe. In Greece, we heard from an Afro-Greek & two African migrants about the anti-racist legacy Floyd's killing left in the country. unicornriot.ninja/2022/one-year-…
Waves of rage tore through the Twin Cities after video of George Floyd's killing went viral. Here's a look-back at UR media from 2 weeks of events that took place around Minneapolis & St. Paul in late May & early June 2020, detailed in chronological order. unicornriot.ninja/2020/george-fl…
Although the barricades are gone, George Floyd Square, the area around where Floyd was killed, is still an international sacred space controlled by community caretakers. For more on GFS, see our film 'Beyond the Barricades: A Look At George Floyd Square.' unicornriot.ninja/2021/beyond-th…
Two years to the day after #GeorgeFloyd was killed by Minneapolis Police officers, his family unveiled a new street sign put up by the city in honor of Floyd on Chicago & 38th, kitty-corner from where he was killed.
Two years ago today & nearly 24 hrs after #GeorgeFloyd was killed, masses held a vigil at what would become #GeorgeFloydSquare before marching 3 miles to the 3rd Precinct.
We are covering the unveiling of a new street sign honoring George Floyd, followed by a candlelight vigil at the Say Their Names Cemetery at 8 p.m. unicornriot.ninja/2022/two-years…
Second part of live coverage of the commemorative events on the 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Buffalo Mass Shooter Likely Sought Combat Gear Advice on Online Chats
Unicorn Riot collected more than 80 messages + 2 pics on a @Discord chat server from ‘jimboboiii’, the same user handle as Buffalo NY mass shooter Peyton Gendron's Twitch unicornriot.ninja/2022/buffalo-m…
@discord The man who allegedly killed ten people & injured more in a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, New York on May 14, appears to have looked for advice about carrying out violent acts in 80+ online chat messages collected by Unicorn Riot. unicornriot.ninja/2022/buffalo-m…
@discord On the Discord server called ‘Plate Land’, which featured a lot of talk about guns and armor, ‘Jimboboii’ posted at least 83 messages in the ‘#bag-general’ room between August 1, 2020 and January 1 2021, with the internal user ID 356560721183506444.
NEW: Atlanta Fights to Save Its Forest
A protest against a construction executive in an upscale suburb was one of many activities during a ‘week of action’ against a proposed police training facility, organized by the Defend the Atlanta Forest campaign. unicornriot.ninja/2022/atlanta-f…
NEW VIDEO: A group of 30-40 protestors chanting “Stop Cop City!” converged on the home of Shepherd Long, Principal of Long Engineering, an engineering firm subcontracted for surveying & other pre-construction work on the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Public Safety Training Center.
New video premiering on YouTube:
"Stop Cop City" Atlanta Protesters Demand Engineering Firm Withdraw
Alex and Niko of Unicorn Riot are speaking at the @bioneers conference this weekend. Alex is speaking on a panel about independent media, and Niko is showing two short films he made, followed by a Q&A.
When investigating how much Denver spends on the ‘sweeps,’ the break-down and clean-up of unhoused peoples’ outdoor communities, Unicorn Riot uncovered that from September 2017 to July 2019, the city paid private clean-up companies approximately $713,692.
Over 20% of that total went to off-duty Denver police officers contracted by the clean-up companies. Learn more here: unicornriot.ninja/2020/denver-po…
Leaked meetings illustrate how Patriot Front’s racially-motivated “actions” are centrally planned down to the minute detail. In this clip from an Oct. 2021 meeting, leader Thomas Rousseau meticulously plans the destruction of a gay pride mural in Olympia, WA:
In another meeting a few days later, members of Patriot Front’s Network 8 - Colton Brown, Jacob Sundt, Richard Flannery & Justin O’Leary, ‘David WA’, ‘Johnny ID’ - planned more specifics of their defacement of the pride mural, which was intended to send an intimidating message.
Patriot Front wrecked the Olympia pride mural, as planned, in the early a.m. of Oct. 16.
The next day, they discussed it in a post-mission debrief held on their self-hosted voice chat server.