Birmingham City fans march against racism and for Trevor Smith shot dead by police
From I Am Birmingham:
The anti-racist march was held to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and in honour of local man Trevor Smith, who was tragically shot dead by armed police last year.
Despite the number of attendees estimated at around 300 by reporters and 2,000 by organisers, the event was a peaceful gathering of BCFC supporters from all backgrounds who joined forces to voice their solidarity against racism and hate.
Marc Gauntlett, who led the march with friends, hopes it will bring together football fans and former ‘hooligans’, “uniting people of all backgrounds against hate.”
Gauntlett was active in The Zulu Warriors hooligan firm which supports Birmingham City Football Club, and has left behind a life of violence related to hooliganism. Now reformed, he wants to show that football fans must rise beyond racist attitudes and challenge racism in the sport.
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BLM London protest for Breonna Taylor and all the dead in the US and UK – 11th July US embassy
BLM protest and march for Breonna Taylor and all the innocent black people murdered by the police in the US and UK.
We are marching against institutional racism!!!
Assemble US embassy 2pm and march to Parliament Square.
BLM activist Summer Taylor murdered by Trump-empowered vigilante
BLM activist Summer Taylor was 24 years old, an animal lover who worked full time at a veterinary clinic in Seattle.
Summer was a trusted ally of Black Lives Matter in Seattle and was brutally killed last night when a man literally barreled over people with his car on an empty road that police had blocked off for protestors.
Protestors were literally joyfully dancing to the Cupid Shuffle when a man driving a white Jaguar sped right through the crowd, sending Summer and others flying into the air.
He then drove for miles, having just killed Summer, and injured others, until he was finally stopped. -Shaun King. RIP Summer. ?? #whitelivesthatstandwithblacklivesmatter#blacklivesmatter #blm #summertaylor
updated 7 July 2020 11:28 BST
Details of the driver have been released. He is named Dawit Kelete and his motive is not established at this time.
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $2.1 billion to African-American women it targeted with ads for Asbestos-tainted baby powder
Johnson & Johnson knew for fifty years that their talc powder contained asbestos. As the dangers became more widely known, they deliberately shifted marketing effort to target black women.
From Democracy Now:
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $2.1 billion to a group of women who developed ovarian cancer after using talcum powder contaminated with asbestos.
Johnson & Johnson heavily marketed the powder to African-American women despite warnings that the products could cause cancer.
Six of the plaintiffs in the Johnson & Johnson case died before the trial started. Five more of the women have died since 2018.
We get response from M. Isabelle Chaudry, senior policy manager at the National Women’s Health Network, who says the company must ban the products globally and do more to address the harm it has caused, particularly to communities of color.
“They have a history of engaging in racist practices,” she says. more