Continued……. Ted Golden, a former Memphis police officer, told Court TV (@CourtTV on X) there was nothing ‘standard’ in how the officers handled Nichols’ alleged traffic violation. However, they were members of the now-disbanded SCORPION Unit, a 40-officer team known for violent tactics, as its acronym suggests. On 7 May, a jury acquitted three out of five officers of all charges related to the beating. The other two officers took plea deals.
Further, that the officers were Black raises questions about the value of efforts to diversify police forces. Despite the Memphis police force being more than 50 per cent Black and the police chief being a Black woman, the US Department of Justice announced in December 2024 that its investigation found that the department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people.
Such violence harks back to when white masters suppressed slave uprisings using Black overseers and white slave patrols, from which modern US police forces grew. Plus, the notion that a Black person is up to mischief informs pretextual traffic stops, allowing officers to stop motorists for minor infractions and then search for other violations. The Memphis city council passed an ordinance in honour of Nichols in 2023 limiting pretextual stops, but the Tennessee legislature repealed it.
This scenario reminds us that only a fully authentic decolonial revolution in the US will allow the country to transform and heal from its societal ills.
Video credit: @CourtTV (X)
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https://www.ebony.com/3-former-memphis-police-officers-found-not-guilty-of-state-charges-in-tyre-nichols-death
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64422576
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64421705
https://www.psrmemphis.org/the-case-for-pretextual-traffic-stops
https://alccourtwatch.org/the-violent-evolution-of-police-and-imperialist-militarized-tactics-on-community-members
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/05/g-s1-36967/memphis-police-excessive-force-black-people
https://www.memphispolice.org/about/chief-message
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/05/08/memphis-police-reform-tyre-nichols/78991473007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p
Further, that the officers were Black raises questions about the value of efforts to diversify police forces. Despite the Memphis police force being more than 50 per cent Black and the police chief being a Black woman, the US Department of Justice announced in December 2024 that its investigation found that the department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people.
Such violence harks back to when white masters suppressed slave uprisings using Black overseers and white slave patrols, from which modern US police forces grew. Plus, the notion that a Black person is up to mischief informs pretextual traffic stops, allowing officers to stop motorists for minor infractions and then search for other violations. The Memphis city council passed an ordinance in honour of Nichols in 2023 limiting pretextual stops, but the Tennessee legislature repealed it.
This scenario reminds us that only a fully authentic decolonial revolution in the US will allow the country to transform and heal from its societal ills.
Video credit: @CourtTV (X)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64422576
https://naacp.org/resources/criminal-justice-fact-sheet#:~:text=A%20Black%20person%20is%20five,targeted%20because%20of%20their%20race
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/black-or-blue-the-complex-double-lives-of-oaklands-black-police-officers
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64421705
https://www.psrmemphis.org/the-case-for-pretextual-traffic-stops
https://alccourtwatch.org/the-violent-evolution-of-police-and-imperialist-militarized-tactics-on-community-members
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/05/g-s1-36967/memphis-police-excessive-force-black-people
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NPR
3 former Memphis police officers found not guilty in the death of Tyre Nichols
A jury found the three men not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2023 fatal beating, including the most serious charge of second-degree murder.
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JOHN BROWN, ANTI-SLAVERY HERO BORN ON THIS DAY
When people try to justify crimes like slavery by referring to the ‘morals of the day,’ it’s good to remind them that, even back then, individuals with better values existed - and stood up for their beliefs.
One example is John Brown. Born on 9 May 1800 in Connecticut, he worked tirelessly to dismantle the institution of slavery. In fact, he led an armed resistance against it. He also helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada via the so-called ‘Underground Railroad,’ a system of secret routes and safe houses. He gave land to free Africans in America and eventually established the League of Gileadites, a group protecting Black citizens from slave hunters.
His work saw him cross paths with other prominent revolutionary abolitionist figures, such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
When people try to justify crimes like slavery by referring to the ‘morals of the day,’ it’s good to remind them that, even back then, individuals with better values existed - and stood up for their beliefs.
One example is John Brown. Born on 9 May 1800 in Connecticut, he worked tirelessly to dismantle the institution of slavery. In fact, he led an armed resistance against it. He also helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada via the so-called ‘Underground Railroad,’ a system of secret routes and safe houses. He gave land to free Africans in America and eventually established the League of Gileadites, a group protecting Black citizens from slave hunters.
His work saw him cross paths with other prominent revolutionary abolitionist figures, such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
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Continued……. He is most famous for leading a raid on the federal armoury at Harpers Ferry with the goal of inspiring a slave insurrection. Brown’s forces held out for two days but were eventually defeated by military forces led by Robert E. Lee. Many of Brown’s men were killed, including two of his sons, and he was captured. Brown was quickly tried and hanged.
John Brown was no saviour, he was a soldier in the war for African liberation. And in the annals of Black history, he is not remembered as a White ally, but as a freedom fighter who used his privilege to burn the system, not benefit from it. His raid didn’t succeed in the short term but it accelerated the start of the Civil War, which kicked off a few years later and sent a chilling message to slaveholders that their days were numbered. His example reminds us that it was, and still is, possible to repurpose your privilege and fight for justice.
Sources
https://medium.com/@samarakareemofficial/john-brown-1800-1859-a-sketch-of-theodore-weld-a-radical-abolitionist-and-his-role-in-american-b11aa0d3b021
https://www.nps.gov/hafe/learn/historyculture/when-john-brown-met-harriet-tubman.htm
https://www.biography.com/activists/john-brown-frederick-douglass-friendship
John Brown was no saviour, he was a soldier in the war for African liberation. And in the annals of Black history, he is not remembered as a White ally, but as a freedom fighter who used his privilege to burn the system, not benefit from it. His raid didn’t succeed in the short term but it accelerated the start of the Civil War, which kicked off a few years later and sent a chilling message to slaveholders that their days were numbered. His example reminds us that it was, and still is, possible to repurpose your privilege and fight for justice.
Sources
https://medium.com/@samarakareemofficial/john-brown-1800-1859-a-sketch-of-theodore-weld-a-radical-abolitionist-and-his-role-in-american-b11aa0d3b021
https://www.nps.gov/hafe/learn/historyculture/when-john-brown-met-harriet-tubman.htm
https://www.biography.com/activists/john-brown-frederick-douglass-friendship
Medium
John Brown (1800–1859): A Sketch of Theodore Weld, a Radical Abolitionist and His Role in American…
John Brown the most radical antislavery activist in the United States was born on a farm in Torrington, Connecticut May 9, 1800. Everything…
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Well, the empire’s unholy marriage is cracking from within. US President Donald Trump has reportedly cut off direct contact with his long-time political ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and not a single tear has been shed across much of the Global South.
Israeli Army Radio’s Yanir Cozin (@yanircozin on X) reported on 8 May via his X account that close aides told Trump, ever allergic to being outmanoeuvred, that Netanyahu was ‘manipulating him.’
But this isn’t just ego versus ego. The fallout also exposes deep fractures in the US strategy in West Asia. Israel has offered no concrete plan for addressing the alleged threat of regional power Iran, no meaningful roadmap on addressing Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement (known as the Houthis) that has been blocking and attacking ships in the Red Sea, and indeed no credible vision for Gaza.
Israeli Army Radio’s Yanir Cozin (@yanircozin on X) reported on 8 May via his X account that close aides told Trump, ever allergic to being outmanoeuvred, that Netanyahu was ‘manipulating him.’
But this isn’t just ego versus ego. The fallout also exposes deep fractures in the US strategy in West Asia. Israel has offered no concrete plan for addressing the alleged threat of regional power Iran, no meaningful roadmap on addressing Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement (known as the Houthis) that has been blocking and attacking ships in the Red Sea, and indeed no credible vision for Gaza.
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Continued……Ansar Allah shocked the world when it struck Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport on 4 May while announcing it would expand its ‘naval blockade’ with an ‘aerial blockade’ to continue defending Gaza, which has been under Israel’s escalated siege and bombardment since 7 October 2023. Ansar Allah’s relentless pursuit for justice in Gaza may have led Trump to re-think the US relationship with Israel and sign an Oman-brokered ceasefire with Yemen.
Trump, who initially wanted Israel as a central part of new deals, now says he’ll pursue regional policy goals without Israel’s input, according to a damning piece by Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom. That includes brokering a Saudi deal and entering nuclear talks with Iran.
Israel Hayom reported evidence of these new imperial fractures, describing Israeli officials being caught off guard by Trump’s announcement that the US had reached a ceasefire with Houthis in Yemen and by the start of US-Iran nuclear talks in April.
As Pan-Africanist journalists, we recognise two colonial enablers falling out over ego and empire. This doesn’t mean justice is here. But when oppressors start fighting, it’s a window for resistance fighters to organise.
Sources
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-trump-disappointed-with-netanyahu-will-continue-middle-east-policy-objectives-without-israel/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/09/netanyahu-trump-israel-conflict/
https://www.newsweek.com/houthis-declare-trump-ceasefire-failure-israels-netanyahu-2068787
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/05/08/trump-sidelines-netanyahu-in-middle-east-policy-as-relations-deteriorate/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-cuts-ties-with-netanyahu-over-manipulation-concerns-report/3561726
Trump, who initially wanted Israel as a central part of new deals, now says he’ll pursue regional policy goals without Israel’s input, according to a damning piece by Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom. That includes brokering a Saudi deal and entering nuclear talks with Iran.
Israel Hayom reported evidence of these new imperial fractures, describing Israeli officials being caught off guard by Trump’s announcement that the US had reached a ceasefire with Houthis in Yemen and by the start of US-Iran nuclear talks in April.
As Pan-Africanist journalists, we recognise two colonial enablers falling out over ego and empire. This doesn’t mean justice is here. But when oppressors start fighting, it’s a window for resistance fighters to organise.
Sources
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-trump-disappointed-with-netanyahu-will-continue-middle-east-policy-objectives-without-israel/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/09/netanyahu-trump-israel-conflict/
https://www.newsweek.com/houthis-declare-trump-ceasefire-failure-israels-netanyahu-2068787
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/05/08/trump-sidelines-netanyahu-in-middle-east-policy-as-relations-deteriorate/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-cuts-ties-with-netanyahu-over-manipulation-concerns-report/3561726
The Times of Israel
Report: Trump ‘disappointed’ with Netanyahu, will continue Middle East policy objectives without Israel
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TRAORÉ & AFRICAN LEADERS IN MOSCOW FOR VICTORY DAY
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré landed in Moscow on 8 May for Victory Day celebrations. The day commemorates the victory of the former Soviet Union against N*zi Germany in a war that took as many as 27 million Soviet lives. The USSR is responsible for inflicting 80 per cent of all N*zi fatalities.
Before Germany turned against Europe, it had committed the first g*nocide of the 20th century, k*lling 100,000 Nama and Herero people in modern Namibia. Many of the N*zis’ racial ideologies and k*lling techniques can trace their origins to this g*nocide.
Back to the present, Traoré’s visit is a sign of deepening relations between Russia and Burkina Faso. Russia has sent military instructors and sold equipment, while Burkina Faso has accused France of blocking arms shipments.
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré landed in Moscow on 8 May for Victory Day celebrations. The day commemorates the victory of the former Soviet Union against N*zi Germany in a war that took as many as 27 million Soviet lives. The USSR is responsible for inflicting 80 per cent of all N*zi fatalities.
Before Germany turned against Europe, it had committed the first g*nocide of the 20th century, k*lling 100,000 Nama and Herero people in modern Namibia. Many of the N*zis’ racial ideologies and k*lling techniques can trace their origins to this g*nocide.
Back to the present, Traoré’s visit is a sign of deepening relations between Russia and Burkina Faso. Russia has sent military instructors and sold equipment, while Burkina Faso has accused France of blocking arms shipments.
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Continued……Burkina Faso also signed a 2023 agreement for Russia to build a nuclear power plant to help power a country where only 21.7 per cent of people accessed electricity in 2023. In early 2025, the government issued a gold mining permit to Russia’s Nordgold.
Russia has engaged other members of the anti-imperialist Alliance of Sahel States (AES), such as constructing West Africa’s biggest gold refinery in AES member-state Mali beginning in 2023.
Reports said 29 countries were expected to participate in the commemoration. The Republic of Congo and Guinea-Bissau had been spotted arriving in Moscow. Other African countries reportedly attending included Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Sources
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https://www.minute.bf/burkina-la-france-a-bel-et-bien-bloque-la-livraison-darmestribune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIWkEkn-7
Russia has engaged other members of the anti-imperialist Alliance of Sahel States (AES), such as constructing West Africa’s biggest gold refinery in AES member-state Mali beginning in 2023.
Reports said 29 countries were expected to participate in the commemoration. The Republic of Congo and Guinea-Bissau had been spotted arriving in Moscow. Other African countries reportedly attending included Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Sources
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/moscow-s-victory-parade-africa-strengthens-ties-with-russia/ar-AA1ElBuM
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67098444
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https://archive.ph/zVycq
https://www.minute.bf/burkina-la-france-a-bel-et-bien-bloque-la-livraison-darmestribune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIWkEkn-7
MSN
Moscow's Victory Parade: Africa strengthens ties with Russia
Despite a boycott by Western countries, Moscow managed to gather representatives from eight African countries at this year's Victory Day parade. The presence of leaders from nations such as Zimbabwe, Egypt, and Burkina Faso highlights Russia's growing influence…
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The US government is considering a controversial plan to deport migrants to Libya, potentially using military flights.
But there's a hiccup.
The once most prosperous African state has been embroiled in chaos since the US-led NATO intervention in 2011 that helped rebels topple and k*ll revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011). Since then, the country has fractured, faced a civil war, lacks infrastructure maintenance and hosts open-air slave markets. Human rights organisations have cited Libya's unstable political situation, ongoing armed conflict and the documented mistreatment of migrants in detention centres. But because they are deporting some of the ‘most despicable human beings,’ in US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's words, perhaps US authorities see Libya as a perfect dumping ground.
But there's a hiccup.
The once most prosperous African state has been embroiled in chaos since the US-led NATO intervention in 2011 that helped rebels topple and k*ll revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011). Since then, the country has fractured, faced a civil war, lacks infrastructure maintenance and hosts open-air slave markets. Human rights organisations have cited Libya's unstable political situation, ongoing armed conflict and the documented mistreatment of migrants in detention centres. But because they are deporting some of the ‘most despicable human beings,’ in US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's words, perhaps US authorities see Libya as a perfect dumping ground.
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Continued……. The US State Department had criticised Libya's human rights record as late as 2023. Washington is scouting for countries willing to receive deportees. The US has cited countries like Angola, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Libya, and Rwanda as potential African destinations. Rwanda is already in talks to take in deported migrants, months after fumbling an asylum deal with the UK.
It is also unclear what legal process would be followed before deportations and how many migrants and nationalities would be involved.
Just as the US ignored international law in the destruction of the once-stable Libya, legal processes for unwanted migrants likely won't matter to decision-makers in Washington this time around.
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-may-soon-deport-migrants-libya-military-flight-sources-say-2025-05-07/?taid=681ab79db5a38200014fb8aa&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-may-soon-deport-migrants-to-libya
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https://www.brookings.edu/articles/everyone-says-the-libya-intervention-was-a-failure-theyre-wrong
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/20/nato-killed-civilians-in-libya-its-time-to-admit-it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/12/barack-obama-says-libya-was-worst-mistake-of-his-presidency
It is also unclear what legal process would be followed before deportations and how many migrants and nationalities would be involved.
Just as the US ignored international law in the destruction of the once-stable Libya, legal processes for unwanted migrants likely won't matter to decision-makers in Washington this time around.
Sources
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-may-soon-deport-migrants-libya-military-flight-sources-say-2025-05-07/?taid=681ab79db5a38200014fb8aa&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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https://www.brookings.edu/articles/everyone-says-the-libya-intervention-was-a-failure-theyre-wrong
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/20/nato-killed-civilians-in-libya-its-time-to-admit-it
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/12/barack-obama-says-libya-was-worst-mistake-of-his-presidency
Reuters
Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court order, US judge rules
A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya would clearly violate a prior court order barring officials from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first weighing whether they risk persecution…
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MANDELA CALLS OUT THE U.S.
On this day in 1994, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. He is remembered as the man who helped lead the country out of the crimes and excesses of apartheid. Western mainstream media may portray him as a smiley grandfatherly figure who liked to dance and forgive his oppressors, but we remember him as an anti-imperialist until the end.
In this video, Mandela calls out the United States as a warmonger - a country that supports carnage, repeatedly breaks the rules and is more than willing to go to any lengths, even at the expense of fundamental human rights, to push its hegemonic agenda.
He lambasts the US for its invasion of Iraq and the war it initiated 22 years ago. This unnecessary military campaign resulted in the deaths of anywhere between one- and two-million men, women and children.
On this day in 1994, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. He is remembered as the man who helped lead the country out of the crimes and excesses of apartheid. Western mainstream media may portray him as a smiley grandfatherly figure who liked to dance and forgive his oppressors, but we remember him as an anti-imperialist until the end.
In this video, Mandela calls out the United States as a warmonger - a country that supports carnage, repeatedly breaks the rules and is more than willing to go to any lengths, even at the expense of fundamental human rights, to push its hegemonic agenda.
He lambasts the US for its invasion of Iraq and the war it initiated 22 years ago. This unnecessary military campaign resulted in the deaths of anywhere between one- and two-million men, women and children.
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Continued……. When former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was asked if US sanctions that claimed the lives of up to 500,000 Iraqi children were justified, she responded, 'We think the price is worth it.'
Mandela was instrumental in tearing down South Africa's oppressive apartheid regime, as well as speaking up for other oppressed peoples, such as the Palestinians. His commitment to the Palestinian cause remained unwavering till the end. This commitment was on full display when he uttered these words: 'But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.'
Video credit: Democracy Now
Sources
https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-iraqi-kids-deaths-worth-it-resurfaces-1691193
Mandela was instrumental in tearing down South Africa's oppressive apartheid regime, as well as speaking up for other oppressed peoples, such as the Palestinians. His commitment to the Palestinian cause remained unwavering till the end. This commitment was on full display when he uttered these words: 'But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.'
Video credit: Democracy Now
Sources
https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-iraqi-kids-deaths-worth-it-resurfaces-1691193
Newsweek
Watch: Madeleine Albright Saying Iran Children Deaths 'Worth It' Resurfaces
A clip from a 1996 interview shows an anguished Albright answer a question about the deaths of Iraqi children.
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European slavers had so little regard for African lives, they’d quite happily murder our enslaved ancestors if they thought it would be more profitable. One especially grim example is the massacre at sea in 1781 carried out by the British crew of the Zong - who thought they could scam an insurance company out of compensation for human ‘cargo’ they claimed they were forced to ‘jettison’ due to dwindling water supplies. Swipe through for an account of what happened.
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