Breonna Taylor Archives

Tell Congress: You can’t silence dissent with tear gas

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 1, 2025October 1, 20250 comments

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve likely seen footage of federal agents using tear gas to suppress and disperse protestors. After being teargassed outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility near Chicago, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said “It was impossible to breathe, and really, really scary.” Congressional candidates and elected officials like Mayor …

They tear gassed moms. And then the Mayor. Ban Tear Gas Now.

by DrewAction, allies, Home July 27, 2020July 27, 2020Comments are Disabled

The use of tear gas is illegal in war. But in the last few weeks, it’s been used so often to disperse protests in the US that many of you can probably recognize the smell at a distance, and know exactly what it looks like in a photo or video. In Portland, Trump’s storm troopers …

Your Mayor can Defund the police – and they should

by DrewAction, allies, Home July 22, 2020July 22, 2020Comments are Disabled

For the last few weeks, we’ve been telling you about why we support the demands of the Movement for Black Lives, including and especially the demand to Defund the Police. But the truth is that most of us can’t defund the police ourselves: Not by voting in local elections (some sheriffs are elected, but not …

Rise up with us for black lives Juneteenth

by DrewAction, allies, Home June 15, 2020June 15, 20201 comment

On June 19, 1865, Black communities in Texas finally received the news that they were free. Juneteenth (June 19th) is a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance, and centers Black people’s unique contribution to the struggle for justice in the U.S. This Juneteenth is a rare moment for our communities to proclaim in …

Defund Police, invest in communities

by DrewAction, allies, Home June 10, 2020June 10, 2020Comments are Disabled

All over the Country and around the world, people continue to surge into the streets and speak out online in response to the police murder of George Floyd Breonna Taylor, and so many more. In response to peaceful protest against racist police violence, militarized police forces have responded with batons, tanks, tear gas and worse; …

Join Actions in Defense of Black Lives – NOW.

by DrewAction, allies, Home June 3, 2020June 3, 20202 comments

I’ll keep this short, because I know a lot of you, like me, are already caught up in local efforts to defend black lives in this extraordinary moment. The murders of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police officers, as well as Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many more, have touched off a nationwide conversation, protest …