Case Against Performers Dropped; Two Were Arrested After Act Caused Bomb Alert in CapitolCarol D. Leonnig
As the band's name suggests, Rage Against the Machine took a no-holds-barred approach to various political and social injustices. This lead single off the group's major label debut endures as one of its quintessential tunes, putting institutional racism and police brutality in its crosshairs and...
The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 mandated that all states report certain required information on the death of any person who is detained, arrested, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in state or local facilities or a boot camp prison. The law further created penalties for not...
When the 24th's Military Policeman went to the station to inquire about the soldier, he was also pistol whipped and shot as he tried to flee, then beaten some more and arrested. Word of this soon spread and enraged the 24th, and some of them took up arms to march to the police stati...
to dangerous extremes in 1988 with the release of this massively controversial track. Sparing no detail or lyric depicting police harassment, the song predictably infuriated various law enforcement agencies. The drama culminated in 1989, when the group was arrested after performing it live in Detroit...
The term “Capitol” is derived from the Temple of Jupiter on Capitoline — one of the seven hills of Rome. “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.”~ Revelation 17:9 ~Secret History2 ...
to dangerous extremes in 1988 with the release of this massively controversial track. Sparing no detail or lyric depicting police harassment, the song predictably infuriated various law enforcement agencies. The drama culminated in 1989, when the group was arrested after performing it live in Detroit...
to dangerous extremes in 1988 with the release of this massively controversial track. Sparing no detail or lyric depicting police harassment, the song predictably infuriated various law enforcement agencies. The drama culminated in 1989, when the group was arrested after performing it live in Detroit...
to dangerous extremes in 1988 with the release of this massively controversial track. Sparing no detail or lyric depicting police harassment, the song predictably infuriated various law enforcement agencies. The drama culminated in 1989, when the group was arrested after performing it live in Detroit...
A routine traffic stop ended with the death of a police officer. Activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the crime and put on trial for a murder he says he did not commit. This event catapulted Abu-Jamal to the forefront of a social justice movement against racial bias in the judicial...