by George Yancy | Feb 28, 2026 | Abolition, Alex Pretti, anti-Blackness, Donald Trump, Fascism, Haitians, ICE, immigration, Interview, Keith Porter, Keith Porter Jr., Policing, Racial Justice, Renee Nicole Good, Resistance, self-defense
Under Donald Trump, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has started appearing ever more like a private militia, unleashing brutal violence against families and displaying sycophantic loyalty to Trump as he mandates the dehumanizing treatment of immigrants. In the days since January, when federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti and 37…
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by Amy Goodman | Jan 14, 2026 | Black Lives Matter, ICE, Interview, Keith Porter, LAPD, Los Angeles, Shooting
Activists in Los Angeles are demanding justice for Keith Porter Jr., an African American 43-year-old father of two, who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve. His family is demanding transparency in the investigation into his killing. “When he walked in, he brought joy,” says Porter’s cousin Jsané Tyler. “He always had a laugh, a joke, a smile.
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