politics Canadian "protesters" at Huawei extradition hearing say they were tricked, thought they were in a music video Cory Doctorow
police Caught by their own bodycams NYPD agrees to pay $13 million for abusing anti-police protestors Jason Weisberger
activism Activists cover Harrods with orange paint and lie in street to block traffic Mark Frauenfelder
police Boston cops clocked 9,000 hours of overtime at the "Straight Pride" parade — and none of it with body cams Thom Dunn
science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow
racism #Rickyrenuncia: Bowing to popular pressure, Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rossello has resigned Cory Doctorow
crime AP: the mob who attacked Hong Kong protesters were rural thugs hired by gangsters Cory Doctorow
california Fur industry paid protesters to attend California and New York hearings on a fur ban Cory Doctorow
ireland Anti-corruption yellow vest protesters in Dublin's streets, protesting the 2008 bailout, Catholic church scandals, spiraling housing costs and no legal weed Cory Doctorow
climate Facing unpaid overtime, cuts and austerity, French cops threaten to join Gilets Jaunes protesters Cory Doctorow
Business Facebook hired GOP oppo firm to smear protesters by linking them to George Soros, an anti-Semitic trope: NYT Xeni Jardin
fake news Royal feud, Cosby's hell, Aniston trapped, and alternate universes, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
facebook Facebook takes down a legitimate anti-far-right protest page, calls it "inauthentic" Cory Doctorow