Santa Ana council members’ true colors show as residents demand killer cops be held accountable
Santa Ana, CA – Tensions rode high Tuesday, March 17, when Santa Ana residents, along with Community Service Organization, Orange County (CSO OC) attended city council. They demanded that killer cops Luis Casillas and Isaac Ibarra be fired from Santa Ana Police Department.
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Community condemns the bogus misdemeanor verdict and sentencing of Kieanna Garrett
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Tampa Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.
Lakeland, FL – On March 19, Kieanna Garrett was found guilty on the bogus charge of resisting arrest without violence and was immediately taken into custody. This charge is tied to the day that Kienna was stopped by a group of plain-clothed cops who threw themselves in front of her vehicle, guns drawn, yelling to, “get out of the fucking car.” This is the same day that Kieanna was brutalized by Dillon Cornn, a Lakeland Police Department Officer that has a recorded history of stalking, harassing, and terrorizing Lakeland community members and who is currently under a gag order for perjury in court.
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Atlanta celebrates the life of Deacon Johnny Holloman
Atlanta, GA – On Sunday, March 15 the family of Deacon Johnny Holloman and supporters packed the room in Little Five Points Community Center for a documentary screening and celebration of Deacon Holloman’s life. The family restated their demands for accountability from Atlanta police for the murder of Deacon Holloman.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/atlanta-celebrates-the-life-of-deacon-johnny-holloman
Chicago: Community gathers for town hall on police torture and wrongful convictions
By Grace Patino and Gabriel Miller
Chicago, IL- 50 survivors of wrongful convictions and police torture, family members and community packed into a small South Side church for a town hall meeting on police torture and wrongful conviction on the evening of March 21.
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Hands off Rick Toledo, pro-Palestine grad student at Cal Poly Humboldt! Give him his electronics back!
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.
On the night of March 19, 2026, University Police Department returned with a warrant to the apartment of Rick Toledo, Students for a Democratic Society organizer at Cal Poly Tech Humboldt, and seized his laptop, phone, and other electronics such as a camera. They attempted to force him to give up his passcodes, and he told them no. He did the right thing.
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Washington DC marches for Dalaneo Martin’s 3rd angelversary
Washington, DC – On March 18, the DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (DCAARPR) alongside Raise One Teach One Dalaneo Martin Foundation, founded by Terra Martin, organized a protest and march through the streets of Northeast DC.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/washington-dc-marches-for-dalaneo-martins-3rd-angelversary
Family of David Ordaz Jr. honors slain Chicano father, demands justice on his 5-year angelversary
East Los Angeles, CA – On March 14, the family of David Ordaz Jr. held a protest and a vigil to commemorate the five-year anniversary since David was executed by four East LA Sheriff's deputies during a mental health crisis.
Gathered at Belvedere Lake Park, David’s family, Centro CSO, along with allies and other impacted families, rallied, then marched to the East LA Sheriff’s Station, before running to Belvedere Lake to hold a vigil for David with a table for candles and pictures to honor his life and demand justice.
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New Orleans: Jace Scott family disrupts Criminal Justice Committee meeting to demand justice
New Orleans, LA – On March 5, activists disrupted the New Orleans Criminal Justice Committee meeting to demand New Orleans Police Officer Victor Gant be fired and charged for his role in the coverup of Jace Lee Scott’s murder. Scott was shot and killed by Gant's son, Andrew Gant, in 2019.
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Charges dropped against Sergio Flores, Chicano man was brutalized and arrested by LAPD
By Gabriel Quiroz Jr and Marisol Márquez
Los Angeles, CA — On March 12, after nearly a month of struggle by Centro Community Service Organization (CSO) the bogus charges on Sergio Flores were dropped. After CSO’s general meeting on February 18, Flores was violently arrested by LAPD Hollenbeck along with two other CSO members.
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New Yorkers speak out against federal prison in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY – Organizers from the New York Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression held a speakout in Sunset Park on Saturday, March 14, just blocks away from the Metropolitan Detention Center, where up to 200 immigrants are being held by federal agents. The event was part of the group’s recently-launched “ICE Out” campaign, continuing the momentum established at mass rallies earlier in the year.
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-yorkers-speak-out-against-federal-prison-in-brooklyn
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