A US high school basketball team was kicked out of a tournament for wearing "I can't breathe" protest shirts while preparing for the match.

What strict repression! I am sure the tournament organizers will say, "We're not racist, we only oppose criticizing racism. We're not in favor of cops' killing people, we just insist that nobody rebuke them when they do."

A thug union objected to a right-wing city councilor's union-busting plans, so their private investigators tried to frame him.

I too object to those union-busting plans — the fact that the union members are thugs doesn't excuse them — but this form of opposition is pure thug.

Ferguson is planning to raise more revenue by increasing fines.

Other information confirms that this includes fines for traffic offenses. That will fall heavily on the poor, increasing the oppression they already suffer. Some will be jailed because they can't pay these fines, which will be an excuse for other fines.

Campaigners are putting labels on goods in UK stores that make demands to pay their workers a living wage.

Police officer Joseph Crystal was hounded out of his department after reporting a thug for attacking a handcuffed prisoner.

The thug was convicted, got a slap on the wrist, and remains employed by the department.