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FLORIDA: Jury Recommends Death Sentence in Killing of Two Kissimmee Police Officers By Ben Robinson Last Wednesday, an Osceola County jury recommended the death penalty for Everett Glenn Miller, convicted of first-degree murder on September 11 for killing two Kissimmee police officers in August 2017. On the night of the shooting, Miller approached officer Matthew Baxter as he was harassing three people and asked him why he was “messing with [his] people.” When Baxter called his superior officer Sergeant Richard Howard over, Miller told the police that he was in fear of his life and had a concealed weapon. The three bystanders were then ordered to leave, and immediately afterwards Miller shot Baxter and Howard. Miller was a marine who worked in Iraq, and later an independent defense contractor who worked in Afghanistan. During his time as a contractor, he conducted drone strikes, many times killing bystanders, over which he felt remorse and regret. Miller’s mental health deteriorated over the months leading up to the killings, as he became homeless and jobless and went in and out of mental care. His defense attorney, Roseanne Eckert, argued that Miller had PTSD as a result and was not himself when he attacked the police, saying that “there was no doubt that Glenn Miller was out of his mind that summer.” To argue against the death penalty sentence, the defense played home videos of Miller in happier times, dancing with his family at a celebration in full marine uniform. His sister was compelled to take the stand as the state called witnesses, but she defiantly refused to testify against her brother, saying she didn’t, “even know why she was [there].” She pushed back against the state and local police telling them, “I mean you have harassed me enough. Coming to my house and harassing me and my family with guns and stuff, so what do you want me to get up and say?” Read the full story @ incendiarynews.com #Floruda #Kissimmee

HOUSTON: Plan to Gentrify East Houston Faces Early Opposition By Jennifer Kelly Over the last month, Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP), a nonprofit comprised of developers, real estate agents, and city officials, has revealed its plan to gentrify east Houston, particularly the Fifth Ward and East End. From the moment its plans were made public, BBP has faced continuous and growing resistance from activists and residents, including the disruption of a BBP panel, the appearance of anti-gentrification graffiti, and political agitation in the local neighborhoods. These historic Black and Chicano neighborhoods, which have long been defined in part by industry along the bayou, have been burdened with growing redevelopment for the past decade. BBP plans to turn the industrial sites of the area into large parks and gardens and to build new luxury developments in order to attract wealthier residents and raise property values. On Monday October 28, a few days after announcing the plans, BBP hosted a “Panel Discussion” in downtown Houston where representatives intended to field questions on their development plans. As they enjoyed their complimentary wine, the small group of investors, nonprofit leaders, and developers had their panel disrupted by a small group of activists. The activists chanted before standing in front of the panel with a banner and giving a speech where they made it clear that the working class was going to fight their plans for gentrification. “Your plan will fail,” one activist said, “because the masses will fight it every step of the way, we will fight it every step of the way.” One elderly attendee attempted to physically assault the activist giving a speech but the activist evaded him. The activists stayed almost 15 minutes before a police officer arrived and escorted them out, and they continued to chant as they left. Read the full story @ incendiarynews.com #Houston #gentrification

PHILIPPINES: Reactionary Old State Orders Mass Raid and Arrests of Activists By Felipe Vera Progressives who were targeted as alleged Communist supporters and arrested in successive raids in Bacolod City late last month and earlier this month in Manila joined with allied House of Representatives to denounce Duterte’s crackdown on progressive groups on Thursday. The reactionary old Philippine state carried out the first mass raid on October 31 and arrested over 57 activists on Negros Island. The raid took place during the evening in Bacolod City, and was conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), an army which has inflicted indiscriminate terror and violence against the masses on many occasions. The AFP targeted the offices of Bayan Muna, an electoral party, and Gabriela, a women’s organization, as well as the National Federation of Sugar Workers and the home of Bayan-Muna activists Romulo and Mermalyn Bito-on. The raids were carried out under the pretext of these organizations being Communist fronts. Firearms and explosives were allegedly seized during the raids, although activists deny these accusations and claim the weapons were planted. Read the full story @ incendiarynews.com #Philippines

CHILE: The Heroic People Set Fire to Fascist Torture Center Photo: Smoke from fire set by protesters at Tejas Verdes School of Engineers in Chile. By Ed Dalton In the context of a general strike across Chile where more than two million people were mobilized, on November 12 the people set fire to the Tejas Verdes School of Engineers in San Antonio, the site of one of Pinochet’s former fascist torture centers. The fire set by protesters destroyed the main building as well as some of the other facilities used to train officers. The people also broke into a storage facility and expropriated supplies from the army. The Tejas Verdes Complex had been operational as a fascist torture center, being one of the first precursors to Pinochet’s butchery before the CIA-backed military coup against Salvador Allende. The torturers themselves were backed by the Brazilian army. First-hand reports recall hearing Portuguese spoken by the instructors as part of Operation Condor, a joint venture guided by US imperialism which collected various pro-fascist Latin American regimes. Read the full story @ incendiarynews.com #chile #noson30pesosson30años #protest #antifascism

CHARLOTTE: International Airport Announces Plans to Displace West Boulevard By Miriam Cordova with contributions from Gabriel Roshan In late October, Charlotte Douglas International Airport held meetings announcing a proposal for additions which include “relocating West Boulevard.” This project, which is sponsored by the City of Charlotte, would displace and uproot families by buying and destroying homes in the area for development. The airport, which is the sixth busiest in the US, sent a vague flyer in the mail to West Charlotte tenants and homeowners for this proposal, which it is calling the “Airport Master Plan.” While the proposed plan for the new 10,000-foot runway, parking deck, and expansion of two concourses had already been in the works, many tenants of the surrounding area were not aware of the corresponding displacement. According to the city, the Airport Master Plan is part of the Airport Area Strategic Development Plan, which it said will attract industries to the “available 6,000 acres of land that surrounds the Airport.” These 6,000 acres include many working-class neighborhoods. It also said that the project is expected to “redefine” West Charlotte over the next 20 years. Read the full story @ incendiarynews.com #charlotte

MEXICO: Cartel-Aligned Gang Terrorizes Ciudad Juarez in Response to Prison Raid By Nélida Tello The ongoing feud between Mexican authorities and criminal groups intensified on Tuesday in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, after inmates received intelligence about a planned raid at the Central Facility for Social Rehabilitation (Cereso) number three. Acts of terror were carried out between Tuesday afternoon and the early hours of Wednesday to intimidate authorities from raiding the Cereso. 15 vehicles were set on fire, ten people were killed, and six others were injured as “Los Mexicles,” an armed gang affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel, carried out orders from inside the Cereso. The office of State Attorney General of Chihuahua was riddled with bullets as part of the attacks. Of the 15 vehicles set ablaze, ten were public transportation buses. One of the buses that was targeted carried factory workers returning home from work at the Lear Corporation, and burned inside the factory parking lot. At 2:00 am on Wednesday, four other buses were burned at a major intersection, as workers attempted to escape the burning buses they were shot at, resulting in six injuries. The attacks carried out in the Ciudad Juarez ring were similar to the terror unleashed in Culiacán, Sinaloa last month. Then, El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán, was arrested by police during a house raid. The Sinaloa Cartel subsequently declared war on city authorities, exchanging fire in the middle of the city with police and the military. The cartel carried out a jailbreak in which 51 inmates fled and successfully shut down the airport, roads, and government buildings during the crossfire, which took the lives of eight people. Read the full story @ incendiarynews.com #Mexico

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