The unity Biden and the Democrats seek with the Republicans is predicated on imperialist war abroad and ruthless class exploitation at home. New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders have remained silent on the killing of Walker and the subsequent police occupation of Akron. In his last State of the Union address, President Joe Biden declared, “We should all agree the answer is not to defund the police, but is to fund the police. While Akron’s working class suffers, the police in Akron and throughout the United States have seen their funding increased by the Democratic Party and its “Republican colleagues.” Two years after the killing of George Floyd, which sparked multi-ethnic and multi-racial protests across the US and internationally, the Democrats have reneged on their talk of “defunding the police” and dropped even the most timid police reform measures. it is a struggle, day and night, hour after hour, seven days a week to make ends meet.” the jobs that are available pay the bare minimum, or minimum wage.
In the last 60 years, Akron’s population has shrunk from roughly 260,000 to under 190,000 as of 2021, according to the US Census Bureau.Īshley, an Akron worker and protester, described the social conditions in an interview yesterday with the World Socialist Web Site: “Our city is not in a good place. This tactic was successfully implemented by auto workers during the Flint, Michigan sit-down strikes in 1936-37.Īfter decades of deindustrialization, overseen by Democratic and Republican administrations alike, Akron is a shell of what it once was. To counter the companies’ use of scabs, in 1936 Akron rubber workers pioneered the “sit-down strike” by occupying factories and refusing to work. When rubber workers sought to assert themselves by striking, the companies conspired to hire scab labor to replace them. Their pay was poor, the working conditions were worse, and there were no benefits. Rubber workers toiled in dangerous and dirty factories. By 1930, the rubber industry in Akron employed some 58,000 workers. Goodrich, Firestone, General or Goodyear tire plants. Throughout much of the 20th century, Akron was known as the “Rubber Capital of the World.” Between 19, Akron’s population grew from 70,000 to over 200,000, as rural farmers, miners from Appalachia, and African-American sharecroppers who left the Deep South moved to the city to find work at a B.F. If the current pace of roughly three police killings per day continues, by the end of the month the police will have killed roughly 660 people and over 1,140 by the end of the year. Walker is one of at least 588 people who have been killed by US police so far this year, according to Mapping Police Violence. Virtually every day in the United States, and over 1,000 times a year, a police officer kills someone. While the Democrats posture as defenders of democratic rights, they, no less than the Republicans, are defenders of the same capitalist system and lavishly fund the police to defend this system of inequality. Once bail has been posted, police have taken protesters and dropped them off around town, far from their home and their friends and family. The police barged into her apartment while searching for her ex-boyfriend on a drug warrant and shot her in her in sleep.Īfter carrying out mass arrests of protesters throughout the week, the Akron cops have vindictively kept jailed protesters locked up for days inside the Summit County Jail, without access to medical care or even a phone call. More demonstrations are planned for this weekend.īreonna Taylor, a medical technician, was murdered by three Louisville, Kentucky police officers during a midnight “no-knock” raid on her apartment. Protests have also been held in other US cities, including cities in Ohio, New York and Arizona, as well as in Washington D.C. Protests have been held every day in Akron since June 29. The killing of Walker and the subsequent police crackdown have provoked mass anger among the working class community of Akron and throughout the United States. He was unarmed when police shot and killed him.
#SHOOT POINT BLANK AKRON DRIVER#
Walker was shot down by police on Jin a hail of gunfire as he was attempting to flee over an alleged vehicle “equipment violation.” Walker, a beloved brother and son, was an African-American delivery driver and former Amazon worker. This police rampage is being presided over by Democratic Mayor Dan Horrigan, who has imposed a curfew and denounced protesters as “violent” and “lawless.” The curfew and police occupation are being aided by the Biden administration, which has deployed the FBI to “coordinate with state and local partners to provide resources and specialized skills.”
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