Wisconsin Inmate Gets Life for Killing Black, Gay Cellmate

Wisconsin Inmate Gets Life for Killing Black, Gay Cellmate

Jackson Vogel sentenced to life for killing Micah Laureano, a Black, gay cellmate, in a hate crime at Green Bay Correctional Institution. The post Wisconsin Inmate Gets Life for Killing Black, Gay Cellmate appeared first on Metro Weekly.

The Secret Committee That Persecuted Black and Gay People In the Name of Fighting Communism

IT’S AS IF the forces of justice and karma break and break upon the shores of Florida. From the swords of colonizers to the whips of overseers to the dynamite of Klansmen to the attack dogs of police, the land has acted as a New World Eden for strivers with oppressive dreams. It’s a place where power plays beyond ordinary rules and where some folks get away with everything. It was September 4, 2021. Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, had made la…