From this week’s headlines: US Envoy to Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Senator Chris Murphy speak on US role in orchestrating daily coup attempts last year. W.N.B.A. amp up their protest, this time against ATL Dream’s co-owner and anti-BLM Senator Loeffler. U.S. Border control raids humanitarian camp in a retaliatory attack. Missouri voters pass Medicaid expansion after decade of blockages from GOP legislature. Colombia’s Supreme Court orders the detention of former president Ál

President Donald Trump’s attempts to use brutal force against the anti-racist protest movement sweeping the nation, has sparked mass resistance. Across the country large protests in solidarity with Portland protestors have re-energized the uprising against police terror. Many of those protests have also been met with serious police violence. In this segment BreakThrough gives you a round-up of the recent protests and the failed attempts to crush them. #PortlandProtests #Black

BreakThrough host Eugene Puryear debunks the myths around the slogan “Defund the Police.” He explains the failures in policing that have led to the call, and why it actually points to a safer future rather than the chaos alleged by police unions and law-and-order politicians. Connect with BreakThrough » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTnewsroom » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/btnewsroo