Operation Ghetto Storm Persists

Operation Ghetto Storm (OGS), the Report by Arlene Eisen, was first published by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. Along with a Preface by Kali Akuno, our analysis of the U.S. war on Black people documented, for the first time, that US police and their surrogates kill a Black person every 28 hours. From Chicago to Oakland, from New York to New Orleans, the hashtag #Every28Hours fueled campaigns that challenged police power. The US Human Rights Network presented the report at the 2014 Review of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva.

During the years since we first published OGS, movements that “defunded,” “sued” and “reformed” police departments across the U.S. have failed to end the U.S. Police State War against Black people. In fact, the numbers of killings have escalated along with police impunity. Unfortunately, the accounts and analysis found in OGS and follow-up articles are as relevant and urgent as they were when they were first published.