At 21, he won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Taekwondo Championships. He went on to become a lynchpin of Washington’s LGBTQ+ community.
At his family’s Chicago funeral home, Spencer Leak Jr. handled Jesse Jackson’s services and helped families who were unable to pay. He died in May at 56.
The Grayzone’s Oscar Leon interviews the community leader who exposed the lie behind an Ecuadorian military assault which the US Department of War claimed had targeted a drug trafficking “terrorist” training camp.
Don Vicente was threatened with brutal retaliation for his testimony that the military had attacked a dairy farm and viciously abused local farmers. The incident exposes how the phony “War on Drugs” of the Trump administration has transformed into a war on poor people. Meanwhile, the real culprits enjoy wealth and protection in government offices, banks, and luxury residential developments. Watch the full report hereOpen