Truthout
Articles
Police Departments Are Using Social Media to Remake Their Image
To counter viral videos of police brutality, police around the U.S. have started ad campaigns on social media sites.
Joe Biden and Top Democrats Won’t Defund Police — But Our Cities Can
Momentum toward abolishing policing as we know it today is building at the local level.
Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Officer Violence Against Protesters
The documentation serves as a counter-narrative to repeated denials of responsibility from the police.
Police Are Using Implications of Drug Use to Justify Killing
Implications of drug use create a context in which deadly force used by police is framed as the only logical choice.
Racist Violence Can’t Be Separated From the Violence of Neoliberal Capitalism
Neoliberal society is built on the myth that economic prosperity is hermetically sealed from racial and social justice.
Seattle Protesters Tear-Gassed Just Hours After City’s 30-Day Ban on Its Use
Despite a temporary ban announced on Saturday by the mayor and police chief, tear gas was used on Sunday morning.
New Zealand Declared Virus-Free as United States Approaches 2 Million Cases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a relaxation of social distancing rules in her country on Monday.
Donald Trump Is Afraid of Us All — His Barricaded White House Is Proof
Trump can still see the protesters, but only if he peers through the bars of the cage he has constructed for himself.
Protesters Sue Donald Trump, William Barr After Being Tear-Gassed for Photo Op
“Black Lives Matter v. Trump,” a potentially historic suit, litigates an alleged chemical weapons attack on U.S. soil.
Minneapolis City Council Members Pledge to Abolish the Police Department
The move to defund the police will likely need a change to the city's charter, too, requiring a city-wide vote.