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“Running While Black”: Protests Swell Over Death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Police Custody
Protests in Baltimore have entered their fifth day.
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Gradual Injustice
How did the US government get from there to a “Homeland Security Department” that trains local police to consider protesters to be terrorists?
The Struggle to Abolish Bail Gaining Momentum in Massachusetts
This Thursday is the first settlement hearing on the videotaping of women being strip-searched at the Chicopee jail.
On Rekia Boyd, Freddie Gray and the Cost of Police Impunity
While the corporate media report on killings of Black civilians by police, they fail to cover the actual mechanics underpinning the cycle of violence.
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Why Does the New York City Council Want More Cops?
Julian Guerrero asks why Democrats on the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council are pushing for the city to hire more police officers.
FBI Informant Exposes Sting Operation Targeting Innocent Americans in New “(T)ERROR” Documentary
A new film shines light on the FBI's use of informants.
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Physical Murder and Political Asphyxiation: The Story of Danielle Hicks-Best
The abomination lays bare the thin line that many African-American children and families tread “between physical murder and spiritual death.”
New Mexico Governor Signs Historic Property Rights Protections into Law
New Mexico outlaws civil asset forfeiture, aka “Policing for profit.”
US Embassy and Small-Town Thugs
Mumia's story has been compared by some here to the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston; both concern racism, police and power.
As Video Exposes Walter Scott Police Killing, Why Is the Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death in Jail?
A South Carolina police officer faces murder charges.