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We Want Them Alive: The Search for Mexico’s 43 Missing Students
The last time the group of missing students were seen was in the custody of Mexican municipal police forces.
In Historic Police Brutality Case, Family of Homeless Denver Pastor Killed in Custody Awarded $4.6 Million
As Denver faces a string of police brutality cases, a federal jury has awarded a historic $4.6 million in damages to the family of a homeless preacher killed while …
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Disarm the Police
How would disarming the police affect police-community relations?
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From Chicago to Geneva, a Call for Police Accountability for Violence and Torture
We Charge Genocide, a coalition of Chicago activists, is turning outside the US criminal justice system to force accountability for police misconduct by taking their complaints to the United …
Cornel West, Faith Leaders and Activists Arrested as Ferguson October Continues
Twenty people, including Cornel West, are arrested carrying out civil disobedience at the Ferguson police station after being denied a meeting with local officials.
Truthout Interviews Candice Bernd on Police Retaliation Against “Cop Watch” Groups
Ted Asregadoo talks Truthout assistant editor and reporter, Candice Bernd, about police retaliation against police monitoring groups.
Another African American Teen Killed by Police in St. Louis
Another shooting by police of an African American teen in St. Louis is bringing up the same questions in a community that still hasnu2019t healed from Michael Brown's death.
How Often Do Rape Kits Go Unprocessed?
When the processing of rape kits proves not to be a police priority, is it surprising that victims feel they are somehow not important?
Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized Cop-Watch Groups Across the US
Organizations that use police scanners to monitor police activities by legally filming cops on duty have said they've experienced retaliation.
Policing for Wealth
When proponents claim that the broken windows policing strategy reduces crime, they overlook that it has marshaled state power for a very unfair model of urban development in every …