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Policing
“Business Improvement Districts” Quietly Privatize the Policing of Public Space
These corporate zones operate as an arm of forcible social control to ward off perceived threats to the flow of profit.
Biden Aims to Keep Trump Drug Policy That Widened Racial Disparities
Criminal legal reformers blame the Trump-era policy for increasing overdoses and worsening mass incarceration.
Police Reform Is Not Enough to Protect Black Lives
Human rights lawyer Derecka Purnell argues that police reform is an inadequate compromise to calls for abolition.
New Study Shows More Than Half of Police Killings Have Gone Uncounted Since 1980
The study also showed that Black people are 3.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white people.
Data Leak Reveals at Least 2 NYPD Officers Have Links to the Oath Keepers
The New York Police Department opened an investigation after leak of emails between officers and the far right militia.
Christianity Is Empty If It Doesn’t Address the Racist Carceral State
Religious leaders must confront the evils of policing, which is sustained by the legacy of white supremacist domination.
Mutual Aid — Not Police — Helped New Yorkers in the Wake of Hurricane Ida
Government on every level has failed us by investing in police instead of environmentally conscious community safety.
Police Unions Are Leading the Opposition to Vaccine Mandates for Public Workers
As cities consider a vaccine requirement for all city employees, police unions are promising to resist such measures.
Curfew and Cops Are Not Hurricane Relief for the Poor, Says Mutual Aid Activist
President Joe Biden is visiting New Orleans, which is under curfew enforced by police and the National Guard.
Nearly 70 Line 3 Resisters Arrested Outside Minnesota Governor’s Mansion
Indigenous Water Protectors demanded action from Gov. Tim Walz and President Joe Biden during the Saturday rally.