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Rojava’s Women-Led Restorative Justice System Centers Mediation, Not Retribution
Rojava’s restorative legal system offers a different model of community care, seeking to minimize police involvement.
This Former Child Welfare Investigator Says Family Policing Must Be Abolished
Alan J. Dettlaff once worked for Child Protective Services. What he saw made him realize the system should be abolished.
Georgia Prosecutor Refuses to Charge State Troopers Who Killed Tortuguita
The DA will not press charges despite autopsy evidence that Terán had their hands raised and did not fire on police.
UN Security Council Votes to Deploy US-Backed, Kenyan-Led Troops Into Haiti
These UN missions don’t protect the population, they protect multinational investments, says scholar Mamyrah Prosper.
Police Killings of Black and Brown People in US May Be Double Previous Estimates
The Raza Database Project merged data sets from independent research projects to determine the victims’ ethnicities.
North Carolina GOP-Passed Budget Creates “Secret Police,” Critics Warn
“This consolidation of force and coercion is very worrying,” one critic of the provision said.
Criminalized Survivor Tracy McCarter Discusses the Movement to Free Her
McCarter describes being a criminalized survivor of both domestic violence and the legal system.
Chicago Nixed Its Racist Database of Gangs. Other Cities Should Follow.
Six years of tireless organizing by a coalition of grassroots activists led to this month’s victory in Chicago.
Police Further Traumatize Sexual Assault Victims by Turning Them Into Suspects
In hundreds of cases officers have twisted trauma responses to sexual violence into evidence of false reporting.
Filmmaker Connects Dots Between Fugitive Slave Law and Modern-Day “Karens”
Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson documents the history of anti-Black police violence in “Sound of the Police.”